Exam 5: Civil Rights

_____ are known as a "model minority" in the United States.

The African American residents of a street were prohibited from entering the local park. In protest, a group of African American residents entered the park and refused to leave till the municipality agreed to their demands. This is an example of _____.

Identify an accurate statement about voting rights in the history of American politics.

In the 1880s and 1890s, the white primary prevented white Americans from voting in Democratic primary elections.

Describe the tests or standards used to determine whether a law violates the equal protection clause.

Both de jure segregation and de facto segregation are _________. A) forms of racial segregation B) dependent on professional differences C) types of reverse discrimination D) directed toward Asian Americans

A law will be subject to strict scrutiny if it:

Which of the following statements is true of the Northwest Ordinance passed by Congress under the Articles of Confederation in 1787?

Which of the following statements is true of the glass ceiling?

Which of the following statements is true of the feminist movement?

Which of the following statements is true of de jure segregation?

Discuss the women's suffrage movement in the United States to attain voting rights for women.

The state of Curisio passes a law that allows the state government to prohibit the release of written content by minority groups. If this were a law in the United States, it would most likely be subject to the _____.

Layla, an African American woman, is prevented from entering a public library because of the Jim Crow laws that prohibited blacks from using public facilities in the 1880s. This is an example of _____.

In the Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) case, the U.S. Supreme Court:

The Rehabilitation Act was the initial legislation passed by Congress in 1973 to _________. A) prevent the glass ceiling phenomenon at work places B) prevent instances of reverse discriminations C) protect same-sex marriages D) protect persons with disabilities

In the 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka , the Supreme Court unanimously held that:

Which of the following statements is true of Hispanic populations in the United States ?

In 2016, the right to serve openly in the military was extended to _________. A) transgender individuals B) lesbians C) gay men D) heterosexual individuals

Which of the following is a provision of the Thirteenth Amendment?