Question 1

In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the Supreme Court ruled that

Accepted Answer

A)  quotas and separate admissions standards for minorities were unconstitutional but affirmative action could be used. 
B)  quotas and separate admissions standards for minorities were constitutional but other forms of affirmative action were unconstitutional. 
C)  all affirmative action policies were unconstitutional. 
D)  all affirmative action policies would be subject to strict scrutiny by the courts. 
E)  achieving a diverse student body was not a compelling public purpose. 
A)  quotas and separate admissions standards for minorities were unconstitutional but affirmative action could be used. 
B)  quotas and separate admissions standards for minorities were constitutional but other forms of affirmative action were unconstitutional. 
C)  all affirmative action policies were unconstitutional. 
D)  all affirmative action policies would be subject to strict scrutiny by the courts. 
E)  achieving a diverse student body was not a compelling public purpose.

Question 2

Desegregating schools through the busing of children from poor urban school districts to wealthier suburban ones was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1971.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which area of discrimination was touched by the legal principles of Brown v. Board of Education?

Accepted Answer

A)  voting 
B)  public accommodations 
C)  racially discriminatory jury selection 
D)  employment 
E)  public schools 
A)  voting 
B)  public accommodations 
C)  racially discriminatory jury selection 
D)  employment 
E)  public schools

Question 4

The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees

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A)  the right to vote for women. 
B)  equality of law for all races. 
C)  the right to vote for African American men. 
D)  the illegality of state secession. 
E)  the illegality of slavery. 
A)  the right to vote for women. 
B)  equality of law for all races. 
C)  the right to vote for African American men. 
D)  the illegality of state secession. 
E)  the illegality of slavery.

Question 5

The women's rights movement was often linked with the abolitionist movement during the nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What is the key question behind civil rights protection?

Accepted Answer

A)  What limits are placed on the government's power over individuals? 
B)  What is the proper meaning of equal rights? 
C)  What is the appropriate role of state governments? 
D)  How has the expansion of the bureaucracy affected democracy? 
E)  Do the federal courts have the authority to interpret the scope of civil rights as spelled out in the Constitution? 
A)  What limits are placed on the government's power over individuals? 
B)  What is the proper meaning of equal rights? 
C)  What is the appropriate role of state governments? 
D)  How has the expansion of the bureaucracy affected democracy? 
E)  Do the federal courts have the authority to interpret the scope of civil rights as spelled out in the Constitution?

Question 7

The attempt to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment was an important struggle for

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A)  African Americans. 
B)  Native Americans. 
C)  women. 
D)  gays and lesbians. 
E)  Latinos. 
A)  African Americans. 
B)  Native Americans. 
C)  women. 
D)  gays and lesbians. 
E)  Latinos.

Question 8

In Lawrence v. Texas, the Supreme Court

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A)  upheld a state law banning private homosexual activity. 
B)  granted gays and lesbians status under the equal protection clause. 
C)  struck down a state law criminalizing homosexual conduct. 
D)  denied that homosexuals were a protected class under the Fourteenth Amendment. 
E)  ruled that gays and lesbians should be allowed to legally marry. 
A)  upheld a state law banning private homosexual activity. 
B)  granted gays and lesbians status under the equal protection clause. 
C)  struck down a state law criminalizing homosexual conduct. 
D)  denied that homosexuals were a protected class under the Fourteenth Amendment. 
E)  ruled that gays and lesbians should be allowed to legally marry.

Question 9

The NAACP had the most success with which political strategies for combating racism?

Accepted Answer

A)  mass marches and protests 
B)  civil disobedience 
C)  lawsuits 
D)  passive resistance 
E)  radio and television advertising 
A)  mass marches and protests 
B)  civil disobedience 
C)  lawsuits 
D)  passive resistance 
E)  radio and television advertising

Question 10

What does the term Jim Crow refer to?

Accepted Answer

A)  northern whites who sympathized with African Americans 
B)  the civil rights movement of the mid-twentieth century 
C)  the system of racial segregation in the South after Reconstruction 
D)  African American politicians during Reconstruction 
E)  white politicians from northern states who moved to the South during the Reconstruction era 
A)  northern whites who sympathized with African Americans 
B)  the civil rights movement of the mid-twentieth century 
C)  the system of racial segregation in the South after Reconstruction 
D)  African American politicians during Reconstruction 
E)  white politicians from northern states who moved to the South during the Reconstruction era

Question 11

In 1870, Congress passed a law forbidding which of the following immigrant groups from becoming U.S. citizens?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

Which of the following did the President's Commission on Civil Rights not discuss in its report, To Secure These Rights?

Accepted Answer

A)  the extent of the problem of racial discrimination 
B)  the result of experiments with racial integration in the armed forces during World War II 
C)  the consequences of affirmative action in university admissions on African Americans 
D)  a proposal to tie civil rights legislation to the commerce power of Congress 
E)  a proposal to use the treaty power as a source of authority for civil rights legislation 
A)  the extent of the problem of racial discrimination 
B)  the result of experiments with racial integration in the armed forces during World War II 
C)  the consequences of affirmative action in university admissions on African Americans 
D)  a proposal to tie civil rights legislation to the commerce power of Congress 
E)  a proposal to use the treaty power as a source of authority for civil rights legislation

Question 13

In their response to Brown v. Board of Education, southern states did all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  pass laws requiring schools to remain segregated. 
B)  centralize school boards to prevent local districts from obeying the Supreme Court. 
C)  protest the constitutionality of the Court's decision. 
D)  enact "pupil placement" laws that placed the burden of transferring to an all-white school on nonwhite children and their parents. 
E)  quickly desegregate their schools. 
A)  pass laws requiring schools to remain segregated. 
B)  centralize school boards to prevent local districts from obeying the Supreme Court. 
C)  protest the constitutionality of the Court's decision. 
D)  enact "pupil placement" laws that placed the burden of transferring to an all-white school on nonwhite children and their parents. 
E)  quickly desegregate their schools.

