Question 1

The Plessy decision and the separate-but-equal doctrine constitutionally allowed __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  lynching 
B)  segregation 
C)  poll taxes 
D)  voting limits 
A)  lynching 
B)  segregation 
C)  poll taxes 
D)  voting limits

Question 2

The women's groups formed to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of America now is called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the Women's Movement 
B)  the National Organization for Women 
C)  the League of Women Voters. 
D)  Disdain Housewives 
A)  the Women's Movement 
B)  the National Organization for Women 
C)  the League of Women Voters. 
D)  Disdain Housewives

Question 3

President __________ broke a long tradition of presidential support for the ERA.

Accepted Answer

A)  Ford 
B)  Reagan 
C)  Carter 
D)  Nixon 
A)  Ford 
B)  Reagan 
C)  Carter 
D)  Nixon

Question 4

Latinos are the largest minority in the United States, making up __________ percent of the population.

Accepted Answer

A)  5 
B)  16 
C)  20 
D)  35 
A)  5 
B)  16 
C)  20 
D)  35

Question 5

One of the ritualized spectacles implemented as a desperate attempt to cling to the racial order upset by the Civil War was __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  castration 
B)  bull fighting 
C)  lynchings 
D)  boxing 
A)  castration 
B)  bull fighting 
C)  lynchings 
D)  boxing

Question 6

What was the impact of the Equal Pay Act?

Accepted Answer

The Equal Pay Act of 1963 was a signific

Question 7

Quid pro quo harassment refers to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a supervisor making unwanted sexual advances 
B)  the creation of a hostile work environment 
C)  sexual discrimination toward men 
D)  legally non-supportable instances of harassment 
A)  a supervisor making unwanted sexual advances 
B)  the creation of a hostile work environment 
C)  sexual discrimination toward men 
D)  legally non-supportable instances of harassment

Question 8

__________ are the largest minority in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A)  Asians 
B)  African Americans 
C)  Indians 
D)  Hispanics 
A)  Asians 
B)  African Americans 
C)  Indians 
D)  Hispanics

Question 9

Describe three interest groups that have formed to achieve civil rights?

Accepted Answer

1. The National Association for the Adva

Question 10

While President Eisenhower was not pleased with the Brown decision, he sent federal troops to enforce it in which state?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mississippi 
B)  Baltimore 
C)  Arkansas 
D)  Alabama 
A)  Mississippi 
B)  Baltimore 
C)  Arkansas 
D)  Alabama

Question 11

The Burger Court upheld the use of race as a factor in college admissions, but struck down __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  busing 
B)  desegregated college councils 
C)  racial quotas 
D)  equal tuition rates 
A)  busing 
B)  desegregated college councils 
C)  racial quotas 
D)  equal tuition rates

Question 12

How have the courts handled gender discrimination?

Accepted Answer

Courts have handled gender discriminatio

Question 13

Which system of southern laws and conventions segregated southern society and ingrained discrimination?

Accepted Answer

A)  separate but equal doctrine 
B)  Jim Crow laws 
C)  Plessy laws 
D)  Dred Scott laws 
A)  separate but equal doctrine 
B)  Jim Crow laws 
C)  Plessy laws 
D)  Dred Scott laws

Question 14

In 1980, the Republican Party became the first party __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  to endorse the ERA 
B)  to not endorse the ERA since 1940 
C)  to put the ERA on its election platform 
D)  to make the ERA a non-issue 
A)  to endorse the ERA 
B)  to not endorse the ERA since 1940 
C)  to put the ERA on its election platform 
D)  to make the ERA a non-issue

Question 15

The Ku Klux Klan began during Reconstruction and advocated __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the impeachment of Lincoln 
B)  the Fifteenth Amendment ratification 
C)  Western state annexation 
D)  white supremacy 
A)  the impeachment of Lincoln 
B)  the Fifteenth Amendment ratification 
C)  Western state annexation 
D)  white supremacy

Question 16

The institution of sharecropping __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  created an economic system that rewarded hard work 
B)  provided each free slave with the rewards promised by emancipation 
C)  created a vicious cycle in which poor black farmers were mired in debt and poverty 
D)  provided former slaves with "forty acres and a mule" 
A)  created an economic system that rewarded hard work 
B)  provided each free slave with the rewards promised by emancipation 
C)  created a vicious cycle in which poor black farmers were mired in debt and poverty 
D)  provided former slaves with "forty acres and a mule"

Question 17

The Emancipation Proclamation was declared by whom?

