Question 1

What happened to California's Proposition 187?

Accepted Answer

A)  A federal court declared it constitutional. 
B)  A federal court declared most of it a violation of the U.S. Constitution. 
C)  It was ruled a violation of the state constitution but not the U.S. Constitution. 
D)  It was negated by a law passed by the California state legislature. 
E)  There was never a court challenge to its legality and it remains in effect. 
A)  A federal court declared it constitutional. 
B)  A federal court declared most of it a violation of the U.S. Constitution. 
C)  It was ruled a violation of the state constitution but not the U.S. Constitution. 
D)  It was negated by a law passed by the California state legislature. 
E)  There was never a court challenge to its legality and it remains in effect.

Question 2

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 3

Under what conditions can a plaintiff successfully bring a sexual harassment charge?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is possible only if the plaintiff can prove both economic and psychological harm. 
B)  It is possible only if the plaintiff can prove either economic or psychological harm. 
C)  The plaintiff need prove neither economic nor psychological harm. 
D)  Only quid pro quo forms of harassment may be brought into court. 
E)  Only harassment that creates offensive or intimidating employment conditions that amount to a hostile environment. 
A)  It is possible only if the plaintiff can prove both economic and psychological harm. 
B)  It is possible only if the plaintiff can prove either economic or psychological harm. 
C)  The plaintiff need prove neither economic nor psychological harm. 
D)  Only quid pro quo forms of harassment may be brought into court. 
E)  Only harassment that creates offensive or intimidating employment conditions that amount to a hostile environment.

Question 4

What did the Thirteenth Amendment accomplish?

Accepted Answer

A)  It abolished slavery. 
B)  It guaranteed voting rights for African American men. 
C)  It guaranteed equal protection of the laws. 
D)  It granted women the right to vote. 
E)  It gave married women the right to own property. 
A)  It abolished slavery. 
B)  It guaranteed voting rights for African American men. 
C)  It guaranteed equal protection of the laws. 
D)  It granted women the right to vote. 
E)  It gave married women the right to own property.

Question 5

The American experience with civil rights suggests which of the following things about political change in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  Political change can only be achieved when citizens bypass the courts and the legislatures entirely. 
B)  Political change is easiest to achieve when the courts and the legislatures frequently overturn each other's actions. 
C)  The courts are far more powerful than the legislature and, therefore, can advance political change on their own. 
D)  The legislatures are far more powerful than the courts and, therefore, can advance political change on their own. 
E)  Legislatures need constitutional authority to act from the courts, and the courts need legislative assistance to implement court orders and focus political support. 
A)  Political change can only be achieved when citizens bypass the courts and the legislatures entirely. 
B)  Political change is easiest to achieve when the courts and the legislatures frequently overturn each other's actions. 
C)  The courts are far more powerful than the legislature and, therefore, can advance political change on their own. 
D)  The legislatures are far more powerful than the courts and, therefore, can advance political change on their own. 
E)  Legislatures need constitutional authority to act from the courts, and the courts need legislative assistance to implement court orders and focus political support.

Question 6

Which city was the setting for a major racial confrontation concerning school busing?

Accepted Answer

A)  Atlanta 
B)  New Orleans 
C)  Boston 
D)  Dallas 
E)  Miami 
A)  Atlanta 
B)  New Orleans 
C)  Boston 
D)  Dallas 
E)  Miami

Question 7

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 8

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 9

In 2007, the federal government failed to pass major new immigration legislation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In a case of workplace discrimination, which government institution would most likely handle the complaint?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Supreme Court 
B)  Congress 
C)  the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 
D)  the Department of Commerce 
E)  the Executive Office of the President 
A)  the Supreme Court 
B)  Congress 
C)  the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 
D)  the Department of Commerce 
E)  the Executive Office of the President

Question 11

Desegregating schools in northern states proved to be difficult because

Accepted Answer

A)  very few minorities lived in the North. 
B)  segregation in the North was generally de facto, the product of both segregated housing and acts of private discrimination that were hard to prove. 
C)  discrimination in the South was so visible and pervasive that little attention had been given to other parts of the country. 
D)  there was less hostility toward segregation in the North. 
E)  there was less tax revenue to fund integration efforts in the North than in the South. 
A)  very few minorities lived in the North. 
B)  segregation in the North was generally de facto, the product of both segregated housing and acts of private discrimination that were hard to prove. 
C)  discrimination in the South was so visible and pervasive that little attention had been given to other parts of the country. 
D)  there was less hostility toward segregation in the North. 
E)  there was less tax revenue to fund integration efforts in the North than in the South.

