Exam 5: Civil Rights

According to the Supreme Court decisions in Regents of the University of California v.Bakke and two University of Michigan cases,what sorts of affirmative action programs for admission to public universities are permissible,and what sorts are not?

The constitutionality of a law establishing a public elementary school open only to African American students from poor neighborhoods would be determined by the Supreme Court's application of the __________ standard of review.

What was the primary focus at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention for activists like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott?

What was the Supreme Court's rationale in the Civil Rights Cases (1883)for why Congress could not prohibit discrimination in public accommodations?

The Fourteenth Amendment attempted to guarantee which of the following to former slaves?

The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.insisted that civil disobedience aimed at ending discrimination in the South should be conducted __________.

Reconstruction was the era of racial healing that followed the civil rights movement.

What strategy did the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People use most effectively to challenge segregated law school admissions?

Which of the following accommodations would an employer most likely need to implement in order to be in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act?

If you were a poor,illiterate,white,Southern farmer,which of the following would help ensure your ability to vote after the Civil War?

Because of the Supreme Court's decision in Regents of the University of California v.Bakke,an affirmative action program that uses racial __________ would likely be deemed unconstitutional.

__________ programs are designed to help remedy continued inequality by giving special treatment to members of previously discriminated-against groups.

Courts have not allowed men to use the Fourteenth Amendment to fight gender-based discrimination.

What was the objective of the women's suffrage movement?

When did Hispanics first start to organize,and when did the strongest push for Hispanic rights begin? What tactics did Hispanics borrow from the African American civil rights movement? What did Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta do? Explain why MALDEF was created.How successful has the Hispanic movement been in securing rights for Hispanic people? Give an example of a success and an example of a setback.

Compare and contrast the use of nonviolent civil disobedience and litigation during the civil rights movement.Which was more successful and why?

How does the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)define a disabled person? What rights are guaranteed to disabled people under the ADA? What infrastructure must be created to ensure these rights?

The Supreme Court has prohibited voters from using ballot initiatives to forbid the use of state-sanctioned affirmative action policies.

Make an argument for interpreting the Fourteenth Amendment as supporting the right of gays and lesbians to get married to their same-sex partners.

Which of these does the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ban?