A) is the same as DE FACTO segregation B) refers to neighborhood residential patterns of segregation C) refers to government supported segregation D) all of the above A) is the same as DE FACTO segregation B) refers to neighborhood residential patterns of segregation C) refers to government supported segregation D) all of the above

A) overruled Bowers v.Hardwick B) allowed schools to return to "unitary status" C) upheld the legality of Texas sodomy laws D) allowed homosexuals to marry A) overruled Bowers v.Hardwick B) allowed schools to return to "unitary status" C) upheld the legality of Texas sodomy laws D) allowed homosexuals to marry

Exam 10: Legal and Social Equality: The Struggle against Oppression and Bigotry

California Proposition 187,if enforced would have denied public benefits,such as healthcare and education to undocumented immigrants and their children.

(True/False)

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Question 21

Nations with distinct subcultures,have one subculture perceived as dominant and the other are subordinate._________________ is an example of such a nation.

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Question 22

Professor Henry Louis Gates was arrested at his home by a police officer because he was thought to be breaking into the home.Was this a case of racial profiling? Should Professor Gates have reacted angrily or just accepted that the police officer was "doing his job"?

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Question 23

Affirmative action is a series of policies or active government efforts to bring valued members of disadvantaged groups in proportion with their percentage in the general population to the workplace or educational institution.

(True/False)

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Question 24

Compliance with Title IX of the Educational Amendment of 1972 forbade any educational institution from receiving federal funding to engage in gender discrimination.This resulted in

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 25

Institutional arrangements throughout the Western world serve to minimize social mobility.Which nation does not uses rigorous competitive examination to determine who gets into university?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 26

Female worker income has steadily increased as a percentage of male worker income.

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Question 27

DE JURE segregation

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Question 28

The Lilly Ledbetter Act of 2009 was enacted to correct what deficiency in law?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 29

An Oklahoma law was typical of the effort to bar or remove homosexuals from teaching positions.It did NOT criminalize

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 30

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Boy Scouts in the case,Boy Scouts of America vs.Dale.The court based its decision ,not on homosexuality,but on

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 31

Under the Black Codes,African Americans were NOT allowed to

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 32

Meritocracy is the allocation of social value and status on the basis of performance standards derived from perceived contribution to the public good.

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Question 33

Hopwood v.Texas (1996)

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Question 34

De facto segregation is different from de jure segregation because of

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Question 35

The court case Swann v.Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971)approved busing as a strategy,but it proved very unpopular.______________became the preferred strategy to achieve racial balance.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 36

Adarand Constructors v.Pena (1995)

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 37

Comments about "legitimate rape" may have caused this Senate candidate the election due to the response to the insensitivity of the remark,

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 38

Lawrence v.Texas

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Question 39

Racial profiling was cited in the litigation against which state's law on undocumented immigrants

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California Proposition 187,if enforced would have denied public benefits,such as healthcare and education to undocumented immigrants and their children.

Nations with distinct subcultures,have one subculture perceived as dominant and the other are subordinate._________________ is an example of such a nation.

Professor Henry Louis Gates was arrested at his home by a police officer because he was thought to be breaking into the home.Was this a case of racial profiling? Should Professor Gates have reacted angrily or just accepted that the police officer was "doing his job"?

Affirmative action is a series of policies or active government efforts to bring valued members of disadvantaged groups in proportion with their percentage in the general population to the workplace or educational institution.

Compliance with Title IX of the Educational Amendment of 1972 forbade any educational institution from receiving federal funding to engage in gender discrimination.This resulted in

Institutional arrangements throughout the Western world serve to minimize social mobility.Which nation does not uses rigorous competitive examination to determine who gets into university?

Female worker income has steadily increased as a percentage of male worker income.

DE JURE segregation

The Lilly Ledbetter Act of 2009 was enacted to correct what deficiency in law?

An Oklahoma law was typical of the effort to bar or remove homosexuals from teaching positions.It did NOT criminalize

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Boy Scouts in the case,Boy Scouts of America vs.Dale.The court based its decision ,not on homosexuality,but on

Under the Black Codes,African Americans were NOT allowed to

Meritocracy is the allocation of social value and status on the basis of performance standards derived from perceived contribution to the public good.

Hopwood v.Texas (1996)

De facto segregation is different from de jure segregation because of

The court case Swann v.Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971)approved busing as a strategy,but it proved very unpopular.______________became the preferred strategy to achieve racial balance.

Adarand Constructors v.Pena (1995)

Comments about "legitimate rape" may have caused this Senate candidate the election due to the response to the insensitivity of the remark,

Lawrence v.Texas

Racial profiling was cited in the litigation against which state's law on undocumented immigrants

Public Policy: An Introduction

Contexts of Public Policy

The Economy: Changing Government-Business Relationships

Economic Issues: Taxing, Spending, and Budgeting

Energy and Environmental Policies: Policy Instability

Crime and Criminal Justice: Dilemmas of Social Control

Poverty and Social Welfare Policy

Health Care: Transformation or Continued Crisis?

Education: Conflict in Policy Direction

Immigration Policy: The Barely Open Door

Foreign and Defense Policy: Security and Interests in a Dangerous World

Private Morality and Public Policy: Moral Values, the Constitution, and the Open Society

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