Exam 16: Equality and Civil Rights

Allowing only those people with commercial drivers licenses (CDLs) to operate a semitruck is an example of benign discrimination because it is based on which of the following?

While the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was proposed in 1923, it did not get through Congress until what year?

Which of the following is banned by the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

What are government efforts to expand opportunities for women, minorities, and veterans called?

When did the modern movement for LGBTQ rights begin?

How have courts and legislative bodies at both the federal and the state levels attempted to address issues concerning the rights and status of homosexuals?

Consider a lawmaker in a former slave state after the Civil War. This individual just witnessed the passage of the Civil War Amendments by Congress and is now working with colleagues to pass laws that will restrict the freedom of blacks in the state. What type of legislation is this lawmaker trying to pass?

Which of the following did the Fifteenth Amendment do?

What act passed by Congress in 1963 prohibits employers from paying different wages for the same job on account of sex?

What was the grandfather clause used in southern states supposed to do?

Discuss the decisions made by the Supreme Court in both hindering and expanding the civil rights of racial minorities.

Women used to lag behind men in college degree attainment, but today they surpass them. This is in large part due to which of the following?

Explain the impact of the Plessy v. Ferguson decision. What rights did it infringe upon?

Which amendment forbade the states from denying any person "equal protection under the law"?

Explain the significance of the constitutional amendments enacted in the five years following the end of the Civil War.

Which of the following is true regarding the civil rights legislation that was passed by Congress after the Civil War?

Describe how recent state policies to address voter fraud are justified differently by Republicans and Democrats.

Though the civil rights movement focused primarily on the rights of this group, it had what added effect?