Question 1

To what does the term Jim Crow refer?

Accepted Answer

A) northern whites who sympathized with African Americans 
B) the civil rights movement of the mid-twentieth century 
C) the system of racial segregation in the South after Reconstruction 
D) white politicians from northern states who moved to the South during the Reconstruction era 
A) northern whites who sympathized with African Americans 
B) the civil rights movement of the mid-twentieth century 
C) the system of racial segregation in the South after Reconstruction 
D) white politicians from northern states who moved to the South during the Reconstruction era

Question 2

President Harry S.Truman was moved to bring the problem of racial discrimination to the nation's attention by

Accepted Answer

A) the southern states' strategy of "massive resistance" to federal attempts at desegregation. 
B) the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v.Ferguson. 
C) the 1963 March on Washington. 
D) revelations of Nazi racial atrocities during World War II. 
A) the southern states' strategy of "massive resistance" to federal attempts at desegregation. 
B) the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v.Ferguson. 
C) the 1963 March on Washington. 
D) revelations of Nazi racial atrocities during World War II.

Question 3

The Equal Rights Amendment failed to pass because it

Accepted Answer

A) won approval in the House but not in the Senate. 
B) won approval in the Senate but not in the House. 
C) was not ratified by the necessary 38 states. 
D) was vetoed by President Ronald Reagan. 
A) won approval in the House but not in the Senate. 
B) won approval in the Senate but not in the House. 
C) was not ratified by the necessary 38 states. 
D) was vetoed by President Ronald Reagan.

Question 4

During the 1940s and 1950s, who was the head lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund?

Accepted Answer

A) Thurgood Marshall 
B) James Byrnes 
C) W.E.B.Du Bois 
D) Felix Frankfurter 
A) Thurgood Marshall 
B) James Byrnes 
C) W.E.B.Du Bois 
D) Felix Frankfurter

Question 5

A challenge to a state law discriminating against the inheritance and property rights of illegitimate children would MOST likely be subject to which level of judicial scrutiny?

Accepted Answer

A) rational basis test 
B) intermediate scrutiny 
C) strict scrutiny 
D) complete scrutiny 
A) rational basis test 
B) intermediate scrutiny 
C) strict scrutiny 
D) complete scrutiny

Question 6

Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Accepted Answer

A) the United States closed its border with Mexico. 
B) the United States granted "most favored nation" trade status to Mexico. 
C) the United States set strict limits on the number of immigrants who were allowed to settle from Mexico each year. 
D) Mexico ceded to the U.S.territory that now comprises Arizona; California; New Mexico; and parts of Colorado, Nevada, and Utah. 
A) the United States closed its border with Mexico. 
B) the United States granted "most favored nation" trade status to Mexico. 
C) the United States set strict limits on the number of immigrants who were allowed to settle from Mexico each year. 
D) Mexico ceded to the U.S.territory that now comprises Arizona; California; New Mexico; and parts of Colorado, Nevada, and Utah.

Question 7

It was during the tenure of Chief Justice ________ that the Supreme Court established gender discrimination as a highly visible area of civil rights law.

Accepted Answer

A) Taft 
B) Warren 
C) Burger 
D) Rehnquist 
A) Taft 
B) Warren 
C) Burger 
D) Rehnquist

Question 8

During the late nineteenth century, the equal protection clause was

Accepted Answer

A) severely limited in scope by the Supreme Court. 
B) ruled unconstitutional. 
C) more strongly defended by individual states than by the federal government. 
D) not implemented because of a lack of tax revenue. 
A) severely limited in scope by the Supreme Court. 
B) ruled unconstitutional. 
C) more strongly defended by individual states than by the federal government. 
D) not implemented because of a lack of tax revenue.

Question 9

Which of the following are names of Latino civil rights organizations?

Accepted Answer

A) G.I.Forum, LULAC, and MALDEF 
B) NOW, NARAL, and Emily's List 
C) NRDC, NAACP, and ACLU 
D) NCAA, MLB, and NFL 
A) G.I.Forum, LULAC, and MALDEF 
B) NOW, NARAL, and Emily's List 
C) NRDC, NAACP, and ACLU 
D) NCAA, MLB, and NFL

Question 10

About ________ percent of southern white families owned slaves in 1840.

