Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A)  There was a constitutional right to privacy for consensual homosexual activity. 
B)  There was no constitutional right to privacy for consensual homosexual activity. 
C)  The Court extended civil rights protection of gays and lesbians as a class. 
D)  The Court legalized gay marriages. 
E)  The Court ruled that employment discrimination against gays and lesbians was a violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. 
A)  There was a constitutional right to privacy for consensual homosexual activity. 
B)  There was no constitutional right to privacy for consensual homosexual activity. 
C)  The Court extended civil rights protection of gays and lesbians as a class. 
D)  The Court legalized gay marriages. 
E)  The Court ruled that employment discrimination against gays and lesbians was a violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Question 2

"Strict scrutiny" is the level of judicial review the federal courts give to all cases that involve

Accepted Answer

A)  racial classifications. 
B)  gender classifications. 
C)  age classifications. 
D)  ability classifications. 
E)  sexual orientation classifications. 
A)  racial classifications. 
B)  gender classifications. 
C)  age classifications. 
D)  ability classifications. 
E)  sexual orientation classifications.

Question 3

Native Americans were not granted citizenship by the federal government until the 1920s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The term peculiar institution described

Accepted Answer

A)  dual federalism. 
B)  the women's rights movement. 
C)  slavery. 
D)  the abolitionist movement. 
E)  the Supreme Court. 
A)  dual federalism. 
B)  the women's rights movement. 
C)  slavery. 
D)  the abolitionist movement. 
E)  the Supreme Court.

Question 5

Before the 1920s, what was the political status of Native Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were federal citizens but not citizens of the states in which they lived. 
B)  They were considered to be foreigners because their tribes were regarded as separate nations. 
C)  They were considered to be unauthorized immigrants, unless they lived on reservations. 
D)  They had the same legal status as any other citizen of the United States. 
E)  They had no political status. 
A)  They were federal citizens but not citizens of the states in which they lived. 
B)  They were considered to be foreigners because their tribes were regarded as separate nations. 
C)  They were considered to be unauthorized immigrants, unless they lived on reservations. 
D)  They had the same legal status as any other citizen of the United States. 
E)  They had no political status.

Question 6

If any law explicitly distinguishes by race, it is up to the government to prove that it does not violate the Constitution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The Equal Rights Amendment failed because it did not secure support from the required number of states necessary for ratification.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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 gave all women the right to vote. 
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 the United States 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. 
E)  A national ballot initiative granting women the right to vote was passed by a majority of voters in every state. 
A)  Some states granted women the right to vote first, and then a constitutional amendment gave all women the right to vote. 
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 the United States 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. 
E)  A national ballot initiative granting women the right to vote was passed by a majority of voters in every state.

Question 9

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

Question 10

What was the Supreme Court's record in segregation cases in the years before Brown v. Board of Education?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Court overturned forms of segregation using the separate but equal rule on factual grounds. 
B)  The Court had struck down forms of segregation through the commerce clause, not the Fourteenth Amendment. 
C)  The Court consistently refused to strike down any form of segregation. 
D)  The Court had already struck down separate but equal as a principle before Brown. 
E)  The Court had refused to hear cases on segregation before Brown. 
A)  The Court overturned forms of segregation using the separate but equal rule on factual grounds. 
B)  The Court had struck down forms of segregation through the commerce clause, not the Fourteenth Amendment. 
C)  The Court consistently refused to strike down any form of segregation. 
D)  The Court had already struck down separate but equal as a principle before Brown. 
E)  The Court had refused to hear cases on segregation before Brown.

Question 11

In dealing with the issue of gays in the military, President Bill Clinton established a

Accepted Answer

A)  "separate but equal" policy. 
B)  policy forbidding gays from serving in the military. 
C)  "don't ask, don't tell" policy. 
D)  policy for allowing openly gay soldiers to serve in any position within the military. 
E)  policy for allowing openly gay soldiers to serve only in certain positions within the military. 
A)  "separate but equal" policy. 
B)  policy forbidding gays from serving in the military. 
C)  "don't ask, don't tell" policy. 
D)  policy for allowing openly gay soldiers to serve in any position within the military. 
E)  policy for allowing openly gay soldiers to serve only in certain positions within the military.

Question 12

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 led to an immediate increase in the number of African Americans registered to vote in the South.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What was the Supreme Court's ruling in Shelley v. Kraemer?

