Question 1

When did women win the guaranteed right to vote?

Accepted Answer

A) when the Constitution was adopted 
B) during the Civil War 
C) immediately after the Civil War 
D) decades after black males won the right to vote 
A) when the Constitution was adopted 
B) during the Civil War 
C) immediately after the Civil War 
D) decades after black males won the right to vote

Question 2

Women were guaranteed the right to vote by __________.

Accepted Answer

A) University of California Board of Regents v.Bakke 
B) Reed v.Reed 
C) the Nineteenth Amendment 
D) the 1964 Civil Rights Act 
A) University of California Board of Regents v.Bakke 
B) Reed v.Reed 
C) the Nineteenth Amendment 
D) the 1964 Civil Rights Act

Question 3

Which statement accurately reflects the relationship between direct discrimination and comparable worth?

Accepted Answer

A) Comparable worth is an approach to closing the earnings gap,viewed as not primarily a product of direct discrimination,that argues that pay levels for traditionally male and traditionally female jobs should be equalized by paying equally all jobs that are "worth about the same" to an employer. 
B) The earnings gap is primarily a product of direct discrimination-a division in the labor market between traditionally male and female jobs known as comparable worth. 
C) Advocates of comparable worth argue that governmental agencies or the courts should evaluate traditionally male and female jobs to determine how to end direct discrimination. 
D) Comparable worth goes beyond paying men and women equally for the same work and calls for the end of direct discrimination in setting wages. 
A) Comparable worth is an approach to closing the earnings gap,viewed as not primarily a product of direct discrimination,that argues that pay levels for traditionally male and traditionally female jobs should be equalized by paying equally all jobs that are "worth about the same" to an employer. 
B) The earnings gap is primarily a product of direct discrimination-a division in the labor market between traditionally male and female jobs known as comparable worth. 
C) Advocates of comparable worth argue that governmental agencies or the courts should evaluate traditionally male and female jobs to determine how to end direct discrimination. 
D) Comparable worth goes beyond paying men and women equally for the same work and calls for the end of direct discrimination in setting wages.

Question 4

Which of the following situations would most likely be a violation of Title IX?

Accepted Answer

A) an election jurisdiction that does not provide bilingual ballots when there is a large bilingual community 
B) a legal prohibition on hiring women for positions that are known to be hazardous to women's reproductive health 
C) a college that spends significantly more on sports programs for men than for women 
D) job applications that are not made accessible to the blind 
A) an election jurisdiction that does not provide bilingual ballots when there is a large bilingual community 
B) a legal prohibition on hiring women for positions that are known to be hazardous to women's reproductive health 
C) a college that spends significantly more on sports programs for men than for women 
D) job applications that are not made accessible to the blind

Question 5

Rosa Parks challenged which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) poll taxes 
B) grandfather clauses 
C) a Jim Crow law 
D) slavery 
A) poll taxes 
B) grandfather clauses 
C) a Jim Crow law 
D) slavery

When did women win the guaranteed right to vote?

Women were guaranteed the right to vote by __________.

Which statement accurately reflects the relationship between direct discrimination and comparable worth?

Which of the following situations would most likely be a violation of Title IX?

Rosa Parks challenged which of the following?

Politics: Who Gets What,When and How 1

Political Culture: Ideas in Conflict

The Constitution: Limiting Governmental Power

Federalism: Dividing Governmental Power

Opinion and Participation: Thinking and Acting in Politics

Mass Media: Setting the Political Agenda

Political Parties: Organizing Politics

Campaigns and Elections: Deciding Who Governs

Interest Groups: Getting Their Share and More

Congress: Politics on Capitol Hill

The President: White House Politics

The Bureaucracy: Bureaucratic Politics

Courts Judicial Politics

Politics and Personal Liberty

Politics and the Economy

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Exam 15: Politics and Civil Rights

When did women win the guaranteed right to vote?

Women were guaranteed the right to vote by __________.

Which statement accurately reflects the relationship between direct discrimination and comparable worth?

Which of the following situations would most likely be a violation of Title IX?

Rosa Parks challenged which of the following?

Politics: Who Gets What,When and How 1

Political Culture: Ideas in Conflict

The Constitution: Limiting Governmental Power

Federalism: Dividing Governmental Power

Opinion and Participation: Thinking and Acting in Politics

Mass Media: Setting the Political Agenda

Political Parties: Organizing Politics

Campaigns and Elections: Deciding Who Governs

Interest Groups: Getting Their Share and More

Congress: Politics on Capitol Hill

The President: White House Politics

The Bureaucracy: Bureaucratic Politics

Courts Judicial Politics

Politics and Personal Liberty

Politics and the Economy

Politics and Social Welfare

Politics and National Security

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