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9th grade · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 8

Rights & the Courts

Amendments, cases and civil rights

What your child practices

The amendments and landmark cases that expanded or limited rights, the civil rights movement, and how Oregon's constitution excluded people and was changed.

Oregon State Standards learning standard: HS.C.PI.7; HS.C.DP.12; HS.C.DP.15; HS.C.CE.18 · documents protecting rights, efforts to close gaps between ideals and practice, Oregon's exclusionary constitution, and the fight for voting rights

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which amendment says the right to vote can't be denied because of race?

    • the 22nd
    • the 10th
    • the 15th

  2. Question 2

    The Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)…

    • bans discrimination against people with disabilities
    • created Social Security
    • lowered the voting age

  3. Question 3

    Which amendment lowered the voting age to 18?

    • the 26th
    • the 21st
    • the 15th

  4. Question 4

    The 1965 marches from Selma to Montgomery pushed for…

    • lower taxes
    • voting rights
    • a new state

  5. Question 5

    Miranda v. Arizona (1966) requires police to…

    • search every home
    • tell suspects their rights before questioning
    • jail suspects without trial

  6. Question 6

    Mendez v. Westminster (1947) ended…

    • segregation of Mexican American students in some California schools
    • the Gold Rush
    • voting by mail

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