Exam 3: Civil Rights and Hospitality Businesses

Derry Community College is a commuter school with a population of 650 students. Although its students come from twenty-three different states, the college has no dorms. The only place on campus where food is sold is the snack bar. True or false: The college is covered by the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

A restaurant is located away from highways, does not advertise, and virtually all of its customers are people from the neighborhood. True or false: There is no way this restaurant could be covered under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Age, like race and religion, is a classification protected by the law in places of public accommodation.

The powers given to the federal government in the Constitution are the _________________________.

The Americans with Disabilities Act requires restaurants to undertake removal of barriers where the removal is ______________________________.

The difference between interstate and intrastate commerce is ____________________________________________________________________.

Which of the following best describes interstate commerce?

A common law rule prohibited restaurants from refusing to serve anyone seeking a meal.

The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that all restaurants provide Braille menus.

An injunction in a civil rights case usually orders the offending party to stop discriminating.

A bar, seeking an upscale atmosphere, prohibits the admission of anyone wearing jeans or sneakers. Is this illegal discrimination?

A restaurant can legally place all its wheelchair-accessible tables in the same area.

A dining facility will be covered by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 if it meets one of two criteria. The two criteria are ________________________________________, ________________________________________.

The more selective a club is, the more likely it is to qualify as private.

A restaurant located inside a hotel is covered by the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Whereas the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not apply to private clubs, the Americans with Disabilities Act does.

Most state civil rights laws cover fewer types of establishments than does the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

_________________________ are the personal rights that derive primarily from the Constitution, such as free speech, freedom of contract, and privacy.

Which of the following types of establishment was barred from discrimination based on race by the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Prior to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, discrimination impacted interstate commerce in the following way: ____________________________________________________________________.