Exam 10: Legal and Social Equality: the Struggle Against Oppression and Bigotry

Ward Connerly's constitutional referendum, Proposition 209 in California, effectively ended Affirmative Action for hiring and firing of employees in state agencies

Racial profiling has been used in the United States by law enforcement officers to question _______________.

Which of the following is NOT an argument offered by supporters of Affirmative Action policies?

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 had a negligible effect upon African-American voting registration.

The median income of women in the work-force, when compared with the male median, during the last 10 years

The EEOC ruled that ADA covers not just physical disability, but also includes __________.

Harvard University under President Lawrence Lowell tried to reduce the number of Jewish students by

The comparable worth movement is seeking

Equality of opportunity refers to rewarding an individual according to his/her

In the last 20 years, racial integration has risen sharply in public schools.

De facto segregation of schools was due to

In all states, women were allowed to vote after the passage of the ___ Amendment

Opponents of busing argue

In Brown v. Board of Education

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 placed pressure on local school districts to force them to comply with the intent of the Brown 1 by

The California Civil Rights Initiative passed in 1996 and upheld by the Supreme Court in 1997

According Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray, the authors of the controversial book The Bell Curve, highest average IQ scores are found among

The key goal of the American Civil Rights movement was the concept of proportional equality for social reform.

In order for an employer to be guilty of sexual harassment, the employer must have made explicit sexual advances toward the complaining employee.

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