Question 1

What were the major provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Accepted Answer

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landm

Question 2

De jure segregation is segregation that is

Accepted Answer

A) regional but not national. 
B) local but not regional. 
C) pending review by an administrator. 
D) upheld by the courts. 
E) government-imposed. 
A) regional but not national. 
B) local but not regional. 
C) pending review by an administrator. 
D) upheld by the courts. 
E) government-imposed.

Question 3

Racial segregation that is not the result of government action (for example resulting from residential patterns)is called __________ segregation.

Accepted Answer

A) de jure 
B) de facto 
C) uncoordinated 
D) res mensa 
E) geographic 
A) de jure 
B) de facto 
C) uncoordinated 
D) res mensa 
E) geographic

Question 4

Discuss how the Supreme Court in the post-Civil War era undermined the significance of the Civil War amendments to the Constitution.

Accepted Answer

The Supreme Court in the post-Civil War

Question 5

A purchasing or contracting provision that reserves a certain percentage of funds for minority-owned contractors is best defined as

Accepted Answer

A) a set-aside. 
B) a racial allocation. 
C) de facto segregation. 
D) racial gerrymandering. 
E) an opt-out. 
A) a set-aside. 
B) a racial allocation. 
C) de facto segregation. 
D) racial gerrymandering. 
E) an opt-out.

Question 6

What legislation did President Obama sign after becoming president that undid the 2007 Supreme Court decision making it more difficult for plaintiffs to bring lawsuits over pay discrimination?

Accepted Answer

A) The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act 
B) The Equal Pay Act 
C) The EEOC Pay Reform Act 
D) The Ruth Bader Ginsburg Act 
E) None of the above is true. 
A) The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act 
B) The Equal Pay Act 
C) The EEOC Pay Reform Act 
D) The Ruth Bader Ginsburg Act 
E) None of the above is true.

Question 7

In Grove City College v.Bell,the Supreme Court

Accepted Answer

A) frustrated enforcement of civil right laws. 
B) extended its interpretation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include gender. 
C) extended its interpretation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include Hispanics. 
D) reversed its earlier ruling in Sweatt v. Painter. 
E) established its principle of diversity to justify affirmative action in college admissions. 
A) frustrated enforcement of civil right laws. 
B) extended its interpretation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include gender. 
C) extended its interpretation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include Hispanics. 
D) reversed its earlier ruling in Sweatt v. Painter. 
E) established its principle of diversity to justify affirmative action in college admissions.

Question 8

One element of the Supreme Court ruling in Swann v.Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Schools was ______________________.

Accepted Answer

A) that the states make a wide range of alternative education arrangements, including paying tuition at private schools for some students 
B) that segregation caused by segregated housing patterns was logistically too difficult to remedy and could continue 
C) that lower federal courts order the busing of children to ensure school desegregation 
D) that states in the North were not obligated to desegregate their schools, as schools in the South were required to do 
E) None of these choices is true. 
A) that the states make a wide range of alternative education arrangements, including paying tuition at private schools for some students 
B) that segregation caused by segregated housing patterns was logistically too difficult to remedy and could continue 
C) that lower federal courts order the busing of children to ensure school desegregation 
D) that states in the North were not obligated to desegregate their schools, as schools in the South were required to do 
E) None of these choices is true.

Question 9

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 bans​

Accepted Answer

A) ​only governmental acts of discrimination. 
B) ​only discrimination by educational institutions. 
C) ​private and governmental acts of discrimination. 
D) only ​discrimination against women and African Americans. 
E) ​only private discrimination. 
A) ​only governmental acts of discrimination. 
B) ​only discrimination by educational institutions. 
C) ​private and governmental acts of discrimination. 
D) only ​discrimination against women and African Americans. 
E) ​only private discrimination.

Question 10

What was the constitutional dispute the Supreme Court was asked to consider concerning the Virginia Military Institute (VMI)in the 1990s,and what ultimate decision did the Court reach?

Accepted Answer

In the 1990s, the Supreme Court was aske

Question 11

The strike and boycott led by Cesar Chavez had the effect of

Accepted Answer

A) ensuring that farm workers would include people of all racial and ethnic backgrounds. 
B) attaining somewhat better pay, housing, and working conditions for farm workers. 
C) creating a very politically active Mexican community in the Southwest. 
D) dismantling the system of agricultural day labor. 
E) unemploying many Hispanics, many of whom returned to Mexico. 
A) ensuring that farm workers would include people of all racial and ethnic backgrounds. 
B) attaining somewhat better pay, housing, and working conditions for farm workers. 
C) creating a very politically active Mexican community in the Southwest. 
D) dismantling the system of agricultural day labor. 
E) unemploying many Hispanics, many of whom returned to Mexico.

What were the major provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

De jure segregation is segregation that is

Racial segregation that is not the result of government action (for example resulting from residential patterns)is called __________ segregation.

Discuss how the Supreme Court in the post-Civil War era undermined the significance of the Civil War amendments to the Constitution.

A purchasing or contracting provision that reserves a certain percentage of funds for minority-owned contractors is best defined as

What legislation did President Obama sign after becoming president that undid the 2007 Supreme Court decision making it more difficult for plaintiffs to bring lawsuits over pay discrimination?

In Grove City College v.Bell,the Supreme Court

One element of the Supreme Court ruling in Swann v.Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Schools was ______________________.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 bans

What was the constitutional dispute the Supreme Court was asked to consider concerning the Virginia Military Institute (VMI)in the 1990s,and what ultimate decision did the Court reach?

The strike and boycott led by Cesar Chavez had the effect of

Freedom, Order, or Equality

Majoritarian or Pluralist Democracy

The Constitution

Federalism

Public Opinion and Political Socialization

The Media

Participation and Voting

Political Parties

Nominations, Elections, and Campaigns

Interest Groups

Congress

The Presidency

The Bureaucracy

The Courts

Order and Civil Liberties

Economic Policy

Policymaking and Domestic Policy

Filters

Exam 16: Equality and Civil Rights

What were the major provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

De jure segregation is segregation that is

Racial segregation that is not the result of government action (for example resulting from residential patterns)is called __________ segregation.

Discuss how the Supreme Court in the post-Civil War era undermined the significance of the Civil War amendments to the Constitution.

A purchasing or contracting provision that reserves a certain percentage of funds for minority-owned contractors is best defined as

What legislation did President Obama sign after becoming president that undid the 2007 Supreme Court decision making it more difficult for plaintiffs to bring lawsuits over pay discrimination?

In Grove City College v.Bell,the Supreme Court

One element of the Supreme Court ruling in Swann v.Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Schools was ______________________.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 bans​

What was the constitutional dispute the Supreme Court was asked to consider concerning the Virginia Military Institute (VMI)in the 1990s,and what ultimate decision did the Court reach?

The strike and boycott led by Cesar Chavez had the effect of

Freedom, Order, or Equality

Majoritarian or Pluralist Democracy

The Constitution

Federalism

Public Opinion and Political Socialization

The Media

Participation and Voting

Political Parties

Nominations, Elections, and Campaigns

Interest Groups

Congress

The Presidency

The Bureaucracy

The Courts

Order and Civil Liberties

Economic Policy

Policymaking and Domestic Policy

Filters

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 bans