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Civil Rights Quiz
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This civil rights quiz covers the Civil Rights Movement, important court decisions, and laws protecting peoples' civil rights.

Civil Rights Quiz
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10 Questions

1. The Family and Medical Leave Act, passed in 1993, gives most employees the right to take time off in order to care for:
2. In 2000, which U.S. state became the first to offer 'civil unions' to same-sex couples, a legally-recognized relationship status that provides many of the same rights as marriage?
3. The historic 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education:
4. The Equal Rights Amendment, passed by Congress in 1971 and explicitly guaranteeing equality to all persons, regardless of gender, was later signed into law.
5. In 1890, which was the first state in the Union to grant women the right to vote?
6. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees due process and equal protection rights to all citizens?
7. The Americans with Disabilities Act, which protects persons with disabilities from discrimination in many aspects of life -- including employment, education, and access to buildings and businesses -- was signed into law in:
8. Rosa Parks's arrest after her refusal to move to the back of a bus triggered a citywide boycott of what city's bus system?
9. On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his 'I Have a Dream' speech from the steps of what Washington, D.C. location?
10. During World War II more than 100,000 individuals of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast were forced by the U.S. government to leave their homes and were moved to 'interment' or 'relocation' camps.