Question 1

What forbade workplace discrimination based on race?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Fourteenth Amendment 
B)  the Civil Rights Act of 1875 
C)  the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
D)  the Nineteenth Amendment 
E)  the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education 
A)  the Fourteenth Amendment 
B)  the Civil Rights Act of 1875 
C)  the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
D)  the Nineteenth Amendment 
E)  the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education

Question 2

Ten years after Brown v. Board of Education, ______ percent of black children in the Deep South attended school with white children.

Accepted Answer

A)  1 
B)  20 
C)  33 
D)  50 
E)  67 
A)  1 
B)  20 
C)  33 
D)  50 
E)  67

Question 3

Which group was excluded from immigrating to the United States from the late nineteenth century until the 1940s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chinese 
B)  Japanese 
C)  Mexicans 
D)  Russians 
E)  Italians 
A)  Chinese 
B)  Japanese 
C)  Mexicans 
D)  Russians 
E)  Italians

Question 4

To draw voting districts so that one group or party is unfairly advantaged is called

Accepted Answer

A)  disenfranchisement. 
B)  gerrymandering. 
C)  busing. 
D)  logrolling. 
E)  redlining. 
A)  disenfranchisement. 
B)  gerrymandering. 
C)  busing. 
D)  logrolling. 
E)  redlining.

Question 5

The Seneca Falls Convention was significant because it

Accepted Answer

A)  marked the starting point of the abolitionist movement. 
B)  marked the starting point of the modern women's movement. 
C)  marked the end of the modern women's movement. 
D)  led to the passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments. 
E)  enacted Jim Crow laws at the federal level. 
A)  marked the starting point of the abolitionist movement. 
B)  marked the starting point of the modern women's movement. 
C)  marked the end of the modern women's movement. 
D)  led to the passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments. 
E)  enacted Jim Crow laws at the federal level.

Question 6

In 1890, ______ became the first state to allow women to vote.

Accepted Answer

A)  Massachusetts 
B)  Wisconsin 
C)  Wyoming 
D)  New York 
E)  California 
A)  Massachusetts 
B)  Wisconsin 
C)  Wyoming 
D)  New York 
E)  California

Question 7

Title IX of the 1972 Education Act has had its greatest effect on

Accepted Answer

A)  college recruiting. 
B)  university athletic programs. 
C)  school busing. 
D)  religious freedom on campus. 
E)  school integration. 
A)  college recruiting. 
B)  university athletic programs. 
C)  school busing. 
D)  religious freedom on campus. 
E)  school integration.

Question 8

Which of the following statements about the abolitionist movement is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  The movement spread primarily through local organizations in the North. 
B)  The movement spawned two political parties: the Liberty Party and the Free Soil Party. 
C)  The movement grew in the 1830s. 
D)  Some members of the movement aided in the escape of runaway slaves through the Underground Railroad. 
E)  The movement focused most of its energies on eliminating slavery in New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. 
A)  The movement spread primarily through local organizations in the North. 
B)  The movement spawned two political parties: the Liberty Party and the Free Soil Party. 
C)  The movement grew in the 1830s. 
D)  Some members of the movement aided in the escape of runaway slaves through the Underground Railroad. 
E)  The movement focused most of its energies on eliminating slavery in New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

Question 9

What goal did members of the abolitionist movement pursue?

Accepted Answer

A)  the end of slavery 
B)  the overthrow of the U.S. Constitution 
C)  the removal of all tariffs on slave-produced goods 
D)  the removal of all nonwhites from U.S. territory 
E)  the end of immigration to the United States 
A)  the end of slavery 
B)  the overthrow of the U.S. Constitution 
C)  the removal of all tariffs on slave-produced goods 
D)  the removal of all nonwhites from U.S. territory 
E)  the end of immigration to the United States

Question 10

Which of the following statements about gender equality is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women currently make up a larger percentage of college students than men. 
B)  Women currently make up a smaller percentage of representatives in state legislatures than men. 
C)  Women currently make up a smaller percentage of representatives in Congress than men. 
D)  The percentage of female representatives in state legislatures has declined over the last twenty years. 
E)  The percentage of female representatives in Congress has increased over the last thirty years. 
A)  Women currently make up a larger percentage of college students than men. 
B)  Women currently make up a smaller percentage of representatives in state legislatures than men. 
C)  Women currently make up a smaller percentage of representatives in Congress than men. 
D)  The percentage of female representatives in state legislatures has declined over the last twenty years. 
E)  The percentage of female representatives in Congress has increased over the last thirty years.