Question 14

Which of the following best summarizes the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education?

Accepted Answer

A)  Racially segregated schools can never be equal. 
B)  States that segregate must spend more money to make African American schools equal. 
C)  States that segregate must spend less money on all-white schools in order to make them equal with African American schools. 
D)  The federal judiciary, but not Congress, has the power to enforce civil rights. 
E)  School segregation is unfair but does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment. 
A)  Racially segregated schools can never be equal. 
B)  States that segregate must spend more money to make African American schools equal. 
C)  States that segregate must spend less money on all-white schools in order to make them equal with African American schools. 
D)  The federal judiciary, but not Congress, has the power to enforce civil rights. 
E)  School segregation is unfair but does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment.

Question 15

The Supreme Court's decisions on school desegregation policies since 1991 generally suggest that

Accepted Answer

A)  the Court will uphold all desegregation plans involving predominantly minority schools that lag behind white suburban schools. 
B)  the Court will uphold all desegregation plans involving white suburban schools that lag behind predominantly minority schools. 
C)  the Court will refuse to hear any cases in the future about desegregation plans. 
D)  the Court will be willing to end desegregation plans even when predominantly minority schools continue to lag significantly behind white suburban schools. 
E)  the Court will always uphold all desegregation plans, regardless of the schools involve. 
A)  the Court will uphold all desegregation plans involving predominantly minority schools that lag behind white suburban schools. 
B)  the Court will uphold all desegregation plans involving white suburban schools that lag behind predominantly minority schools. 
C)  the Court will refuse to hear any cases in the future about desegregation plans. 
D)  the Court will be willing to end desegregation plans even when predominantly minority schools continue to lag significantly behind white suburban schools. 
E)  the Court will always uphold all desegregation plans, regardless of the schools involve.

Question 16

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 attempted to

Accepted Answer

A)  protect African Americans 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)  restore civil rights to former Confederate soldiers and sympathizers. 
E)  protect women against disenfranchisement in the voting booth. 
A)  protect African Americans 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)  restore civil rights to former Confederate soldiers and sympathizers. 
E)  protect women against disenfranchisement in the voting booth.

Question 17

Why did President Dwight 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 black 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)  It was feared that communists had infiltrated the local government. 
E)  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 black 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)  It was feared that communists had infiltrated the local government. 
E)  The local police refused to respond to calls from African American neighborhoods.

Question 18

How many civil rights acts were passed during the first decade after the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

Accepted Answer

A)  0 
B)  1 
C)  3 
D)  10 
E)  20 
A)  0 
B)  1 
C)  3 
D)  10 
E)  20

Question 19

California Proposition 209 was designed to

Accepted Answer

A)  outlaw all affirmative action programs in state and local government. 
B)  achieve representativeness in California universities by instituting a quota system for admissions. 
C)  include sexual orientation in the state's affirmative action programs. 
D)  prevent unauthorized immigrants from benefiting from state affirmative action programs. 
E)  redraw congressional districts to ensure more minority representation in Congress. 
A)  outlaw all affirmative action programs in state and local government. 
B)  achieve representativeness in California universities by instituting a quota system for admissions. 
C)  include sexual orientation in the state's affirmative action programs. 
D)  prevent unauthorized immigrants from benefiting from state affirmative action programs. 
E)  redraw congressional districts to ensure more minority representation in Congress.

Question 20

Which of the following cases helped lead to the Civil War by deciding that slaves had no due process rights even in free states and territories?

Accepted Answer

A)  Marbury v. Madison 
B)  Dred Scott v. Sandford 
C)  Plessy v. Ferguson 
D)  Brown v. Board of Education 
E)  McCulloch v. Maryland 
A)  Marbury v. Madison 
B)  Dred Scott v. Sandford 
C)  Plessy v. Ferguson 
D)  Brown v. Board of Education 
E)  McCulloch v. Maryland

Exam 5: Civil Rights

In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the Supreme Court ruled that

Desegregating schools through the busing of children from poor urban school districts to wealthier suburban ones was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1971.

Which area of discrimination was touched by the legal principles of Brown v. Board of Education?

The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees

The women's rights movement was often linked with the abolitionist movement during the nineteenth century.

What is the key question behind civil rights protection?

The attempt to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment was an important struggle for

In Lawrence v. Texas, the Supreme Court

The NAACP had the most success with which political strategies for combating racism?

What does the term Jim Crow refer to?

In 1870, Congress passed a law forbidding which of the following immigrant groups from becoming U.S. citizens?

Which of the following did the President's Commission on Civil Rights not discuss in its report, To Secure These Rights?

In their response to Brown v. Board of Education, southern states did all of the following except

Which of the following best summarizes the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education?

The Supreme Court's decisions on school desegregation policies since 1991 generally suggest that

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 attempted to

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

How many civil rights acts were passed during the first decade after the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

California Proposition 209 was designed to

Which of the following cases helped lead to the Civil War by deciding that slaves had no due process rights even in free states and territories?

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