Question 1

The Supreme Court's ruling in the Swann case on busing differed from the Brown decision in that Swann

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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.F) None of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 2

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

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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.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 3

In 2000,________ became the first state to legalize the civil union of same-sex couples.

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A)   Vermont
B)   Massachusetts
C)   New Hampshire
D)   Rhode Island
E)   ConnecticutF) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 4

Culminating in a historic victory in 1954,black activists in the early twentieth century generally pursued civil rights through

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A)   legal action.
B)   legislative action.
C)   pressure for presidential decree.
D)   bureaucratic action.
E)   campaigning through mass media.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 5

Native Americans

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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.F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 6

Housing in America

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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.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 7

The first large and well-organized attempt to promote women's rights came in 1848 in

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A)   Boston, Massachusetts.
B)   San Francisco, California.
C)   Minneapolis, Minnesota.
D)   Seneca Falls, New York.
E)   Madison, Wisconsin.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 8

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

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A)   California
B)   Texas
C)   Vermont
D)   Massachusetts
E)   AlabamaF) B) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 9

The 1996 Defense of Marriage Act

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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.F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 10

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

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Affirmative action is a deliberate effor...

Question 11

Disadvantaged Americans have generally gained their rights

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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.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 12

De jure discrimination and de facto discrimination are two ways in which some Americans are treated as less equal than others.Examples of public policies designed to address each of these forms of discrimination are

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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.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

What is equality of result? What relation does it have to de facto and de jure discrimination?

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Equality of result is the aim of policie...

Question 14

The modern civil rights movement had a peak moment with the March on Washington in ________.

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A)   1954
B)   1960
C)   1963
D)   1968
E)   1973F) A) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 15

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

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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.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

What was politically significant about Geraldine Ferraro in 1984?

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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.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 17

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.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 18

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

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A)   California
B)   Texas
C)   New Jersey
D)   New Mexico
E)   ArizonaF) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 19

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

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A)   1789
B)   1856
C)   1924
D)   1972
E)   1998F) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 20

Native Americans

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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.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Exam 5: Equal Rights: Struggling Toward Fairness

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