Question 12

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 13

Which of the following statements best describes the number of peaceful civil rights demonstrations during the 1950s and 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The most demonstrations were held in the mid-1950s, and the number of demonstrations declined throughout the 1960s. 
B)  There were almost no demonstrations prior to 1968. 
C)  The number of demonstrations grew in the early 1960s and peaked in 1965. 
D)  There were many demonstrations in the mid-1950s and many demonstrations in the late 1960s but none in between. 
E)  There were almost no demonstrations during the 1950s and 1960s. 
A)  The most demonstrations were held in the mid-1950s, and the number of demonstrations declined throughout the 1960s. 
B)  There were almost no demonstrations prior to 1968. 
C)  The number of demonstrations grew in the early 1960s and peaked in 1965. 
D)  There were many demonstrations in the mid-1950s and many demonstrations in the late 1960s but none in between. 
E)  There were almost no demonstrations during the 1950s and 1960s.

Question 14

During the late nineteenth century, the equal protection clause was

Accepted Answer

A)  used as a strong tool for engineering racial equality. 
B)  severely limited in scope by the Supreme Court. 
C)  ruled to be unconstitutional. 
D)  more strongly defended by individual states than by the federal government. 
E)  not implemented because of a lack of tax revenue. 
A)  used as a strong tool for engineering racial equality. 
B)  severely limited in scope by the Supreme Court. 
C)  ruled to be unconstitutional. 
D)  more strongly defended by individual states than by the federal government. 
E)  not implemented because of a lack of tax revenue.

Question 15

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 16

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 17

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 18

The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees

Accepted Answer

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 19

When state legislatures draw electoral district boundaries in ways that favor themselves, it is called redlining.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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.

What happened to California's Proposition 187?

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

Under what conditions can a plaintiff successfully bring a sexual harassment charge?

What did the Thirteenth Amendment accomplish?

The American experience with civil rights suggests which of the following things about political change in the United States?

Which city was the setting for a major racial confrontation concerning school busing?

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

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

In 2007, the federal government failed to pass major new immigration legislation.

In a case of workplace discrimination, which government institution would most likely handle the complaint?

Desegregating schools in northern states proved to be difficult because

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

Which of the following statements best describes the number of peaceful civil rights demonstrations during the 1950s and 1960s?

During the late nineteenth century, the equal protection clause was

What goal did members of the abolitionist movement pursue?

Which of the following statements about gender equality is false?

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?

The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees

When state legislatures draw electoral district boundaries in ways that favor themselves, it is called redlining.

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

American Political Culture

The Founding and the Constitution

Federalism

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Public Opinion

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Exam 5: Civil Rights

What happened to California's Proposition 187?

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

Under what conditions can a plaintiff successfully bring a sexual harassment charge?

What did the Thirteenth Amendment accomplish?

The American experience with civil rights suggests which of the following things about political change in the United States?

Which city was the setting for a major racial confrontation concerning school busing?

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

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

In 2007, the federal government failed to pass major new immigration legislation.

In a case of workplace discrimination, which government institution would most likely handle the complaint?

Desegregating schools in northern states proved to be difficult because

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

Which of the following statements best describes the number of peaceful civil rights demonstrations during the 1950s and 1960s?

During the late nineteenth century, the equal protection clause was

What goal did members of the abolitionist movement pursue?

Which of the following statements about gender equality is false?

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?

The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees

When state legislatures draw electoral district boundaries in ways that favor themselves, it is called redlining.

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

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

Filters