Exam 14: Civil Rights

Residential patterns are the basis for __________.

The idea that female-dominated occupations, such as secretaries, should receive the same pay as male-dominated occupations, such as carpenters, which require similar levels of education is called __________.

After the Taney decision, the states polarized on the issue of slavery, leading to __________.

Describe Arizona's controversial 2010 immigration law?

What occurred after the election of Rutherford B. Hayes as president in 1876?

A vexing question raised about affirmative action is whether __________.

What are redlining and steering?

A major area of discrimination for Hispanics is __________.

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 achieve?

For its first two decades, the NAACP was led by sociologist ____________.

What are the equality of rights for persons regardless of their race, sex, or ethnic background?

How does affirmative action affect college admissions? Have recent Supreme Court decisions helped or hurt the status of minorities in educational institutions?

In the absence of a draft, the most significant discrimination against men is __________.

Who are the Ku Klux Klan? How did they impact southern society?

Some labor unions have called for employers to pay whatever is necessary so a full-time worker doesn't fall below the poverty line. This is called __________.

How did states limit black citizens and their right to vote?

When Chief Justice Fred Vinson suffered a heart attack, Eisenhower appointed ___________ to take his place.

According to Thurgood Marshall, this was the one person the "poor Negro sharecropper" could rely on.

Briefly describe the Civil War Amendments.

What is affirmative action?