Amendments
Civil Rights
Bill of Rights
Civil War
Important dates
100
The 16th amendment was ratified in _______?
What is 1913
100
This movement expanded the political and social rights of African Americans.
What is the Civil Rights Movement
100
TRUE OR FALSE: all 13 states immediately ratified the US Constitution.
What is FALSE
100
The Civil War took place in what decade?
What is 1860s
100
Abraham Lincoln became president.
What is 1860
200
This amendment guarentees women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment
200
This Supreme court's decision demonstrated the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1952.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
200
The First 10 amendments would protect the ________ ________from abuses by the national governments.
What is individual rights
200
The ___________ ___________ ___ _____________ seceded from the Union due to the fact that Abraham Lincoln became president and was trying to abolish slavery.
What is Confederate states of America
200
Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his famous "I Have a Dream" speech during what century?
What is 20th century(1965)
300
Which amendment gives Congress the power to collect an income tax?
What is the 16th Amendment
300
In ______, Rosa parks refused to give up her us seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.
What is 1955
300
which amendment grants you the freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and the right to petition the government?
What is 1st
300
The 13th amendment officially ended the institution of _________ in the US.
What is slavery
300
The Nullification Crisis began in_________?
What is 1832
400
The ______Amendment gruarantees the right to vote to citizens 18 years of age or older.
What is 26th
400
African Americans refused to ride the city's buses due to Rosa Parks' arrest, which was called?
What is the Montgomery bus boycott
400
Which amendment gives the people the right to a speedy and public trial by a jury of one's peers in criminal cases?
What is 6th
400
The 14th amendment declares that....
What is all people born in the US are citizens
400
the 13th amendment was ratified in _____?
What is 1865
500
This Amendment mandates that senators be elected by popular vote.
What is the 17th amendment
500
This act prohibited racial discrimination in education and employment and outlawed segregation in public facilities.
What is The Civil Rights Act of 1964
500
Which amendment grants protection against excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment?
What is 8th
500
The confederacy consisted of __ southern states.
What is 11
500
The Civil Rights Act of _____ was passed by Congress to prohibit racial discrimination.
What is 1964