Question 1

Which of the following did the Fifteenth Amendment do?

Accepted Answer

A)   Outlaw slavery
B)   Provide equal protection under the law
C)   Give 18-year-olds the right to vote
D)   State that the right to vote shall not be abridged on account of race
E)   Give women the right to vote D

Question 2

The riot at the Stonewall Inn that began the modern movement for equality for gay males and lesbians was sparked by what?

Accepted Answer

A)   A raid by police on a bar popular with gay men and lesbians
B)   Refusal of the bar to serve gay and lesbian patrons
C)   Anti-gay protestors who showed up at the bar
D)   An attempt by a gay couple to hold a marriage ceremony at the bar
E)   Refusal of the bar to hire openly gay workers A

Question 3

If you worked with an organization seeking reparations for African Americans for past treatment, why might you be disappointed by the resolutions issued by Congress in 2008 and 2009?

Accepted Answer

A)   The House passed a resolution, but the Senate did not.
B)   The Senate passed a resolution, but the House did not.
C)   The resolutions did not include any financial compensation.
D)   The resolutions did not formally apologize for slavery.
E)   The resolutions did not mention Jim Crow laws. C

Question 4

A woman can serve in the military and drive a tank thanks to which of the following actions?

Accepted Answer

A)   The rescission of the combat exclusion in 2013
B)   The passage of the ERA by Congress in 1972
C)   The ratification of the ERA by the states in 1972
D)   The passage of Title IX of the Civil Rights Act in 1972
E)   The inclusion of Title VII in the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 5

Explain the significance of Lawrence v. Texas and United States v. Windsor in regard to the advancement of civil rights in the United States for the LGBTQ community.

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Question 6

Discuss how both law and public opinion have shifted over gay rights since the Stonewall riots.

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Question 7

If you wanted to be involved in political organizing to help increase local minority representation for Latinos, which of the following groups would you join?

Accepted Answer

A)   The La Raza Unida Party
B)   The Progressive Party
C)   Pete Hernandez Association
D)   The Tea Party
E)   African American Democrats

Question 8

Which of the following prohibited slavery in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)   Article V
B)   Article IV
C)   The Fifteenth Amendment
D)   The Tenth Amendment
E)   The Thirteenth Amendment

Question 9

What did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. advocate as a means to achieve racial justice?

Accepted Answer

A)   Violence
B)   Nonviolent civil disobedience
C)   Race riots
D)   Enforcing segregation and creating superior public services for blacks
E)   Black militancy

Question 10

In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court ruling state that children have a right to a bilingual education?

Accepted Answer

A)   Hernandez v. Texas
B)   Lau v. Nichols
C)   Bakke v. California
D)   Plessy v. Ferguson
E)   Smith v. Allwright

Question 11

What is the fastest growing and largest ethnic group in the United States today?

Accepted Answer

A)   Middle Easterners
B)   African Americans
C)   Latinos
D)   Eastern Europeans
E)   East Asians

Question 12

How have courts and legislative bodies at both the federal and the state levels attempted to address issues concerning the rights and status of homosexuals?

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Question 13

Discuss the progress that has been made in the women's rights movement, and compare it with the remaining obstacles to full equality.

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Question 14

What was the purpose of the poll tax used in many southern states?

Accepted Answer

A)   To prevent northern immigrants from moving to the South and voting in local elections
B)   To determine who was intelligent enough to vote
C)   To dissuade African Americans and poor whites from voting
D)   To force individuals to buy property in order to be eligible to vote
E)   To raise funds for voter registration among the minority community

Question 15

Nationwide recognition of same-sex marriage was the result of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   A 2015 Supreme Court decision
B)   A 2016 congressional law
C)   A 2010 constitutional amendment
D)   An international treaty on human rights
E)   A 2015 executive order

Question 16

Homer Plessy attempted to challenge Louisiana's racial segregation policies by doing which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Refusing to move from a "whites-only" Louisiana train car
B)   Sitting in at a "whites-only" restaurant
C)   Refusing to sit at the back of a New Orleans streetcar
D)   Sitting on the ground floor of a public theater, instead of in the balcony
E)   Sending his daughter for treatment to a superior "whites-only" hospital

Question 17

Which clause of the Fourteenth Amendment has been used to launch progress in civil rights?

Accepted Answer

A)   Affirmative action
B)   Equal protection
C)   Exclusionary rule
D)   Supremacy
E)   Separation

Question 18

If a 57-year-old man who has had no performance issues on the job is fired after being told the position is being eliminated, only to learn that the same position is filled three weeks later by a 40-year-old, what legal action can be taken?

Accepted Answer

A)   None. The employer has full discretion in hiring and firing.
B)   He can bring a suit under the ADEA.
C)   He can bring a suit under the Civil Rights Act.
D)   He can file for Social Security.
E)   He can file a grievance under the ERA.

Question 19

What was the goal of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention?

Accepted Answer

A)   Promote issues based on the notion that men and women are created equal
B)   Debate the possibility of seceding from the United States to restrictions on slave trade
C)   Create a women's manifesto discussing temperance, abolition, and suffrage
D)   Discuss strategies for the abolition of slavery
E)   Plan strategies that would advance rights for homosexual individuals and same-sex couples

Question 20

What led to the disbanding of the American Equal Rights Association and the subsequent formation of two rival women's suffrage organizations?

Accepted Answer

A)   The failure to include women in the Fifteenth Amendment
B)   The outbreak of the Civil War
C)   The ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment
D)   The passage of the Fourteenth Amendment
E)   The conclusion of the Civil War

Exam 5: Civil Rights