Question 1

What was the Seneca Falls Convention?

Accepted Answer

A) a meeting in upstate New York during the mid-nineteenth century regarding women's rights 
B) an important gathering that initiated the abolitionist movement 
C) the convention that wrote and debated the Fourteenth Amendment 
D) the convention where leaders of the Confederacy and the Union negotiated the end of the Civil War 
A) a meeting in upstate New York during the mid-nineteenth century regarding women's rights 
B) an important gathering that initiated the abolitionist movement 
C) the convention that wrote and debated the Fourteenth Amendment 
D) the convention where leaders of the Confederacy and the Union negotiated the end of the Civil War

Question 2

________ once said, "Your denial of my citizen's right to vote is the denial of my right of consent as one of the governed, the denial of my right of representation as one of the taxed,
The denial of my right to a trial of my peers as an offender against law."

Accepted Answer

A) Dred Scott 
B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
C) Lucretia Mott 
D) Susan B.Anthony 
A) Dred Scott 
B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
C) Lucretia Mott 
D) Susan B.Anthony

Question 3

President ________ appointed the first President's Commission on Civil Rights in ________.

Accepted Answer

A) Lincoln; 1863 
B) Wilson; 1920 
C) Roosevelt; 1942 
D) Truman; 1946 
A) Lincoln; 1863 
B) Wilson; 1920 
C) Roosevelt; 1942 
D) Truman; 1946

Question 4

After World War II, which government institution first began drawing attention to the problem of racism in America?

Accepted Answer

A) the Supreme Court 
B) the White House 
C) Congress 
D) the State Department 
A) the Supreme Court 
B) the White House 
C) Congress 
D) the State Department

Question 5

What was the result of the Compromise of 1877?

Accepted Answer

A) Rutherford B.Hayes was elected president. 
B) Jim Crow laws were struck down in the United States. 
C) It ended the Civil War. 
D) It ended the slave trade. 
A) Rutherford B.Hayes was elected president. 
B) Jim Crow laws were struck down in the United States. 
C) It ended the Civil War. 
D) It ended the slave trade.

Question 6

In the years before Brown v.Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court

Accepted Answer

A) overturned forms of segregation while maintaining the separate but equal rule. 
B) had struck down forms of segregation through the commerce clause, but not the Fourteenth Amendment. 
C) consistently refused to strike down any form of segregation. 
D) had refused to hear cases on segregation. 
A) overturned forms of segregation while maintaining the separate but equal rule. 
B) had struck down forms of segregation through the commerce clause, but not the Fourteenth Amendment. 
C) consistently refused to strike down any form of segregation. 
D) had refused to hear cases on segregation.

Question 7

Which of the following statements best describes the number of peaceful civil rights demonstrations during the 1950s and 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A) Most demonstrations were held in the mid-1950s, and the number of demonstrations declined throughout the 1960s. 
B) There were almost no demonstrations prior to 1968. 
C) The number of demonstrations grew in the early 1960s and peaked in 1965. 
D) There were almost no demonstrations during the 1950s and 1960s. 
A) Most demonstrations were held in the mid-1950s, and the number of demonstrations declined throughout the 1960s. 
B) There were almost no demonstrations prior to 1968. 
C) The number of demonstrations grew in the early 1960s and peaked in 1965. 
D) There were almost no demonstrations during the 1950s and 1960s.

Question 8

In Dred Scott v.Sandford (1857), the Supreme Court determined that

Accepted Answer

A) Dred Scott was a free citizen. 
B) slaves were not citizens of the United States. 
C) African Americans had minimal process rights under the U.S.Constitution. 
D) the Missouri Compromise was constitutional in all aspects. 
A) Dred Scott was a free citizen. 
B) slaves were not citizens of the United States. 
C) African Americans had minimal process rights under the U.S.Constitution. 
D) the Missouri Compromise was constitutional in all aspects.

Question 9

Which event led to national attention for the gay rights movement in 1969?

