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Unit 5 Review
Test Description: American Government Review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The First Amendment is an example of _______?
A
Protecting freedom of education
B
The Bill of Rights
C
Protecting voting rights
D
Protecting Civil liberties
2) People in the United States enjoy freedom of speech. This freedom is protected by the ______.
A
Emancipation Proclamation.
B
Articles of Confederation.
C
Bill of Rights.
D
Declaration of Independence.
3) What effect did the African American civil rights movement have on other minority groups in the United States?
A
It convinced other groups to create one united civil rights movement.
B
The backlash caused other minority groups to limit the use of civil disobedience.
C
It convinced other groups to minimize the use of protests to end discrimination.
D
It brought about antidiscrimination legislation that applied to other groups.
4) The Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) _________.
A
permitted affirmative action in admission to colleges.
B
outlawed racial segregation in public schools.
C
authorized schools to censor student newspapers.
D
ended Bible reading and prayer in public schools.
5) Freedom of speech does not protect a person who _____.
A
slanders another person publicly.
B
demonstrates against tax increases.
C
criticizes the mayor in a public meeting.
D
wishes to speak against the government.
6) Which of these Supreme Court decisions established the doctrine of separate but equal?
A
Marbury v. Madison
B
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
C
Plessy v. Ferguson
D
Tinker v. Des Moines School District
7) How did the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka affect the Court’s earlier decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?
A
The Court overturned the separate but equal doctrine in schools.
B
The Court approved schools requiring students to wear uniforms.
C
The Court ruled that school officials must show reasonable cause for making a search.
D
The Court upheld the decision that it is illegal for school officials to restrict freedom of expression
8) Which statement became a slogan for the Civil Rights Movement following the March on Washington in 1963?
A
Give Peace A Chance
B
Back to the drawing board
C
A Brave New World
D
I Have a Dream!
9) The roles of African Americans and women have changed. How did the Fifteenth Amendment change these roles?
A
This amendment gave white women the right to a public education, but African Americans were not given that right.
B
This amendment gave African-American men the right to vote, but women were still denied the vote.
C
This amendment brought freedom to both African Americans and white women.
D
This amendment allowed African Americans and women to work outside the home in order to earn money.
10) The efforts of Susan B. Anthony and Carrie Chapman Catt were recognized when American women were able to __________.
A
exercise their voting rights.
B
volunteer to help the needy.
C
attend graduate and professional schools.
D
move into executive positions.
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