Accepted Answer

A)  Congress 
B)  the President 
C)  the Supreme Court 
D)  the Northern states 
A)  Congress 
B)  the President 
C)  the Supreme Court 
D)  the Northern states

Question 18

Although many colonial Americans advocated equality, they envisioned it only for __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  colored men 
B)  black men 
C)  white men 
D)  Native Americans 
A)  colored men 
B)  black men 
C)  white men 
D)  Native Americans

Question 19

Justice Taney ruled in the Dred Scott decision that free blacks __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  were not citizens 
B)  were citizens, but that enslaved blacks were not 
C)  could not own black slaves 
D)  should have the same rights as white men 
A)  were not citizens 
B)  were citizens, but that enslaved blacks were not 
C)  could not own black slaves 
D)  should have the same rights as white men

Question 20

How have the courts answered legal questions concerning affirmative action?

Accepted Answer

The courts have addressed legal question

The Plessy decision and the separate-but-equal doctrine constitutionally allowed __________.

The women's groups formed to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of America now is called __________.

President __________ broke a long tradition of presidential support for the ERA.

Latinos are the largest minority in the United States, making up __________ percent of the population.

One of the ritualized spectacles implemented as a desperate attempt to cling to the racial order upset by the Civil War was __________.

What was the impact of the Equal Pay Act?

Quid pro quo harassment refers to __________.

__________ are the largest minority in the United States.

Describe three interest groups that have formed to achieve civil rights?

While President Eisenhower was not pleased with the Brown decision, he sent federal troops to enforce it in which state?

The Burger Court upheld the use of race as a factor in college admissions, but struck down __________.

How have the courts handled gender discrimination?

Which system of southern laws and conventions segregated southern society and ingrained discrimination?

In 1980, the Republican Party became the first party __________.

The Ku Klux Klan began during Reconstruction and advocated __________.

The institution of sharecropping __________.

The Emancipation Proclamation was declared by whom?

Although many colonial Americans advocated equality, they envisioned it only for __________.

Justice Taney ruled in the Dred Scott decision that free blacks __________.

How have the courts answered legal questions concerning affirmative action?

The American People

The Constitution

Federalism

Public Opinion

News Media

Interest Groups

Political Parties

Elections

Congress

The Presidency

The Bureaucracy

The Judiciary

Civil Liberties

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Extension 2: Focus on: Environmental Policy

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Exam 14: Civil Rights

The Plessy decision and the separate-but-equal doctrine constitutionally allowed __________.

The women's groups formed to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of America now is called __________.

President __________ broke a long tradition of presidential support for the ERA.

Latinos are the largest minority in the United States, making up __________ percent of the population.

One of the ritualized spectacles implemented as a desperate attempt to cling to the racial order upset by the Civil War was __________.

What was the impact of the Equal Pay Act?

Quid pro quo harassment refers to __________.

__________ are the largest minority in the United States.

Describe three interest groups that have formed to achieve civil rights?

While President Eisenhower was not pleased with the Brown decision, he sent federal troops to enforce it in which state?

The Burger Court upheld the use of race as a factor in college admissions, but struck down __________.

How have the courts handled gender discrimination?

Which system of southern laws and conventions segregated southern society and ingrained discrimination?

In 1980, the Republican Party became the first party __________.

The Ku Klux Klan began during Reconstruction and advocated __________.

The institution of sharecropping __________.

The Emancipation Proclamation was declared by whom?

Although many colonial Americans advocated equality, they envisioned it only for __________.

Justice Taney ruled in the Dred Scott decision that free blacks __________.

How have the courts answered legal questions concerning affirmative action?

The American People

The Constitution

Federalism

Public Opinion

News Media

Interest Groups

Political Parties

Elections

Congress

The Presidency

The Bureaucracy

The Judiciary

Civil Liberties

Extension 1: Focus On: Economic Policy

Extension 2: Focus on: Environmental Policy

Extension 3: Focus On: Foreign Policy

Extension 4: Focus On: Health Policy

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