Q 01/05

What is the 1964 US law outlawing discrimination by race, colour, religion, sex and national origin called?

A) The Civil Rights Act

B) The Fair Deal Act

C) The Equal Society Act

D) The Freedom Act

Answer · why

A) The Civil Rights Act

It was signed by President Lyndon Johnson and also created the agency that enforces workplace fairness.

Q 02/05

The landmark 1965 election law was designed to stop what?

A) Voting by anyone under 21

B) Racial discrimination at the polls

C) The counting of mail-in ballots

D) Large campaign donations

Answer · why

B) Racial discrimination at the polls

It banned tactics like literacy tests that had kept many Black Americans from the polls.

Q 03/05

Brown v. Board of Education (1954) ruled racial segregation unconstitutional in what?

A) The military

B) Restaurants

C) Public schools

D) Public transport

Answer · why

C) Public schools

It overturned the 'separate but equal' doctrine for education.

Q 04/05

The 1967 Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia struck down laws banning what?

A) Mixed-race schools

B) Voting by women

C) Union strikes

D) Interracial marriage

Answer · why

D) Interracial marriage

Richard and Mildred Loving had been prosecuted in Virginia for their marriage.

Q 05/05

The 2015 Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges guaranteed the right to marry to whom nationwide?

A) Same-sex couples

B) Interfaith couples

C) Immigrants

D) Prisoners

Answer · why

A) Same-sex couples

Before the ruling, same-sex marriage was already legal in 36 states.