Question 1

The rights of disabled individuals to access public businesses is guaranteed by the

Accepted Answer

A) Civil Rights Act of 1964. 
B) Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. 
C) amended Civil Rights Act of 1991. 
D) federal courts, not laws passed by Congress. 
A) Civil Rights Act of 1964. 
B) Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. 
C) amended Civil Rights Act of 1991. 
D) federal courts, not laws passed by Congress.

Question 2

Which state passed a law in 2016 requiring transgender individuals to use public bathrooms that correspond to the gender designated on their birth certificates?

Accepted Answer

A) California 
B) North Carolina 
C) South Carolina 
D) Missouri 
A) California 
B) North Carolina 
C) South Carolina 
D) Missouri

Question 3

Why did President Dwight D.Eisenhower deploy federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957?

Accepted Answer

A) There were massive race riots as a result of a federal court order to bus white children into African American neighborhoods for schooling. 
B) The governor of Arkansas mobilized the Arkansas National Guard to block the enforcement of a federal court order to integrate Little Rock Central High School. 
C) Ku Klux Klan members from Little Rock were making terrorist threats against President Eisenhower if the local school district tried to integrate. 
D) The local police refused to respond to calls from African American neighborhoods. 
A) There were massive race riots as a result of a federal court order to bus white children into African American neighborhoods for schooling. 
B) The governor of Arkansas mobilized the Arkansas National Guard to block the enforcement of a federal court order to integrate Little Rock Central High School. 
C) Ku Klux Klan members from Little Rock were making terrorist threats against President Eisenhower if the local school district tried to integrate. 
D) The local police refused to respond to calls from African American neighborhoods.

Question 4

A challenge to a state law requiring hair stylists to obtain an occupational license 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 5

In 1870, Congress passed a law forbidding ________ immigrants from becoming U.S.citizens.

Accepted Answer

A) Italian 
B) Chinese 
C) Russian 
D) Mexican 
A) Italian 
B) Chinese 
C) Russian 
D) Mexican

Question 6

The ruling in Plessy v.Ferguson (1896)

Accepted Answer

A) established the "separate but equal" rule. 
B) upheld the Civil Rights Act of 1875. 
C) declared that segregation by race was unconstitutional. 
D) ruled that the equal protection clause applied only to the federal government and not to state governments. 
A) established the "separate but equal" rule. 
B) upheld the Civil Rights Act of 1875. 
C) declared that segregation by race was unconstitutional. 
D) ruled that the equal protection clause applied only to the federal government and not to state governments.

Question 7

What did the Supreme Court rule in Bowers v.Hardwick (1986)?

Accepted Answer

A) There is a constitutional right to privacy for consensual homosexual activity. 
B) There is no constitutional right to privacy for consensual homosexual activity. 
C) The Court extended civil rights protection to gays and lesbians as a class. 
D) The Court legalized same-sex marriage. 
A) There is a constitutional right to privacy for consensual homosexual activity. 
B) There is no constitutional right to privacy for consensual homosexual activity. 
C) The Court extended civil rights protection to gays and lesbians as a class. 
D) The Court legalized same-sex marriage.

The rights of disabled individuals to access public businesses is guaranteed by the

Which state passed a law in 2016 requiring transgender individuals to use public bathrooms that correspond to the gender designated on their birth certificates?

Why did President Dwight D.Eisenhower deploy federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957?

A challenge to a state law requiring hair stylists to obtain an occupational license would MOST likely be subject to which level of judicial scrutiny?

In 1870, Congress passed a law forbidding ________ immigrants from becoming U.S.citizens.

The ruling in Plessy v.Ferguson (1896)

What did the Supreme Court rule in Bowers v.Hardwick (1986)?

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Exam 5: Civil Rights

The rights of disabled individuals to access public businesses is guaranteed by the

Which state passed a law in 2016 requiring transgender individuals to use public bathrooms that correspond to the gender designated on their birth certificates?

Why did President Dwight D.Eisenhower deploy federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957?

A challenge to a state law requiring hair stylists to obtain an occupational license would MOST likely be subject to which level of judicial scrutiny?

In 1870, Congress passed a law forbidding ________ immigrants from becoming U.S.citizens.

The ruling in Plessy v.Ferguson (1896)

What did the Supreme Court rule in Bowers v.Hardwick (1986)?

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