Question 1

What was politically significant about Geraldine Ferraro in 1984?

Accepted Answer

A) She became the first woman to be elected governor of a state. 
B) She became the first woman to run on the national ticket of a major political party. 
C) She became the first woman to serve as attorney general of the United States. 
D) She was the first woman to hold the top position in the U.S.House of Representatives. 
E) She was the first person to hold the top position in the U.S.Senate.

Question 2

Of the following states,which tends to have larger numbers of Caribbean Hispanics?

Accepted Answer

A) California 
B) Texas 
C) New Jersey 
D) New Mexico 
E) Arizona

Question 3

The movement for women's rights was initially aligned with

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A) the abolition movement. 
B) the Progressive movement. 
C) the labor movement. 
D) the modern civil rights movement. 
E) the modern environmental movement.

Question 4

Which of the following would be considered the worst setback by affirmative action proponents?

Accepted Answer

A) Adarand v.Pena 
B) Craig v.Boren 
C) Regents of the University of California v.Bakke 
D) Swann v.Charlotte-Mecklenberg Board of Education 
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 5

Discuss the racial problems addressed by the Brown v.Board of Education of Topeka,Kansas decision and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.What provisions of the Constitution provided the basis for each of these policy decisions?

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Question 6

The Supreme Court concept of suspect classifications suggests that

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A) it is impossible to impose quotas fairly because they require classifications of merit based on race. 
B) it is inherently suspect to classify one school district or public facility reserved for a particular race as inferior or superior to another. 
C) laws that classify people differently on the basis of their race or ethnicity are presumed to have discrimination as their purpose. 
D) any form of classification of people based on race or gender is not a sufficient basis for which to overturn an established federal law. 
E) any law designed to specifically affect members of different genders in different ways is inherently discriminatory.

Question 7

Since the height of the busing era,the trend in public schools has been

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A) toward greater integration. 
B) toward greater segregation. 
C) to rely more and more on busing. 
D) to reinstate de jure racial segregation. 
E) to retain the gains in racial integration achieved through the 1970s,but not to further them.

Question 8

In 2004,by order of the state's Supreme Court,________ instituted same-sex marriage.

Accepted Answer

A) California 
B) Texas 
C) Vermont 
D) Massachusetts 
E) Alabama

Question 9

The focus of civil liberties is the ________ and the focus of civil rights is the ________.

Accepted Answer

A) individual; individual 
B) group; group 
C) individual; group 
D) group; individual 
E) Tenth Amendment; Twenty-seventh Amendment

Question 10

Asian Americans account for about ________ percent of professionals and technicians in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) 1 
B) 5 
C) 10 
D) 15 
E) 25

Question 11

What is affirmative action? What is the Supreme Court's general position on affirmative action?

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Question 12

All of the following statements about Asian American rights are true EXCEPT that

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A) they have not attained a proportionate share of top business positions. 
B) Asian Americans are an upwardly mobile group but are underrepresented in top positions in society due to past and present discrimination. 
C) Asian Americans have the highest percentage of two-parent families of any racial group. 
D) Asian Americans have made notable educational advancements. 
E) Asian Americans have the second highest median family income of any group.

Question 13

The first woman ever to serve on the U.S.Supreme Court was appointed by

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A) President Truman. 
B) President Eisenhower. 
C) President Kennedy. 
D) President Reagan. 
E) President Carter.

Question 14

In 2007 the Supreme Court ruled that the pursuit of racial integration in public schools through busing

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A) was a practice that should be left to state governments to adopt or reject. 
B) should be enacted and monitored by the federal government to ensure full compliance. 
C) was as necessary to ensure racial justice as was the ending of de facto segregation in 1954. 
D) was a permanent solution to an intractable problem. 
E) deprived white students of their Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection.

Question 15

All of the following statements about Latino Americans are true EXCEPT that

Accepted Answer

A) they are the fastest-growing minority in the United States. 
B) they have made major political gains in terms of electing local officials,particularly in the southwestern states. 
C) Hispanics are healthier and have a longer life expectancy than would be expected from their education and income levels. 
D) their average annual income is relatively close to the national average. 
E) they are one of the nation's oldest ethnic groups.

Question 16

The average pay for full-time female employees is about ________ percent of that for full-time male employees.

Accepted Answer

A) 93 
B) 50 
C) 65 
D) 80 
E) 70

Question 17

The demand that women should receive equal pay relative to men for work that is similarly demanding,involves similar responsibilities,and requires similar levels of education and training is the basis of the concept of

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A) equality of opportunity. 
B) affirmative action. 
C) comparable worth. 
D) de jure discrimination. 
E) reverse discrimination.

Question 18

The Supreme Court's decision in the Regents of the University of California v.Bakke case

Accepted Answer

A) invalidated the principle of affirmative action. 
B) ruled that Bakke could not be admitted to medical school. 
C) established quota systems as a legitimate basis of affirmative action. 
D) upheld the principle of affirmative action. 
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 19

Which statement about women's rights is correct?

Accepted Answer

A) The Equal Rights Amendment (ER
A) was ratified by the necessary 38 states in 1982. 
B) The women's rights movement began in the era of World War I and within a few years achieved voting rights for women. 
C) Women have made clear gains in the areas of appointive and elective offices. 
D) Women tend to cast their votes for Republican candidates. 
E) All these answers are correct.

Question 20

Native Americans were made "official" citizens of the United States in ________.

Accepted Answer

A) 1789 
B) 1856 
C) 1924 
D) 1972 
E) 1998

Exam 5: Equal Rights: Struggling Toward Fairness