Question 1

California Proposition 187,if enforced would have denied public benefits,such as healthcare and education to undocumented immigrants and their children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Nations with distinct subcultures,have one subculture perceived as dominant and the other are subordinate._________________ is an example of such a nation.

Accepted Answer

A) Belgium 
B) Iraq 
C) Great Britain 
D) Russia

Question 3

Professor Henry Louis Gates was arrested at his home by a police officer because he was thought to be breaking into the home.Was this a case of racial profiling? Should Professor Gates have reacted angrily or just accepted that the police officer was "doing his job"?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Professor Henry Louis Gates was arrested at...

Question 4

Affirmative action is a series of policies or active government efforts to bring valued members of disadvantaged groups in proportion with their percentage in the general population to the workplace or educational institution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Compliance with Title IX of the Educational Amendment of 1972 forbade any educational institution from receiving federal funding to engage in gender discrimination.This resulted in

Accepted Answer

A) women receiving football scholarships 
B) the cancellation of a number of men's minor sports programs 
C) the rise in popularity of coed bowling 
D) formation of women's wrestling teams

Question 6

Institutional arrangements throughout the Western world serve to minimize social mobility.Which nation does not uses rigorous competitive examination to determine who gets into university?

Accepted Answer

A) Great Britain 
B) France 
C) Japan 
D) United States

Question 7

Female worker income has steadily increased as a percentage of male worker income.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

DE JURE segregation

Accepted Answer

A) is the same as DE FACTO segregation 
B) refers to neighborhood residential patterns of segregation 
C) refers to government supported segregation 
D) all of the above

Question 9

The Lilly Ledbetter Act of 2009 was enacted to correct what deficiency in law?

Accepted Answer

A) The right to equal pay for women 
B) The right to sue your employer 
C) The right to file a claim under the Equal Pay Act whenever you find out about pay inequity 
D) The right to work and receive the same pay as a man for the same job

Question 10

An Oklahoma law was typical of the effort to bar or remove homosexuals from teaching positions.It did NOT criminalize

Accepted Answer

A) promoting public or private homosexual acts 
B) advocating homosexual activities 
C) attributes of being a homosexual 
D) soliciting homosexual act

Question 11

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Boy Scouts in the case,Boy Scouts of America vs.Dale.The court based its decision ,not on homosexuality,but on

Accepted Answer

A) Freedom of association 
B) Dale's lack of qualification 
C) Private organizations right to discriminate 
D) The Boy Scouts being a religious organization

Question 12

Under the Black Codes,African Americans were NOT allowed to

Accepted Answer

A) receive an education 
B) hold a job 
C) walk the streets without permission of whites 
D) use public restrooms 
E) all of the above

Question 13

Meritocracy is the allocation of social value and status on the basis of performance standards derived from perceived contribution to the public good.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Hopwood v.Texas (1996)

Accepted Answer

A) upheld affirmative action in higher education in Texas. 
B) invalidated many affirmative action practices in higher education in Texas. 
C) placed the Supreme Court squarely against affirmative action. 
D) none of the above

Question 15

De facto segregation is different from de jure segregation because of

Accepted Answer

A) discriminatory housing patterns 
B) not being caused by public policy or law 
C) its historical nature 
D) being caused by Jim Crow laws

Question 16

The court case Swann v.Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971)approved busing as a strategy,but it proved very unpopular.______________became the preferred strategy to achieve racial balance.

Accepted Answer

A) new schools 
B) sports programs 
C) scholarships 
D) magnet schools

Question 17

Adarand Constructors v.Pena (1995)

Accepted Answer

A) upheld Affirmative Action in the construction business. 
B) placed the burden of proof on employers to prove that their employment qualifications do not discriminate against minorities. 
C) required specific evidence of discrimination to justify set asides of contracts for minority businesses. 
D) all of the above

Question 18

Comments about "legitimate rape" may have caused this Senate candidate the election due to the response to the insensitivity of the remark,

Accepted Answer

A) Richard Murdock 
B) Bill Frisk 
C) Elizabeth Dole 
D) Todd Akins

Question 19

Lawrence v.Texas

Accepted Answer

A) overruled Bowers v.Hardwick 
B) allowed schools to return to "unitary status" 
C) upheld the legality of Texas sodomy laws 
D) allowed homosexuals to marry

Question 20

Racial profiling was cited in the litigation against which state's law on undocumented immigrants

Accepted Answer

A) California 
B) Arizona 
C) Florida 
D) All of the above

Exam 10: Legal and Social Equality: The Struggle against Oppression and Bigotry

California Proposition 187,if enforced would have denied public benefits,such as healthcare and education to undocumented immigrants and their children.

Nations with distinct subcultures,have one subculture perceived as dominant and the other are subordinate._________________ is an example of such a nation.

Professor Henry Louis Gates was arrested at his home by a police officer because he was thought to be breaking into the home.Was this a case of racial profiling? Should Professor Gates have reacted angrily or just accepted that the police officer was "doing his job"?

Affirmative action is a series of policies or active government efforts to bring valued members of disadvantaged groups in proportion with their percentage in the general population to the workplace or educational institution.

Compliance with Title IX of the Educational Amendment of 1972 forbade any educational institution from receiving federal funding to engage in gender discrimination.This resulted in

Institutional arrangements throughout the Western world serve to minimize social mobility.Which nation does not uses rigorous competitive examination to determine who gets into university?

Female worker income has steadily increased as a percentage of male worker income.

DE JURE segregation

The Lilly Ledbetter Act of 2009 was enacted to correct what deficiency in law?

An Oklahoma law was typical of the effort to bar or remove homosexuals from teaching positions.It did NOT criminalize

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Boy Scouts in the case,Boy Scouts of America vs.Dale.The court based its decision ,not on homosexuality,but on

Under the Black Codes,African Americans were NOT allowed to

Meritocracy is the allocation of social value and status on the basis of performance standards derived from perceived contribution to the public good.

Hopwood v.Texas (1996)

De facto segregation is different from de jure segregation because of

The court case Swann v.Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971) approved busing as a strategy,but it proved very unpopular.______________became the preferred strategy to achieve racial balance.

Adarand Constructors v.Pena (1995)

Comments about "legitimate rape" may have caused this Senate candidate the election due to the response to the insensitivity of the remark,

Lawrence v.Texas

Racial profiling was cited in the litigation against which state's law on undocumented immigrants