Question 1

Describe a situation that would meet the Founders' understanding of equality, but would not meet that standard today.

Accepted Answer

One situation that would meet the Founde

Question 2

Federal law that did which of the following was struck down by the 2013 Supreme Court decision in United States v. Windsor?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prohibited gays and lesbians from serving in the armed forces 
B)  Denied federal benefits to same-sex couples 
C)  Protected gays and lesbians against employment discrimination 
D)  Allowed gays to take leadership roles in the Boy Scouts 
E)  Permitted housing discrimination against gays and lesbians 
A)  Prohibited gays and lesbians from serving in the armed forces 
B)  Denied federal benefits to same-sex couples 
C)  Protected gays and lesbians against employment discrimination 
D)  Allowed gays to take leadership roles in the Boy Scouts 
E)  Permitted housing discrimination against gays and lesbians

Question 3

Businesses refusing to serve or hire people on the basis of their race, sex, sexual orientation, or national orientation is an example of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Freedom of choice 
B)  Private discrimination 
C)  Legal discrimination 
D)  Public discrimination 
E)  Private choice 
A)  Freedom of choice 
B)  Private discrimination 
C)  Legal discrimination 
D)  Public discrimination 
E)  Private choice

Question 4

In 1863, during the Civil War, what did President Abraham Lincoln do to make slavery illegal?

Accepted Answer

A)  Signed the Missouri Compromise 
B)  Issued the Emancipation Proclamation 
C)  Vetoed the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
D)  Passed the Eleventh Amendment 
E)  Declared martial law 
A)  Signed the Missouri Compromise 
B)  Issued the Emancipation Proclamation 
C)  Vetoed the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
D)  Passed the Eleventh Amendment 
E)  Declared martial law

Question 5

Discuss at least three ways that African Americans were politically disenfranchised after the Civil War. Also, briefly discuss how the federal government rectified this disenfranchisement.

Accepted Answer

After the Civil War, African Americans w

Question 6

An individual who participates in freedom rides and sit-ins as a means to achieve racial justice is using what philosophy or approach to solving the problem?

Accepted Answer

A)  Black power 
B)  Court actions 
C)  Integration 
D)  Civil disobedience 
E)  Legislative actions 
A)  Black power 
B)  Court actions 
C)  Integration 
D)  Civil disobedience 
E)  Legislative actions

Question 7

What did the U.S. Supreme Court do in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?

Accepted Answer

A)  It ruled that African Americans are not persons for the purposes of the Constitution. 
B)  It tried to stop the development of legal racial segregation known as Jim Crow laws. 
C)  It stated that schools may not practice any type of racial segregation. 
D)  It agreed that separation of races is not a violation of the Constitution. 
E)  It ruled that the practice of slavery must cease before the end of the century. 
A)  It ruled that African Americans are not persons for the purposes of the Constitution. 
B)  It tried to stop the development of legal racial segregation known as Jim Crow laws. 
C)  It stated that schools may not practice any type of racial segregation. 
D)  It agreed that separation of races is not a violation of the Constitution. 
E)  It ruled that the practice of slavery must cease before the end of the century.

Question 8

Which of the following terms refers specifically to the rights of all Americans to equal treatment under the law?

Accepted Answer

A)  Civil liberties 
B)  Civil rights 
C)  Common law rights 
D)  Inalienable rights 
E)  Natural rights 
A)  Civil liberties 
B)  Civil rights 
C)  Common law rights 
D)  Inalienable rights 
E)  Natural rights

Question 9

Discuss women's suffrage, including ways that suffrage was hindered and expanded.

Accepted Answer

Women's suffrage refers to the right of

Question 10

In the 2003 decision of Lawrence v. Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court did which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Upheld an existing Texas law that made homosexual conduct a crime 
B)  Overturned laws against sexual activity between same-sex consenting adults in private 
C)  Invalidated anti-discrimination laws that protect homosexuals 
D)  Upheld the Court's previous decision regarding sexual activity between same-sex consenting adults 
E)  Indicated that states could declare homosexuality a crime 
A)  Upheld an existing Texas law that made homosexual conduct a crime 
B)  Overturned laws against sexual activity between same-sex consenting adults in private 
C)  Invalidated anti-discrimination laws that protect homosexuals 
D)  Upheld the Court's previous decision regarding sexual activity between same-sex consenting adults 
E)  Indicated that states could declare homosexuality a crime

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A)  African Americans; benefiting nearly all minority groups 
B)  Women; benefiting gay Americans as well 
C)  Latinos; benefiting African Americans 
D)  African Americans; strengthening the disenfranchisement of other racial minorities 
E)  Women; strengthening the disenfranchisement of gay Americans 
A)  African Americans; benefiting nearly all minority groups 
B)  Women; benefiting gay Americans as well 
C)  Latinos; benefiting African Americans 
D)  African Americans; strengthening the disenfranchisement of other racial minorities 
E)  Women; strengthening the disenfranchisement of gay Americans

Question 12

While the Brown ruling was historic, the ruling itself did little to desegregate schools due to its ambiguous command that schools should desegregate how?

