Question 1

The Montgomery bus boycott began after ____________ refused to give up her seat for a white man.

Accepted Answer

A) Lucretia Mott 
B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
C) Rosa Parks 
D) Orbal Faubus 
A) Lucretia Mott 
B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
C) Rosa Parks 
D) Orbal Faubus

Question 2

Which of the following provisions of Arizona's 2010 immigration law was upheld by the Supreme Court?

Accepted Answer

A) that immigrants carry identity papers 
B) that local police check the immigration status of an individual detained for other reasons if there are grounds to suspect that the person was in the country illegally 
C) that undocumented immigrants cannot apply for jobs 
D) that police can stop persons they suspect of being undocumented immigrants 
A) that immigrants carry identity papers 
B) that local police check the immigration status of an individual detained for other reasons if there are grounds to suspect that the person was in the country illegally 
C) that undocumented immigrants cannot apply for jobs 
D) that police can stop persons they suspect of being undocumented immigrants

Question 3

Strict scrutiny refers to

Accepted Answer

A) a set of regulations determining which schools receive grants-in-aid from the federal government. 
B) a test used by the Supreme Court that places the burden of proof partially on the government and partially on the challengers to show that the law in question is unconstitutional. 
C) the apportionment of voters in districts in such a way as to give unfair advantage to one racial or ethnic group or political party. 
D) a test used by the Supreme Court that places the burden of proof on the government rather than on the challengers to show that the law in question is constitutional. 
A) a set of regulations determining which schools receive grants-in-aid from the federal government. 
B) a test used by the Supreme Court that places the burden of proof partially on the government and partially on the challengers to show that the law in question is unconstitutional. 
C) the apportionment of voters in districts in such a way as to give unfair advantage to one racial or ethnic group or political party. 
D) a test used by the Supreme Court that places the burden of proof on the government rather than on the challengers to show that the law in question is constitutional.

Question 4

What is redlining?

Accepted Answer

A) the practice of bank officials refusing to make loans to people living in certain neighborhoods 
B) the practice of drawing electoral districts that are biased against minority groups 
C) denying someone the right to vote by drawing a red line across his or her name in the voter registry 
D) the practice of drawing school district boundaries in a way that ensures segregated schools 
A) the practice of bank officials refusing to make loans to people living in certain neighborhoods 
B) the practice of drawing electoral districts that are biased against minority groups 
C) denying someone the right to vote by drawing a red line across his or her name in the voter registry 
D) the practice of drawing school district boundaries in a way that ensures segregated schools

Question 5

Franklin v.Gwinnett County Public Schools (1992) is important because it

Accepted Answer

A) asserted that violations of Title IX of the 1972 Education Act could be remedied with monetary damages. 
B) permitted public schools to experiment with gender segregation. 
C) narrowed the free speech rights that students enjoyed at school. 
D) ruled that busing was unconstitutional. 
A) asserted that violations of Title IX of the 1972 Education Act could be remedied with monetary damages. 
B) permitted public schools to experiment with gender segregation. 
C) narrowed the free speech rights that students enjoyed at school. 
D) ruled that busing was unconstitutional.

Question 6

Desegregating schools in northern states proved to be difficult because

Accepted Answer

A) very few minorities lived in the North. 
B) segregation in the North was generally de facto. 
C) discrimination in the South was so visible and pervasive that little attention had been given to other parts of the country. 
D) there was less tax revenue to fund integration efforts in the North. 
A) very few minorities lived in the North. 
B) segregation in the North was generally de facto. 
C) discrimination in the South was so visible and pervasive that little attention had been given to other parts of the country. 
D) there was less tax revenue to fund integration efforts in the North.

Question 7

The 1977 Community Reinvestment Act

Accepted Answer

A) allowed the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HU
D)  to initiate legal action in cases of housing discrimination. 
B) required banks to lend in the neighborhoods in which they do business. 
C) outlawed the practice of banks offering subprime mortgage products with higher interest rates to home buyers on the basis of race. 
D) mandated that all property tax revenue would remain within local communities. 
A) allowed the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HU
D)  to initiate legal action in cases of housing discrimination. 
B) required banks to lend in the neighborhoods in which they do business. 
C) outlawed the practice of banks offering subprime mortgage products with higher interest rates to home buyers on the basis of race. 
D) mandated that all property tax revenue would remain within local communities.

Question 8

Which of the following was used as a way to limit the electoral influence of African Americans?

