Civil Rights, Citizenship, and Civic Engagement Quiz

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#1

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States?

First Amendment
Thirteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
#2

What term refers to the practice of refusing to buy, sell, or use certain goods or services as a form of protest or coercion?

Boycott
Embargo
Sanction
Divestment
#3

Who was the first African American to serve on the United States Supreme Court?

Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Thomas
Sandra Day O'Connor
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
#4

Who famously refused to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Rosa Parks
Harriet Tubman
Coretta Scott King
Fannie Lou Hamer
#5

Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?

Amelia Earhart
Bessie Coleman
Sally Ride
Katherine Johnson
#6

Who was a leader in the African American Civil Rights Movement and is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs?

Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
Thurgood Marshall
#7

What is the term for a legal principle that requires government officials to release individuals imprisoned without a fair trial or hearing?

Due process
Ex post facto
Habeas corpus
Presumption of innocence
#8

Which organization was founded by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta to fight for the rights of farm workers, particularly in California?

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
United Farm Workers (UFW)
National Organization for Women (NOW)
#9

Which civil rights leader co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and played a key role in organizing the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Rosa Parks
John Lewis
James Farmer
Ralph Abernathy
#10

What term describes the legal right of an individual to participate in government by voting in elections?

Citizenship
Franchise
Naturalization
Suffrage
#11

In what year did the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education declare racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional?

1954
1964
1974
1984
#12

Which landmark Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as they were equal in quality?

Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Gideon v. Wainwright

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