Accepted Answer

A)  With all deliberate speed 
B)  With all due process 
C)  With extreme prejudice 
D)  With all practical manner 
E)  With all good intent 
A)  With all deliberate speed 
B)  With all due process 
C)  With extreme prejudice 
D)  With all practical manner 
E)  With all good intent

Question 13

The riot at the Stonewall Inn that began the modern movement for equality for gay males and lesbians was sparked by what?

Accepted Answer

A)  A raid by police on a bar popular with gay men and lesbians 
B)  Refusal of the bar to serve gay and lesbian patrons 
C)  Anti-gay protestors who showed up at the bar 
D)  An attempt by a gay couple to hold a marriage ceremony at the bar 
E)  Refusal of the bar to hire openly gay workers 
A)  A raid by police on a bar popular with gay men and lesbians 
B)  Refusal of the bar to serve gay and lesbian patrons 
C)  Anti-gay protestors who showed up at the bar 
D)  An attempt by a gay couple to hold a marriage ceremony at the bar 
E)  Refusal of the bar to hire openly gay workers

Question 14

What is the fastest growing and largest ethnic group in the United States today?

Accepted Answer

A)  Middle Easterners 
B)  African Americans 
C)  Latinos 
D)  Eastern Europeans 
E)  East Asians 
A)  Middle Easterners 
B)  African Americans 
C)  Latinos 
D)  Eastern Europeans 
E)  East Asians

Question 15

If a state denied a specific group, such as citizens of mixed race, the right to vote, this would be an example of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Private discrimination 
B)  Social choice 
C)  Public discrimination 
D)  Strict scrutiny 
E)  Private choice 
A)  Private discrimination 
B)  Social choice 
C)  Public discrimination 
D)  Strict scrutiny 
E)  Private choice

Question 16

What did the white primary in southern states allow?

Accepted Answer

A)  All races to participate in elections on an equal basis 
B)  Whites to exclude African Americans from voting in Democratic Party primaries 
C)  Voters to select ballots for each party based on different skin colors 
D)  African Americans the opportunity to vote for the first time 
E)  Whites to exclude African Americans from voting in the general elections 
A)  All races to participate in elections on an equal basis 
B)  Whites to exclude African Americans from voting in Democratic Party primaries 
C)  Voters to select ballots for each party based on different skin colors 
D)  African Americans the opportunity to vote for the first time 
E)  Whites to exclude African Americans from voting in the general elections

Question 17

Which of the following is accurate regarding the efforts to amend the Constitution to include an Equal Rights Amendment for women?

Accepted Answer

A)  It has never made it through the congressional amendment proposal process. 
B)  It has passed through Congress, but failed ratification in the states. 
C)  It was proposed as a part of the Bill of Rights, but failed to be ratified. 
D)  It was ratified by the states in 1972, after passing through Congress. 
E)  It is largely seen as unnecessary, now that women's incomes are equal to those of men. 
A)  It has never made it through the congressional amendment proposal process. 
B)  It has passed through Congress, but failed ratification in the states. 
C)  It was proposed as a part of the Bill of Rights, but failed to be ratified. 
D)  It was ratified by the states in 1972, after passing through Congress. 
E)  It is largely seen as unnecessary, now that women's incomes are equal to those of men.

Question 18

Discuss the impact that Supreme Court decisions have had on immigrants' rights. Cite at least two such cases and their impact.