Accepted Answer

A) 1 
B) 5 
C) 25 
D) 50 
A) 1 
B) 5 
C) 25 
D) 50

Question 11

The first slaves were brought to what would become the United States in

Accepted Answer

A) 1619. 
B) 1720. 
C) 1763. 
D) 1780. 
A) 1619. 
B) 1720. 
C) 1763. 
D) 1780.

Question 12

In 1965, in the seven states of the Old Confederacy covered by the Voting Rights Act (VRA), approximately ________ percent of the eligible black residents were registered to vote, compared with approximately ________ percent of the white residents.

Accepted Answer

A) 10; 85 
B) 15; 80 
C) 30; 75 
D) 40; 70 
A) 10; 85 
B) 15; 80 
C) 30; 75 
D) 40; 70

Question 13

Which of the following best summarizes the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v.Board of Education (1954)?

Accepted Answer

A) Racially segregated schools can never be equal. 
B) States that segregate must spend more money to make African American schools equal. 
C) States that segregate must spend less money on all-white schools in order to make them equal with African American schools. 
D) School segregation is unethical but does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment. 
A) Racially segregated schools can never be equal. 
B) States that segregate must spend more money to make African American schools equal. 
C) States that segregate must spend less money on all-white schools in order to make them equal with African American schools. 
D) School segregation is unethical but does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment.

Question 14

Why did the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) rely primarily on the courts to press for black political rights in its early years?

Accepted Answer

A) The NAACP was composed of five members and, due to the fact that they were all lawyers, the strategy of litigation seemed to be the most logical choice. 
B) The NAACP was legally prohibited from contacting elected officials at the state and local levels and therefore had no other alternative than a strategy of litigation. 
C) Many judges were African American and therefore more sympathetic than legislators to the claims of the NAACP. 
D) The northern African American vote was too small to bring about policy change at the legislative level, so the NAACP chose a strategy of litigation. 
A) The NAACP was composed of five members and, due to the fact that they were all lawyers, the strategy of litigation seemed to be the most logical choice. 
B) The NAACP was legally prohibited from contacting elected officials at the state and local levels and therefore had no other alternative than a strategy of litigation. 
C) Many judges were African American and therefore more sympathetic than legislators to the claims of the NAACP. 
D) The northern African American vote was too small to bring about policy change at the legislative level, so the NAACP chose a strategy of litigation.

Question 15

If a bank offers loans at rates well above market averages and does so with complex provisions that borrowers may not fully understand, it is often referred to as

Accepted Answer

A) sequestering. 
B) indexing. 
C) predatory lending. 
D) redlining. 
A) sequestering. 
B) indexing. 
C) predatory lending. 
D) redlining.

Question 16

The Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the Constitution

Accepted Answer

A) prevented state governments from denying "any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." 
B) lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. 
C) granted women the right to vote. 
D) abolished the poll tax. 
A) prevented state governments from denying "any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." 
B) lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. 
C) granted women the right to vote. 
D) abolished the poll tax.

Question 17

Which statement best describes the path to women's suffrage in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A) Some states granted women the right to vote first, and then a constitutional amendment extended the right to all women in the United States. 
B) A constitutional amendment gave all women the right to vote, and then each state passed laws granting women the right to vote. 
C) During the fall of 1920, every state passed a law granting women the right to vote, and then the U.S.Constitution was amended to give women the right to vote. 
D) The Supreme Court ruled that laws prohibiting women's suffrage were unconstitutional, and all states were forced to give women the right to vote. 
A) Some states granted women the right to vote first, and then a constitutional amendment extended the right to all women in the United States. 
B) A constitutional amendment gave all women the right to vote, and then each state passed laws granting women the right to vote. 
C) During the fall of 1920, every state passed a law granting women the right to vote, and then the U.S.Constitution was amended to give women the right to vote. 
D) The Supreme Court ruled that laws prohibiting women's suffrage were unconstitutional, and all states were forced to give women the right to vote.

Question 18

Before 1924, Native Americans

Accepted Answer

A) were federal citizens but not citizens of the states in which they lived. 
B) were considered to be foreigners because their tribes were regarded as separate nations. 
C) were considered to be unauthorized immigrants, unless they lived on reservations. 
D) had the same legal status as any other citizen of the United States. 
A) were federal citizens but not citizens of the states in which they lived. 
B) were considered to be foreigners because their tribes were regarded as separate nations. 
C) were considered to be unauthorized immigrants, unless they lived on reservations. 
D) had the same legal status as any other citizen of the United States.