Accepted Answer

A) literacy tests 
B) restrictive covenants 
C) open primaries 
D) closed primaries 
A) literacy tests 
B) restrictive covenants 
C) open primaries 
D) closed primaries

Question 9

Which of the following cities had a major racial confrontation concerning school busing in the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A) Atlanta 
B) New Orleans 
C) Boston 
D) Dallas 
A) Atlanta 
B) New Orleans 
C) Boston 
D) Dallas

Question 10

Which of the following statements best describes the effect of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 on voter registration in southern states?

Accepted Answer

A) A smaller percentage of African Americans registered to vote in southern states after passage of the Voting Rights Act. 
B) A much larger percentage of whites registered to vote in southern states after passage of the Voting Rights Act. 
C) The percentage of African Americans registering to vote did not change after passage of the Voting Rights Act. 
D) The gap between the percentage of whites registering to vote and the percentage of African Americans registering to vote declined significantly after passage of the Voting Rights Act. 
A) A smaller percentage of African Americans registered to vote in southern states after passage of the Voting Rights Act. 
B) A much larger percentage of whites registered to vote in southern states after passage of the Voting Rights Act. 
C) The percentage of African Americans registering to vote did not change after passage of the Voting Rights Act. 
D) The gap between the percentage of whites registering to vote and the percentage of African Americans registering to vote declined significantly after passage of the Voting Rights Act.

Question 11

Suffragists called the Statue of Liberty "the greatest hypocrisy of the nineteenth century" because

Accepted Answer

A) it was in New York-a state that had prohibited women from owning property throughout its history. 
B) "liberty" had historically been represented as a male figure, not a female figure. 
C) it was supposed to represent "liberty," yet women could not vote in the United States. 
D) the statue wore clothes that were inappropriate for women during the time. 
A) it was in New York-a state that had prohibited women from owning property throughout its history. 
B) "liberty" had historically been represented as a male figure, not a female figure. 
C) it was supposed to represent "liberty," yet women could not vote in the United States. 
D) the statue wore clothes that were inappropriate for women during the time.

Question 12

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 attempted to

Accepted Answer

A) protect former slaves from discrimination in public accommodations such as hotels and theaters. 
B) protect African Americans against disenfranchisement in the voting booth. 
C) expand the protections of the Fourteenth Amendment to recent Asian immigrants. 
D) protect women against disenfranchisement in the voting booth. 
A) protect former slaves from discrimination in public accommodations such as hotels and theaters. 
B) protect African Americans against disenfranchisement in the voting booth. 
C) expand the protections of the Fourteenth Amendment to recent Asian immigrants. 
D) protect women against disenfranchisement in the voting booth.

Question 13

Affirmative action policies have been controversial since their inception in the 1960s.Define what affirmative action policies are and discuss their main goals.What are the different levels of judicial scrutiny, and to what level of scrutiny are affirmative action policies subjected? Describe three prominent Supreme Court decisions associated with affirmative action.

Accepted Answer

There are three components to this quest

Question 14

The Civil Rights Act of 1964's ban on racial discrimination in privately owned businesses was justified on the basis of which constitutional provision?

Accepted Answer

A) the commerce clause 
B) the Tenth Amendment 
C) the Thirteenth Amendment 
D) the Fourteenth Amendment 
A) the commerce clause 
B) the Tenth Amendment 
C) the Thirteenth Amendment 
D) the Fourteenth Amendment

Question 15

"Pupil placement" laws

Accepted Answer

A) required that states bus children from poor urban school districts to wealthier suburban ones. 
B) were ruled constitutional in Brown v.Board of Education. 
C) were struck down as unconstitutional in Brown v.Board of Education. 
D) delayed desegregation efforts by authorizing school districts to place each pupil in a school according to a variety of academic, personal, and psychological considerations. 
A) required that states bus children from poor urban school districts to wealthier suburban ones. 
B) were ruled constitutional in Brown v.Board of Education. 
C) were struck down as unconstitutional in Brown v.Board of Education. 
D) delayed desegregation efforts by authorizing school districts to place each pupil in a school according to a variety of academic, personal, and psychological considerations.

Question 16

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Accepted Answer

A) made discrimination by state governments illegal but permitted discrimination by private employers. 
B) ended some of the most blatant forms of discrimination across the country. 
C) did not permit the Justice Department to implement federal court orders to desegregate schools. 
D) was signed into law by President John F.Kennedy. 
A) made discrimination by state governments illegal but permitted discrimination by private employers. 
B) ended some of the most blatant forms of discrimination across the country. 
C) did not permit the Justice Department to implement federal court orders to desegregate schools. 
D) was signed into law by President John F.Kennedy.

Question 17

What occurs when electoral districts are drawn so that one group or party is unfairly advantaged?