Accepted Answer

A) the inauguration of Richard Nixon as president 
B) the Supreme Court's decision in Bowers v.Hardwick 
C) a riot in response to police raids at the Stonewall Inn 
D) the issuance of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy relating to gays and lesbians serving in the military 
A) the inauguration of Richard Nixon as president 
B) the Supreme Court's decision in Bowers v.Hardwick 
C) a riot in response to police raids at the Stonewall Inn 
D) the issuance of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy relating to gays and lesbians serving in the military

Question 10

The Supreme Court justified its decision to strike down the use of "white primaries" in the South by claiming that

Accepted Answer

A) the practice infringed on Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce. 
B) parties were "an agency of the State," and therefore any practice of discrimination against blacks was a violation of the Fifteenth Amendment. 
C) separate but equal elections violated the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D) only Congress had the authority to conduct primaries under the Constitution. 
A) the practice infringed on Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce. 
B) parties were "an agency of the State," and therefore any practice of discrimination against blacks was a violation of the Fifteenth Amendment. 
C) separate but equal elections violated the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D) only Congress had the authority to conduct primaries under the Constitution.

Question 11

"Massive resistance" was the name given to

Accepted Answer

A) the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott of the 1950s. 
B) the NAACP's efforts to use the federal judiciary to challenge segregation in southern states during the 1930s. 
C) attempts by white southerners during the 1950s to block the federal government's school desegregation efforts. 
D) the movement of white southerners opposing the Reconstruction policies of the federal government during the 1870s. 
A) the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott of the 1950s. 
B) the NAACP's efforts to use the federal judiciary to challenge segregation in southern states during the 1930s. 
C) attempts by white southerners during the 1950s to block the federal government's school desegregation efforts. 
D) the movement of white southerners opposing the Reconstruction policies of the federal government during the 1870s.

Question 12

Ten years after Brown v.Board of Education (1954), only ________ percent of black children in the Deep South attended school with white children.

Accepted Answer

A) 1 
B) 20 
C) 33 
D) 50 
A) 1 
B) 20 
C) 33 
D) 50

Question 13

Based on the history of Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action, which of the following university admissions policies would be MOST likely to survive a constitutional challenge?

Accepted Answer

A) a policy that automatically awards 40 points (out of 100) to African American, Latino, and Native American applicants 
B) a policy that reserves 25 of 100 positions at the university for African American, Latino, and Native American applicants 
C) a policy that doubles the GPA and SAT scores for African American, Latino, and Native American applicants 
D) a policy that considers race as one factor among many in a highly individualized, holistic review of each applicant's file 
A) a policy that automatically awards 40 points (out of 100) to African American, Latino, and Native American applicants 
B) a policy that reserves 25 of 100 positions at the university for African American, Latino, and Native American applicants 
C) a policy that doubles the GPA and SAT scores for African American, Latino, and Native American applicants 
D) a policy that considers race as one factor among many in a highly individualized, holistic review of each applicant's file

Question 14

Describe the history of legalized racial discrimination in the United States since the end of the Civil War.In particular, define and give some examples of Jim Crow laws.What was the Fourteenth Amendment intended to accomplish, and how did the Supreme Court justices limit its protections in the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

There are three components to this quest

Question 15

What level of scrutiny do federal judges generally apply to cases involving gender discrimination?

Accepted Answer

A) strict scrutiny 
B) intermediate scrutiny 
C) loose scrutiny 
D) stare decisis 
A) strict scrutiny 
B) intermediate scrutiny 
C) loose scrutiny 
D) stare decisis

Question 16

Strict scrutiny is the level of judicial review that federal judges give to all cases that involve ________ classifications.

Accepted Answer

A) racial 
B) gender 
C) age 
D) ability 
A) racial 
B) gender 
C) age 
D) ability

Question 17

Which of the following is true of Brown v.Board of Education (1954)?

Accepted Answer

A) The Court outlawed de facto segregation. 
B) The Court outlawed de jure segregation. 
C) The Court allowed school systems to desegregate on a case-by-case basis. 
D) The Court upheld the "separate but equal" doctrine. 
A) The Court outlawed de facto segregation. 
B) The Court outlawed de jure segregation. 
C) The Court allowed school systems to desegregate on a case-by-case basis. 
D) The Court upheld the "separate but equal" doctrine.

Question 18

One step taken toward the desegregation of public schools was

Accepted Answer

A) busing children from poor urban school districts to wealthier suburban ones. 
B) opening numerous private schools and academies. 
C) providing white parents with tax credits if they enrolled their children in all-black schools. 
D) attracting more black students to white schools by hiring only African American teachers. 
A) busing children from poor urban school districts to wealthier suburban ones. 
B) opening numerous private schools and academies. 
C) providing white parents with tax credits if they enrolled their children in all-black schools. 
D) attracting more black students to white schools by hiring only African American teachers.

