U.S. Government: Lesson 40

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prevented the use of _____________ and provided Federal Registration in areas where less than half of all possible voters were registered. Poll taxes. Intelligence tests. Literacy tests. Straw taxes. Public polls.

Literacy tests.

The adoption of the 24th Amendment in 1964 ended... Segregated public facilities. The public's inability to elect Senators directly. African Americans not being able to vote. Poll taxes in Federal elections.

Poll taxes in Federal elections.

The Civil Rights Act of 1957... Allowed African Americans to vote. Prevented mob violence during public school de-segregation. Banished poll taxes for both Whites and Blacks. Banished un-equal legal treatment for Whites over blacks. Allowed African Americans to vote AND prevented mob violence during public school de-segregation.

Allowed African Americans to vote AND prevented mob violence during public school de-segregation.

President Eisenhower's greatest contribution to Civil Rights was _________________. Enforcing the ruling of Brown v. Board Enforcing the Truman Era's reforms in the South. Enforcing the Truman Era's reforms in the North. Appointing Earl Warren as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Appointing John Jay as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Appointing Earl Warren as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Harry Truman's Executive Order ended segregation in the __________ and ___________. Armed Forces, Federal Government Armed Forces, State Government Federal Government, State Government Armed Forces, Public School Systems Federal Government, Public School Systems

Armed Forces, Federal Government

In 1946, President Truman created the _________________ to study and make suggestions on race relations. Committee on Minority Voting Committee on Civil Rights Committee on Minorities Committee for Legal Civil Rights Committee on State Rights

Committee on Civil Rights

Which Supreme Court case explored the area of reverse discrimination in the private sector when examining training programs for steel mills? Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman Regents of University of Califronia v. Bakke United Steelworkers of America v. Weber Grutter v. Bollinger Gratz v. Bollinger

United Steelworkers of America v. Weber