Accepted Answer

A) reapportionment 
B) gerrymandering 
C) logrolling 
D) redlining 
A) reapportionment 
B) gerrymandering 
C) logrolling 
D) redlining

Question 18

Between 1971 and 1974, the Supreme Court

Accepted Answer

A) expanded its school desegregation and busing rulings to apply even to cities that had never been found guilty of deliberate and de jure racial segregation. 
B) restricted its school desegregation and busing rulings to apply only to cities found guilty of deliberate and de jure racial segregation. 
C) declared busing as a strategy for desegregating schools unconstitutional under any circumstance. 
D) did not rule on school desegregation and busing conflicts despite widespread controversy over their legality. 
A) expanded its school desegregation and busing rulings to apply even to cities that had never been found guilty of deliberate and de jure racial segregation. 
B) restricted its school desegregation and busing rulings to apply only to cities found guilty of deliberate and de jure racial segregation. 
C) declared busing as a strategy for desegregating schools unconstitutional under any circumstance. 
D) did not rule on school desegregation and busing conflicts despite widespread controversy over their legality.

Question 19

Strict scrutiny places the burden of proof on the government to show that a law's classification scheme

Accepted Answer

A) does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, gender, or national origin. 
B) is "broadly construed" to achieve a "constitutionally defined imperative." 
C) eliminates all "negative externalities" in its attempt to achieve a "constitutionally defined imperative." 
D) serves a "compelling interest," is "narrowly tailored to achieve that goal," and that the government has used the "least restrictive means" for achieving its compelling interest. 
A) does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, gender, or national origin. 
B) is "broadly construed" to achieve a "constitutionally defined imperative." 
C) eliminates all "negative externalities" in its attempt to achieve a "constitutionally defined imperative." 
D) serves a "compelling interest," is "narrowly tailored to achieve that goal," and that the government has used the "least restrictive means" for achieving its compelling interest.

Question 20

United States v.Wong Kim Ark (1898) is important because the Court declared that

Accepted Answer

A) the Exclusion Act was unconstitutional. 
B) anyone born in the United States was entitled to be a citizen. 
C) Asian American children could not go to school with white students. 
D) the 1965 Immigration Act was unconstitutional. 
A) the Exclusion Act was unconstitutional. 
B) anyone born in the United States was entitled to be a citizen. 
C) Asian American children could not go to school with white students. 
D) the 1965 Immigration Act was unconstitutional.

The Montgomery bus boycott began after ____________ refused to give up her seat for a white man.

Which of the following provisions of Arizona's 2010 immigration law was upheld by the Supreme Court?

Strict scrutiny refers to

What is redlining?

Franklin v.Gwinnett County Public Schools (1992) is important because it

Desegregating schools in northern states proved to be difficult because

The 1977 Community Reinvestment Act

Which of the following was used as a way to limit the electoral influence of African Americans?

Which of the following cities had a major racial confrontation concerning school busing in the 1970s?

Which of the following statements best describes the effect of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 on voter registration in southern states?

Suffragists called the Statue of Liberty "the greatest hypocrisy of the nineteenth century" because

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 attempted to

The Civil Rights Act of 1964's ban on racial discrimination in privately owned businesses was justified on the basis of which constitutional provision?

"Pupil placement" laws

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

What occurs when electoral districts are drawn so that one group or party is unfairly advantaged?

Between 1971 and 1974, the Supreme Court

Strict scrutiny places the burden of proof on the government to show that a law's classification scheme

United States v.Wong Kim Ark (1898) is important because the Court declared that

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Exam 5: Civil Rights

The Montgomery bus boycott began after ____________ refused to give up her seat for a white man.

Which of the following provisions of Arizona's 2010 immigration law was upheld by the Supreme Court?

Strict scrutiny refers to

What is redlining?

Franklin v.Gwinnett County Public Schools (1992) is important because it

Desegregating schools in northern states proved to be difficult because

The 1977 Community Reinvestment Act

Which of the following was used as a way to limit the electoral influence of African Americans?

Which of the following cities had a major racial confrontation concerning school busing in the 1970s?

Which of the following statements best describes the effect of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 on voter registration in southern states?

Suffragists called the Statue of Liberty "the greatest hypocrisy of the nineteenth century" because

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 attempted to

The Civil Rights Act of 1964's ban on racial discrimination in privately owned businesses was justified on the basis of which constitutional provision?

"Pupil placement" laws

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

What occurs when electoral districts are drawn so that one group or party is unfairly advantaged?

Between 1971 and 1974, the Supreme Court

Strict scrutiny places the burden of proof on the government to show that a law's classification scheme

United States v.Wong Kim Ark (1898) is important because the Court declared that

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