Question 11

Affirmative action programs were first established in the 1960s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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)  a convention of southern leaders in the 1850s debating secession 
D)  the convention that wrote and debated the Fourteenth Amendment 
E)  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)  a convention of southern leaders in the 1850s debating secession 
D)  the convention that wrote and debated the Fourteenth Amendment 
E)  the convention where leaders of the Confederacy and the Union negotiated the end of the Civil War

Question 13

Which amendments to the U.S. Constitution seemed to offer African Americans the most hope for achieving full citizenship rights in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  the First, Second, and Third amendments 
B)  the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh amendments 
C)  the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth amendments 
D)  the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments 
E)  The Twentieth, Twenty-first, and Twenty-second amendments 
A)  the First, Second, and Third amendments 
B)  the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh amendments 
C)  the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth amendments 
D)  the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments 
E)  The Twentieth, Twenty-first, and Twenty-second amendments

Question 14

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

Question 15

The Fair Housing Act of 1968

Accepted Answer

A)  had little effect on housing segregation because its enforcement mechanisms were very weak. 
B)  had little effect on housing segregation because it was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1969. 
C)  had little effect on housing segregation because most housing segregation had been eliminated by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 
D)  dramatically increased housing segregation. 
E)  dramatically reduced housing segregation. 
A)  had little effect on housing segregation because its enforcement mechanisms were very weak. 
B)  had little effect on housing segregation because it was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1969. 
C)  had little effect on housing segregation because most housing segregation had been eliminated by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 
D)  dramatically increased housing segregation. 
E)  dramatically reduced housing segregation.

Question 16

What was the Supreme Court's response to the Civil Rights Act of 1875?

Accepted Answer

A)  It declared the act constitutional. 
B)  It declared the act unconstitutional because it protected against acts of private discrimination, not state discrimination. 
C)  It declared the act unconstitutional because Congress had violated the principles of federalism. 
D)  It declared the act unconstitutional because Congress had violated the separation of powers. 
E)  The Supreme Court never heard a case concerning the constitutionality of this act. 
A)  It declared the act constitutional. 
B)  It declared the act unconstitutional because it protected against acts of private discrimination, not state discrimination. 
C)  It declared the act unconstitutional because Congress had violated the principles of federalism. 
D)  It declared the act unconstitutional because Congress had violated the separation of powers. 
E)  The Supreme Court never heard a case concerning the constitutionality of this act.

Question 17

What does the term redlining refer to?

Accepted Answer

A)  the practice of banks 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 a citizen's name in the voter registry 
D)  the practice of denying someone rights by labeling him or her a communist 
E)  the practice of drawing school district boundaries in a way that ensures segregated schools 
A)  the practice of banks 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 a citizen's name in the voter registry 
D)  the practice of denying someone rights by labeling him or her a communist 
E)  the practice of drawing school district boundaries in a way that ensures segregated schools

Question 18

Since the 1960s, civil rights protection has expanded well beyond racial discrimination. What groups were spurred on by the civil rights movement to seek protections and equal treatment for themselves? What are some of the notable effects of this universalization of civil rights? Explain some of the differences between the protections against racial discrimination and those against gender discrimination.

Accepted Answer

The civil rights movement of the 1960s n

Question 19

Why did the Equal Rights Amendment fail to pass?

Accepted Answer

A)  It won approval in the House but not in the Senate. 
B)  It won approval in the Senate but not in the House. 
C)  It was not ratified by the necessary thirty-eight states. 
D)  The Supreme Court had declared the amendment unconstitutionally vague before it could be submitted to the states. 
E)  It was vetoed by President Gerald Ford. 
A)  It won approval in the House but not in the Senate. 
B)  It won approval in the Senate but not in the House. 
C)  It was not ratified by the necessary thirty-eight states. 
D)  The Supreme Court had declared the amendment unconstitutionally vague before it could be submitted to the states. 
E)  It was vetoed by President Gerald Ford.

Question 20

The constitutional authority of Congress to forbid discrimination in employment is based on the

Accepted Answer

A)  power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce. 
B)  equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 
C)  privileges and immunities clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D)  Thirteenth Amendment. 
E)  Tenth Amendment. 
A)  power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce. 
B)  equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 
C)  privileges and immunities clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D)  Thirteenth Amendment. 
E)  Tenth Amendment.

Exam 5: Civil Rights

What forbade workplace discrimination based on race?

Ten years after Brown v. Board of Education, ______ percent of black children in the Deep South attended school with white children.

Which group was excluded from immigrating to the United States from the late nineteenth century until the 1940s?

To draw voting districts so that one group or party is unfairly advantaged is called

The Seneca Falls Convention was significant because it

In 1890, ______ became the first state to allow women to vote.

Title IX of the 1972 Education Act has had its greatest effect on

Which of the following statements about the abolitionist movement is false?

What goal did members of the abolitionist movement pursue?

Which of the following statements about gender equality is false?

Affirmative action programs were first established in the 1960s.

What was the Seneca Falls Convention?

Which amendments to the U.S. Constitution seemed to offer African Americans the most hope for achieving full citizenship rights in the United States?

One step taken toward the desegregation of public schools was

The Fair Housing Act of 1968

What was the Supreme Court's response to the Civil Rights Act of 1875?

What does the term redlining refer to?

Why did the Equal Rights Amendment fail to pass?

The constitutional authority of Congress to forbid discrimination in employment is based on the

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