A) The courts have not given government and employers much leeway in establishing age-based policies.
B) Forced retirement for reasons of age is not permissible even if justified by the nature of a particular job or the performance of a particular employee.
C) Age discrimination is among the forms of discrimination prohibited by the U.S.Constitution.
D) Mandatory retirement ages for most jobs have been eliminated by law.
E) Hiring bias on the basis of age is still allowed by all private companies,but has been most abolished in government and public agencies.
G) A) and B)
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A) require government only to show that a particular law is reasonable.
B) assess whether a law had the support of a two-thirds majority of legislators at the time of passage.
C) determine whether a law is working well and,if so,to allow it to remain in effect.
D) prohibit any law that results in the unequal treatment of Americans.
E) interpret the equal protection clause in a strict manner.
G) A) and C)
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A) have always been legal citizens of the United States.
B) were not given citizenship status en masse until the twentieth century.
C) do not today have the full legal rights of other U.S.citizens.
D) are U.S.citizens unless they choose to live on a reservation.
E) have numbered roughly ten million in the United States since the 1700s.
G) A) and D)
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A) through the enlightened policies of advantaged Americans.
B) through judicial action only.
C) through struggle against entrenched interests.
D) mainly through action by the states rather than the federal government.
E) by waiting patiently for public opinion to back their cause.
G) A) and C)
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A) by governments in their conduct of elections (e.g.,registration,placement of polling booths) .
B) by private individuals in their social relations-bigoted statements and other acts of prejudice are unlawful under most circumstances.
C) by governments in their job practices and provision of services (e.g.,schools,roads) .
D) by private individuals in their employment practices and in their operation of public accommodations (e.g.,hotels,restaurants) .
E) against gays and lesbians.
G) C) and E)
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A) government only.
B) private parties only.
C) both government and private parties.
D) the president specifically.
E) Congress specifically.
G) A) and B)
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A) addressed the problem of de facto discrimination.
B) applied to many northern communities in addition to communities in the South.
C) sanctioned the use of busing in desegregation.
D) dealt specifically with the issue of busing.
E) All these answers are correct.
G) C) and D)
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A) none of them
B) only a few
C) about half
D) nearly three-fourths
E) all but three of them
G) B) and C)
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A) brought about greater rights to the disabled.
B) came in response to the passage of the Civil Rights Act.
C) was conducted by women seeking fairer treatment in the workplace.
D) was conducted by women seeking the right to vote.
E) was conducted by African Americans seeking equality of rights.
G) C) and D)
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A) the Brown decision (de jure) ,and affirmative action (de facto) .
B) affirmative action (de jure) ,and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (de facto) .
C) the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (de jure) ,and the Brown decision (de facto) .
D) the Supreme Court's busing decisions (de jure) ,and affirmative action decisions (de facto) .
E) None of these answers is correct.
G) None of the above
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A) Vermont
B) Massachusetts
C) New Hampshire
D) Rhode Island
E) Connecticut
G) All of the above
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A) The Supreme Court justices ruled in 2000 that the Boy Scouts can ban gays.
B) The Supreme Court justices ruled in 2003 that states cannot ban homosexual relations among consenting adults.
C) The Supreme Court justices ruled in 1996 that states could not adopt discriminatory policies toward gays and lesbians.
D) All are true; the Supreme Court ruled states could not adopt discriminatory policies toward gays and lesbians (1996) ,Boy Scouts can ban gays (2000) ,and states cannot ban homosexual relations among consenting adults (2003) .
E) None of these answers is correct.
G) B) and E)
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A) today number more than 2 million.
B) have a far higher infant mortality rate than the national average.
C) have in recent years filed suit to reclaim their ancestral lands.
D) are less than half as likely to finish college as other Americans.
E) All these answers are correct.
G) C) and E)
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A) authorizes states to grant marital rights to a same-sex couple that has been granted these rights by another state.
B) authorizes states to deny marital rights to a same-sex couple that has been granted these rights by another state.
C) invalidated,through federal legislation,the marriages of same-sex couples that had become married in states that allow same-sex unions.
D) established a timeline by which all states must legally allow same-sex marriages.
E) invalided state laws that had mandated that marriage be defined only as a union between a man and a woman.
G) B) and D)
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A) falls largely outside the scope of the law-people are free to rent or sell property to whomever they want.
B) is an area where equality in practice is now nearly a reality; people of similar incomes,regardless of race or color,find it equally easy to qualify for home mortgages.
C) is an unimportant civil rights issue,since housing patterns almost completely reflect the personal preferences of people and are not substantially influenced by past or present racial bias.
D) continues to evidence a high degree of racial segregation.
E) None of these answers is correct.
G) A) and C)
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A) Boston,Massachusetts.
B) San Francisco,California.
C) Minneapolis,Minnesota.
D) Seneca Falls,New York.
E) Madison,Wisconsin.
G) A) and D)
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A) Public schools are becoming more segregated nationally.
B) Many urban public school districts have ended the use of busing for desegregation purposes.
C) White flight to suburban schools has made it more difficult to desegregate urban schools.
D) The Supreme Court,after ordering cutbacks in busing,said that communities were free to use alternatives,such as increased spending on schools in poor neighborhoods.
E) All these answers are correct.
G) None of the above
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A) a backlash against the civil rights movement
B) the religious revival movement
C) the removal of federal troops
D) several state legislature elections that brought racist leadership into power
E) a severe depression that reduced the economic power of the black population
G) B) and D)
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A) school desegregation.
B) sexual harassment.
C) affirmative action.
D) Native Americans' civil rights.
E) comparable worth.
G) A) and E)
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