Question 19

The federal judiciary has

Accepted Answer

A) struck down voter identification laws in every case since 2008. 
B) upheld voter identification laws in every case since 2008. 
C) upheld some voter identification laws and struck down others. 
D) not issued any rulings on the legality of voter identification laws. 
A) struck down voter identification laws in every case since 2008. 
B) upheld voter identification laws in every case since 2008. 
C) upheld some voter identification laws and struck down others. 
D) not issued any rulings on the legality of voter identification laws.

Question 20

The Black Lives Matter protests started in

Accepted Answer

A) Ferguson, Missouri. 
B) Baltimore, Maryland. 
C) Chicago, Illinois. 
D) New York City, New York. 
A) Ferguson, Missouri. 
B) Baltimore, Maryland. 
C) Chicago, Illinois. 
D) New York City, New York.

To what does the term Jim Crow refer?

President Harry S.Truman was moved to bring the problem of racial discrimination to the nation's attention by

The Equal Rights Amendment failed to pass because it

During the 1940s and 1950s, who was the head lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund?

A challenge to a state law discriminating against the inheritance and property rights of illegitimate children would MOST likely be subject to which level of judicial scrutiny?

Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

It was during the tenure of Chief Justice ________ that the Supreme Court established gender discrimination as a highly visible area of civil rights law.

During the late nineteenth century, the equal protection clause was

Which of the following are names of Latino civil rights organizations?

About ________ percent of southern white families owned slaves in 1840.

The first slaves were brought to what would become the United States in

In 1965, in the seven states of the Old Confederacy covered by the Voting Rights Act (VRA), approximately percent of the eligible black residents were registered to vote, compared with approximately percent of the white residents.

Which of the following best summarizes the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v.Board of Education (1954)?

Why did the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) rely primarily on the courts to press for black political rights in its early years?

If a bank offers loans at rates well above market averages and does so with complex provisions that borrowers may not fully understand, it is often referred to as

The Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the Constitution

Which statement best describes the path to women's suffrage in the United States?

Before 1924, Native Americans

The federal judiciary has

The Black Lives Matter protests started in

American Political Culture

The Founding and the Constitution

Federalism

Civil Liberties

Public Opinion

The Media

Political Participation and Voting

Political Parties

Campaigns and Elections

Groups and Interests

Congress

The Presidency

Bureaucracy in a Democracy

The Federal Courts

Government and the Economy

Social Policy

Foreign Policy and Democracy

Filters

Exam 5: Civil Rights

To what does the term Jim Crow refer?

President Harry S.Truman was moved to bring the problem of racial discrimination to the nation's attention by

The Equal Rights Amendment failed to pass because it

During the 1940s and 1950s, who was the head lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund?

A challenge to a state law discriminating against the inheritance and property rights of illegitimate children would MOST likely be subject to which level of judicial scrutiny?

Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

It was during the tenure of Chief Justice ________ that the Supreme Court established gender discrimination as a highly visible area of civil rights law.

During the late nineteenth century, the equal protection clause was

Which of the following are names of Latino civil rights organizations?

About ________ percent of southern white families owned slaves in 1840.

The first slaves were brought to what would become the United States in

In 1965, in the seven states of the Old Confederacy covered by the Voting Rights Act (VRA), approximately ________ percent of the eligible black residents were registered to vote, compared with approximately ________ percent of the white residents.

Which of the following best summarizes the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v.Board of Education (1954)?

Why did the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) rely primarily on the courts to press for black political rights in its early years?

If a bank offers loans at rates well above market averages and does so with complex provisions that borrowers may not fully understand, it is often referred to as

The Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the Constitution

Which statement best describes the path to women's suffrage in the United States?

Before 1924, Native Americans

The federal judiciary has

The Black Lives Matter protests started in

American Political Culture

The Founding and the Constitution

Federalism

Civil Liberties

Public Opinion

The Media

Political Participation and Voting

Political Parties

Campaigns and Elections

Groups and Interests

Congress

The Presidency

Bureaucracy in a Democracy

The Federal Courts

Government and the Economy

Social Policy

Foreign Policy and Democracy

Filters

In 1965, in the seven states of the Old Confederacy covered by the Voting Rights Act (VRA), approximately percent of the eligible black residents were registered to vote, compared with approximately percent of the white residents.