Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Which of the following scenarios best explains how the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment has influenced political behavior?

C) Civil Rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. cited constitutional arguments as a basis for opposing segregation and inequality.

Which of the following is a similarity between the views expressed in the excerpt and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”?

C) Both Cesar Chavez and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. argued for the continued use of nonviolence to further their causes.

Which of the following best describes Cesar Chavez’ view on the use of violence versus nonviolence?

D) The use of nonviolent actions allows more people to be involved in the movement and effect change.

Which of the following provisions of the Bill of Rights could support the actions that Cesar Chavez is encouraging the farmworkers to take?

B) The right to assemble

Civil rights activists, such as those who campaign for gay and lesbian rights and those who advocated for racial equality in the 1950s and 1960s, often find the most effective way to secure those rights is

C) through litigation in the courts to gain legal protections against discrimination

The issues identified in the passage reflect a failure to uphold which of the following constitutional clauses?

D) Equal protection clause

Which of the following expresses the most significant political concern in the passage?

C) Increased awareness of citizen inequalities that need to be addressed.

Which of the following pieces of legislation was most likely a result of the passage?

A) The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Which of the following legislative acts best relates to the passage?

B) The Civil Rights Act of 1964

The text in the passage likely inspired Congress to act based on which of the following clauses of the United States Constitution?

D) The equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

Which of the following explains the most significant long-term consequence of the ideas expressed in the passage?

B) The value of “all men are created equal” was reaffirmed both in law and in American political culture.