Subunit 4.2.2 – Quickfire Quiz
1. De jure segregation—the separation of races by the law—was upheld in the 1896
Supreme Court case of
A. Brown v. Board of Education.
B. Plessy v. Ferguson.
C. Griswold v. Connecticut.
D. Loving v. Virginia.
2. One of the first organizations to bring test cases to court that challenged
segregationist practices in the American South was the
A. Congress of Racial Equality.
B. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
C. Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
D. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
3. In recent years, most legal decisions regarding African American civil rights have
involved
A. voting rights.
B. affirmative action.
C. busing.
D. urban poverty.
4. Women were not guaranteed the right to vote in the United States until passage of
the
A. Voting Rights Act of 1964.
B. Civil War Amendments.
C. Equal Rights Amendment.
D. 19th Amendment.
Answers: 1. B, 2. D, 3. B, 4. D
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