Accepted Answer

A)  Racially restrictive covenants on housing could not be enforced by courts. 
B)  Universities and professional schools had to desegregate. 
C)  Public universities were required to admit women, but private colleges could still segregate on the basis of gender. 
D)  Busing in order to integrate public schools was unconstitutional. 
E)  Busing in order to integrate public schools was constitutional. 
A)  Racially restrictive covenants on housing could not be enforced by courts. 
B)  Universities and professional schools had to desegregate. 
C)  Public universities were required to admit women, but private colleges could still segregate on the basis of gender. 
D)  Busing in order to integrate public schools was unconstitutional. 
E)  Busing in order to integrate public schools was constitutional.

Question 14

After Brown v. Board of Education, schools in the South quickly desegregated.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What is the name for school segregation that results from racially divided neighborhoods rather than state laws?

Accepted Answer

A)  de facto 
B)  de jure 
C)  stare decisis 
D)  ex post facto 
E)  habeas corpus 
A)  de facto 
B)  de jure 
C)  stare decisis 
D)  ex post facto 
E)  habeas corpus

Question 16

How did the Supreme Court justify its decision to strike down the southern practice of "white primaries?"

Accepted Answer

A)  It claimed that the practice infringed upon Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce. 
B)  It claimed that parties were "an agency of the State," and therefore any practice of discrimination against blacks was a violation of the Fifteenth Amendment. 
C)  It claimed that separate but equal elections were inherently unequal and, therefore, a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D)  It claimed that only the federal government had the authority to conduct primaries under the Constitution. 
E)  It claimed that the practice violated the reserved powers clause of the Tenth Amendment. 
A)  It claimed that the practice infringed upon Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce. 
B)  It claimed that parties were "an agency of the State," and therefore any practice of discrimination against blacks was a violation of the Fifteenth Amendment. 
C)  It claimed that separate but equal elections were inherently unequal and, therefore, a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D)  It claimed that only the federal government had the authority to conduct primaries under the Constitution. 
E)  It claimed that the practice violated the reserved powers clause of the Tenth Amendment.

Question 17

A 1948 report on the problem of racial discrimination, To Secure These Rights, was issued by

Accepted Answer

A)  Congress. 
B)  the NAACP. 
C)  the White House. 
D)  the Southern Conference of Governors. 
E)  the Supreme Court. 
A)  Congress. 
B)  the NAACP. 
C)  the White House. 
D)  the Southern Conference of Governors. 
E)  the Supreme Court.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

After the end of the Civil War, the Unit

Question 19

What are the goals of affirmative action? Why has it been so controversial? Where has affirmative action been practiced? Describe some of the Supreme Court decisions that have been taken in connection with affirmative action.

Accepted Answer

The goals of affirmative action are to p

Question 20

In the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Congress vastly expanded the role of the executive branch and the credibility of court orders by

Accepted Answer

A)  mandating that the southern states racially gerrymander their legislative districts to ensure that more African Americans were elected to Congress. 
B)  creating the strict scrutiny test. 
C)  creating a Department of Civil Rights. 
D)  requiring that federal grants-in-aid to state and local government for education be withheld from any school system practicing racial segregation. 
E)  ordering the desegregation of the military. 
A)  mandating that the southern states racially gerrymander their legislative districts to ensure that more African Americans were elected to Congress. 
B)  creating the strict scrutiny test. 
C)  creating a Department of Civil Rights. 
D)  requiring that federal grants-in-aid to state and local government for education be withheld from any school system practicing racial segregation. 
E)  ordering the desegregation of the military.

Exam 5: Civil Rights

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

"Strict scrutiny" is the level of judicial review the federal courts give to all cases that involve

Native Americans were not granted citizenship by the federal government until the 1920s.

The term peculiar institution described

Before the 1920s, what was the political status of Native Americans?

If any law explicitly distinguishes by race, it is up to the government to prove that it does not violate the Constitution.

The Equal Rights Amendment failed because it did not secure support from the required number of states necessary for ratification.

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

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

What was the Supreme Court's record in segregation cases in the years before Brown v. Board of Education?

In dealing with the issue of gays in the military, President Bill Clinton established a

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 led to an immediate increase in the number of African Americans registered to vote in the South.

What was the Supreme Court's ruling in Shelley v. Kraemer?

After Brown v. Board of Education, schools in the South quickly desegregated.

What is the name for school segregation that results from racially divided neighborhoods rather than state laws?

How did the Supreme Court justify its decision to strike down the southern practice of "white primaries?"

A 1948 report on the problem of racial discrimination, To Secure These Rights, was issued by

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

What are the goals of affirmative action? Why has it been so controversial? Where has affirmative action been practiced? Describe some of the Supreme Court decisions that have been taken in connection with affirmative action.

In the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Congress vastly expanded the role of the executive branch and the credibility of court orders by

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