chapter 5: Civil Rights

Question 1

The Equal Rights Amendment failed because

Answer 1

it fell three states short of sufficient verification

Question 2

Age discrimination laws have

Answer 2

Denied federal funds to any institution discriminating against people over forty

Question 3

In the case of _________, the Supreme Court ruled that affirmative action programs were not unconstitutional, but they could not set aside quota of spots available only to members of particular groups

Answer 3

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

Question 4

Comparable worth” refers to the of

Answer 4

Paying men and woman equivalent salaries for jobs requiring similar skills

Question 5

Which of the following statements about Native Americans is false?

Answer 5

Native Americans were made citizens of the U.S> long before African Americans accepted the same status

Question 6

Poll taxes for federal elections were outlawed in the

Answer 6

24th Amendment

Question 7

Which of the following statements about the Equal Rights Amendment is false?

Answer 7

The ERA was ratified in 1982, it was never passed

Question 8

Civil Rights

Answer 8

Are policies extended basic rights to groups historically subject to discrimination

Question 9

________ was a young liberal minister who was thrust into the natural spotlight in 1955-1956 as the leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Answer 9

MLK

Question 10

The U.S. Supreme Court has handed down each of the following decisions concerning gender discrimination in employment and business activity EXCEPT

Answer 10

requiring federal government to give women equal pay for jobs of comparable worth

Question 11

Which of the following statements about affirmative action is false?

Answer 11

polling data shows that most Americans support affirmative action

Question 12

In ________, the Supreme Court ruled that any “arbitrary” sex-based classification violated the equal protection clause

Answer 12

Reed v. Reed

Question 13

The Dred Scott v. Sandford ruling was handed down by the Supreme Court

Answer 13

A few years prior to the Civil War

Question 14

The Brown v. Board of Education decision overturned the Supreme Court’s 1892 ruling in

Answer 14

Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 15

Suffrage refers to

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the right to vote

Question 16

In the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford, the US Supreme court

Answer 16

Ruled that a black man, slave or free, was “chattel,” and upheld slavery as constitutional

Question 17

The _______ amendment outlawed slavery in the US

Answer 17

13th

Question 18

Jim Crow laws

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imposed legal segregation on African Americans in the South after the Civil War

Question 19

De jure educational segregation occurs

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by law

Question 20

The Supreme Court case of Korematsu v. US (1944)

Answer 20

upheld the internment of Japanese Americans during WWI

Question 21

The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeaka was based on which of the following?

Answer 21

14th amend, guarantee equal protection

Question 22

Thomas Jefferson who wrote the Declaration of Independence, “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men were created equal,” believed

Answer 22

blacks were inferior to whites

Question 23

The 14th amendment specifically forbids the states from denying anyone

Answer 23

equal protection of the laws

Question 24

The white primary

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Excludes blacks from primary elections thus depriving them of a voice in the real electoral contests in the South

Question 25

Which of the following is a provision of federal election laws?

Answer 25

on site registration to vote may be permitted on the day of any federal election

Question 26

Affirmative actions seeks to work beyond

Answer 26

equal opportunity = equal results

Question 27

Classification by race & ethnicity have now been ruled by the Court to be accepted only in_______

Answer 27

laws seeking to remedy previous discrimination

Question 28

After Brown v. Board, school integration in the South ______

Answer 28

proceeded very slowly

Question 29

American society greatly emphasizes equal ______

Answer 29

opportunity

Question 30

Following the Civil War, the 14th amendment to the US Constitution was designed to overturn the ____

Answer 30

Dred Scott decision

Question 31

The grandfather clause is significant in the US political history for which of the following reasons?

Answer 31

It was a means whereby black citizens in southern states were disenfranchised*

Question 32

Brown v. Board of Ed. of Topeka (1954) was a significant SCOTUS ruling because _____

Answer 32

it held the “separate but equal” concept to be a violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment

Question 33

The women's rights movement was launched with the signing of the

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Seneca Falls Declaration

Question 34

The phrase “all men are created equally” comes from the

Answer 34

Declaration of Independence

Question 35

Classification based on gender has been ruled to be __________

Answer 35

somewhere between inherently suspect and reasonable

Question 36

De facto educational segregation occurs

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by the reality of neighborhood schools (idk what this says) that happen to be racially segregated

Question 37

The _________ 1964 banned gender discrimination in employment by law

Answer 37

Civil Rights Act of

Question 38

The passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a significant political event because ________________

Answer 38

it was instrumental in increasing the number of African American voters

Question 39

The SCOTUS has ruled that racial and ethnic classifications are _____

Answer 39

inherently suspect

Question 40

The ___ Amendment gave women the constitutional right to vote

Answer 40

19th

Question 41

The “gray liberation” movement refers to those fighting for ___________

Answer 41

the rights of the elderly

Question 42

Alice Paul authored the Equal RIght Amendment & unsuccessfully pushed for its passage in the ____

Answer 42

1920s

Question 43

The Plessy v. Ferguson, the SCOTUS ruled that state imposed racial segregation is constitutional based on the

Answer 43

separate but equal doctrine

Question 44

The 1991 convention of the Tailhook Association of naval aviators experienced a celebrated case of sexual harassment when ___________________________________________________________

Answer 44

male aviators lined a hotel hawllway & groped and kissed women trying to get to their rooms

Question 45

Affirmative action programs are referred to by critics as ______________-_

Answer 45

reverse discrimination