Question 19

After the Civil War, which amendments to the U.S.Constitution offered African Americans the MOST hope for achieving full citizenship rights?

Accepted Answer

A) the First, Second, and Third amendments 
B) the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh amendments 
C) the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments 
D) the Twentieth, Twenty-First, and Twenty-Second amendments 
A) the First, Second, and Third amendments 
B) the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh amendments 
C) the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments 
D) the Twentieth, Twenty-First, and Twenty-Second amendments

Question 20

Observers claim that the Supreme Court's decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v.Seattle School District No.1 (2007) represents the "end of the Brown era" because it

Accepted Answer

A) explicitly overturned the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v.Board of Education. 
B) rejected the precedent that strict scrutiny should be applied in cases about racial discrimination. 
C) confirmed the precedent that strict scrutiny should be applied in cases about racial discrimination. 
D) declared one of the few public strategies left to promote racial integration unconstitutional. 
A) explicitly overturned the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v.Board of Education. 
B) rejected the precedent that strict scrutiny should be applied in cases about racial discrimination. 
C) confirmed the precedent that strict scrutiny should be applied in cases about racial discrimination. 
D) declared one of the few public strategies left to promote racial integration unconstitutional.

What was the Seneca Falls Convention?

________ once said, "Your denial of my citizen's right to vote is the denial of my right of consent as one of the governed, the denial of my right of representation as one of the taxed, The denial of my right to a trial of my peers as an offender against law."

President appointed the first President's Commission on Civil Rights in .

After World War II, which government institution first began drawing attention to the problem of racism in America?

What was the result of the Compromise of 1877?

In the years before Brown v.Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court

Which of the following statements best describes the number of peaceful civil rights demonstrations during the 1950s and 1960s?

In Dred Scott v.Sandford (1857), the Supreme Court determined that

Which event led to national attention for the gay rights movement in 1969?

The Supreme Court justified its decision to strike down the use of "white primaries" in the South by claiming that

"Massive resistance" was the name given to

Ten years after Brown v.Board of Education (1954), only ________ percent of black children in the Deep South attended school with white children.

Based on the history of Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action, which of the following university admissions policies would be MOST likely to survive a constitutional challenge?

What level of scrutiny do federal judges generally apply to cases involving gender discrimination?

Strict scrutiny is the level of judicial review that federal judges give to all cases that involve ________ classifications.

Which of the following is true of Brown v.Board of Education (1954)?

One step taken toward the desegregation of public schools was

After the Civil War, which amendments to the U.S.Constitution offered African Americans the MOST hope for achieving full citizenship rights?

Observers claim that the Supreme Court's decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v.Seattle School District No.1 (2007) represents the "end of the Brown era" because it

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What was the Seneca Falls Convention?

________ once said, "Your denial of my citizen's right to vote is the denial of my right of consent as one of the governed, the denial of my right of representation as one of the taxed, The denial of my right to a trial of my peers as an offender against law."

President ________ appointed the first President's Commission on Civil Rights in ________.

After World War II, which government institution first began drawing attention to the problem of racism in America?

What was the result of the Compromise of 1877?

In the years before Brown v.Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court

Which of the following statements best describes the number of peaceful civil rights demonstrations during the 1950s and 1960s?

In Dred Scott v.Sandford (1857), the Supreme Court determined that

Which event led to national attention for the gay rights movement in 1969?

The Supreme Court justified its decision to strike down the use of "white primaries" in the South by claiming that

"Massive resistance" was the name given to

Ten years after Brown v.Board of Education (1954), only ________ percent of black children in the Deep South attended school with white children.

Based on the history of Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action, which of the following university admissions policies would be MOST likely to survive a constitutional challenge?

What level of scrutiny do federal judges generally apply to cases involving gender discrimination?

Strict scrutiny is the level of judicial review that federal judges give to all cases that involve ________ classifications.

Which of the following is true of Brown v.Board of Education (1954)?

One step taken toward the desegregation of public schools was

After the Civil War, which amendments to the U.S.Constitution offered African Americans the MOST hope for achieving full citizenship rights?

Observers claim that the Supreme Court's decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v.Seattle School District No.1 (2007) represents the "end of the Brown era" because it

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

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President appointed the first President's Commission on Civil Rights in .