Accepted Answer

The Supreme Court has had a significant

Question 19

Homer Plessy attempted to challenge Louisiana's racial segregation policies by doing which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Refusing to move from a "whites-only" Louisiana train car 
B)  Sitting in at a "whites-only" restaurant 
C)  Refusing to sit at the back of a New Orleans streetcar 
D)  Sitting on the ground floor of a public theater, instead of in the balcony 
E)  Sending his daughter for treatment to a superior "whites-only" hospital 
A)  Refusing to move from a "whites-only" Louisiana train car 
B)  Sitting in at a "whites-only" restaurant 
C)  Refusing to sit at the back of a New Orleans streetcar 
D)  Sitting on the ground floor of a public theater, instead of in the balcony 
E)  Sending his daughter for treatment to a superior "whites-only" hospital

Question 20

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous speech telling the world "I have a dream" during which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The signing ceremony of the Civil Rights Act 
B)  The March on Washington 
C)  The Woolworth lunch counter sit-in 
D)  The Montgomery bus boycott 
E)  The March on Selma 
A)  The signing ceremony of the Civil Rights Act 
B)  The March on Washington 
C)  The Woolworth lunch counter sit-in 
D)  The Montgomery bus boycott 
E)  The March on Selma

Describe a situation that would meet the Founders' understanding of equality, but would not meet that standard today.

Federal law that did which of the following was struck down by the 2013 Supreme Court decision in United States v. Windsor?

Businesses refusing to serve or hire people on the basis of their race, sex, sexual orientation, or national orientation is an example of which of the following?

In 1863, during the Civil War, what did President Abraham Lincoln do to make slavery illegal?

Discuss at least three ways that African Americans were politically disenfranchised after the Civil War. Also, briefly discuss how the federal government rectified this disenfranchisement.

An individual who participates in freedom rides and sit-ins as a means to achieve racial justice is using what philosophy or approach to solving the problem?

What did the U.S. Supreme Court do in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?

Which of the following terms refers specifically to the rights of all Americans to equal treatment under the law?

Discuss women's suffrage, including ways that suffrage was hindered and expanded.

In the 2003 decision of Lawrence v. Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court did which of the following?

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

While the Brown ruling was historic, the ruling itself did little to desegregate schools due to its ambiguous command that schools should desegregate how?

The riot at the Stonewall Inn that began the modern movement for equality for gay males and lesbians was sparked by what?

What is the fastest growing and largest ethnic group in the United States today?

If a state denied a specific group, such as citizens of mixed race, the right to vote, this would be an example of which of the following?

What did the white primary in southern states allow?

Which of the following is accurate regarding the efforts to amend the Constitution to include an Equal Rights Amendment for women?

Discuss the impact that Supreme Court decisions have had on immigrants' rights. Cite at least two such cases and their impact.

Homer Plessy attempted to challenge Louisiana's racial segregation policies by doing which of the following?

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous speech telling the world "I have a dream" during which of the following?

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Exam 5: Civil Rights

Describe a situation that would meet the Founders' understanding of equality, but would not meet that standard today.

Federal law that did which of the following was struck down by the 2013 Supreme Court decision in United States v. Windsor?

Businesses refusing to serve or hire people on the basis of their race, sex, sexual orientation, or national orientation is an example of which of the following?

In 1863, during the Civil War, what did President Abraham Lincoln do to make slavery illegal?

Discuss at least three ways that African Americans were politically disenfranchised after the Civil War. Also, briefly discuss how the federal government rectified this disenfranchisement.

An individual who participates in freedom rides and sit-ins as a means to achieve racial justice is using what philosophy or approach to solving the problem?

What did the U.S. Supreme Court do in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?

Which of the following terms refers specifically to the rights of all Americans to equal treatment under the law?

Discuss women's suffrage, including ways that suffrage was hindered and expanded.

In the 2003 decision of Lawrence v. Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court did which of the following?

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

While the Brown ruling was historic, the ruling itself did little to desegregate schools due to its ambiguous command that schools should desegregate how?

The riot at the Stonewall Inn that began the modern movement for equality for gay males and lesbians was sparked by what?

What is the fastest growing and largest ethnic group in the United States today?

If a state denied a specific group, such as citizens of mixed race, the right to vote, this would be an example of which of the following?

What did the white primary in southern states allow?

Which of the following is accurate regarding the efforts to amend the Constitution to include an Equal Rights Amendment for women?

Discuss the impact that Supreme Court decisions have had on immigrants' rights. Cite at least two such cases and their impact.

Homer Plessy attempted to challenge Louisiana's racial segregation policies by doing which of the following?

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous speech telling the world "I have a dream" during which of the following?

Gateways to American Democracy

The Constitution

Federalism

Civil Liberties

Public Opinion

The News and Social Media

Interest Groups

Political Parties

Elections and Campaigns

Voting and Participation

Congress

The Presidency

The Bureaucracy

The Judiciary

Economic, Domestic, and Foreign Policy

Filters