Question 1

Under the standard, a law or action that discriminates against a particular group or class of individuals must be necessary to promote a compelling state interest and must be narrowly tailored to meet that interest in order to find that the equal protection clause has not been violated.

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A)   "intermediate scrutiny"
B)   "ordinary scrutiny"
C)   "strict scrutiny"
D)   "rational basis"
E)   "exacting scrutiny"F) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 2

Our First Amendment rights are considered rights.

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A)   contingent
B)   suspect
C)   conditional
D)   fundamental
E)   tentativeF) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

Discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, and national origin in public places of accommodation and in employment was outlawed by the

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A)   Fourteenth Amendment.
B)   Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) .
C)   Civil Rights Act of 1964.
D)   Voting Rights Act of 1965.
E)   Civil Rights Act of 1968.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C) C

Question 4

The Supreme Court has made it clear that sexual harassment

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A)   includes harassment by members of the same sex.
B)   cases can no longer be heard in the courts.
C)   will not be interpreted to include the harassment of employees by their supervisors.
D)   will no longer include hostile environment harassment.
E)   victims cannot seek back pay and job reinstatement.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 5

Native Americans had no civil rights under U.S. laws until

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A)   1787, when the Northwest Ordinance was passed.
B)   1824, when Congress established the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
C)   the late 1880s, when U.S. policy focused on the assimilation of Native Americans into American society.
D)   1924, when the citizenship rights spelled out in the Fourteenth Amendment were extended to American Indians.
E)   1973, when supporters of the American Indian Movement took over Wounded Knee, South Dakota, to protest the government's policy toward Native Americans.F) All of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 6

Generally, the term civil rights refers to the rights of all Americans to equal treatment under the law, as provided by the to the Constitution.

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A)   First Amendment
B)   Fourth Amendment
C)   Eighth Amendment
D)   Fourteenth Amendment
E)   Nineteenth AmendmentF) A) and D)
G) C) and D) D

Question 7

In Gratz v. Bollinger (2003) , the Supreme Court held that the undergraduate admissions policy at the University of Michigan violated the equal protection clause because it

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A)   automatically awarded every "underrepresented" minority applicant one­fifth of the points needed to guarantee admission.
B)   failed to take into account an applicant's race or ethnicity.
C)   automatically awarded every Michigan resident one-fourth of the points needed to guarantee admission.
D)   failed to take into account an applicant's gender.
E)   discriminated against "underrepresented" minority applicants.F) B) and C)
G) None of the above

Question 8

The requires that all public buildings and public services be accessible to persons with disabilities.

Accepted Answer

A)   Rehabilitation Act of 1973
B)   Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
C)   Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
D)   Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975
E)   Civil Rights Act of 1964F) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 9

constitute the largest ethnic minority in the United States.

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A)   Latinos
B)   Native Americans
C)   Asian Americans
D)   African Americans
E)   Arab AmericansF) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 10

Actions taken under an executive order issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942 evacuated most of the West Coast population to internment camps or "relocation centers."

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A)   Native American
B)   Japanese American
C)   Russian American
D)   German American
E)   Chinese AmericanF) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 11

Female managers earn, on average, only of what male managers earn.

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A)   40 percent
B)   50 percent
C)   70 percent
D)   65 percent
E)   85 percentF) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 12

The intermediate scrutiny standard is used to determine if are permissible.

Accepted Answer

A)   laws based on gender classifications
B)   laws based on racial classifications
C)   certain municipal ordinances
D)   laws based on religious classifications
E)   laws based on rational classificationsF) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 13

The first "woman's rights" convention, organized in 1848, adopted a , which stated, "We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men and women are created equal."

Accepted Answer

A)   Declaration of Independence
B)   Statement of Principles
C)   Declaration of Sentiments
D)   Constitution
E)   Call for ActionF) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 14

In Lawrence v. Texas (2003) , the Supreme Court ruled that

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A)   state laws banning same-sex marriage violate the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.
B)   all states must recognize civil unions and grant most of the benefits of marriage to registered same-sex couples.
C)   the "don't ask, don't tell" policy was unconstitutional.
D)   states may not pass domestic partnership laws that grant most of the benefits of marriage to registered same- sex couples.
E)   sodomy laws violate the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause.F) A) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 15

The 1969 Stonewall Inn uprising launched the

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A)   women's movement.
B)   gay power movement.
C)   civil rights movement.
D)   movement to empower persons with disabilities.
E)   affirmative action movement.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 16

is best defined as a policy that gives special consideration, in jobs and college admissions, to members of groups that have been discriminated against in the past.

Accepted Answer

A)   A quota system
B)   Reverse discrimination
C)   Feminism
D)   Affirmative action
E)   "Race­blind"F) A) and D)
G) A) and B) D

Question 17

The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

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A)   granted freedom to the slaves.
B)   required an end to segregation.
C)   established the separate-but-equal doctrine.
D)   outlawed "Jim Crow" laws.
E)   granted former slaves the right to vote.F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 18

The Fifteenth Amendment

Accepted Answer

A)   granted freedom to the slaves.
B)   provided a constitutional basis for slavery.
C)   stated that voting rights could not be abridged on account of race.
D)   stated that voting rights could not be abridged on account of sex (meaning gender) .
E)   stated that the rights granted to individuals in the Bill of Rights is not a comprehensive list, and others are retained by the people.F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 19

In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)  the Supreme Court reversed the separate-but-equal doctrine established in

Accepted Answer

A)   Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) .
B)   Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) .
C)   Brown II (1955) .
D)   United States v. Virginia (1996) .
E)   Craig v. Boren (1976) .F) B) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 20

was the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court.

Accepted Answer

A)   Ruth Bader Ginsburg
B)   Condoleezza Rice
C)   Sandra Day O'Connor
D)   Sonia Sotomayor
E)   Elena KaganF) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Exam 5: Civil Rights

Under the standard, a law or action that discriminates against a particular group or class of individuals must be necessary to promote a compelling state interest and must be narrowly tailored to meet that interest in order to find that the equal protection clause has not been violated.

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Our First Amendment rights are considered rights.

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Discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, and national origin in public places of accommodation and in employment was outlawed by the

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The Supreme Court has made it clear that sexual harassment

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Native Americans had no civil rights under U.S. laws until

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Generally, the term civil rights refers to the rights of all Americans to equal treatment under the law, as provided by the to the Constitution.

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In Gratz v. Bollinger (2003) , the Supreme Court held that the undergraduate admissions policy at the University of Michigan violated the equal protection clause because it

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The requires that all public buildings and public services be accessible to persons with disabilities.

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constitute the largest ethnic minority in the United States.

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Actions taken under an executive order issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942 evacuated most of the West Coast population to internment camps or "relocation centers."

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Female managers earn, on average, only of what male managers earn.

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The intermediate scrutiny standard is used to determine if are permissible.

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The first "woman's rights" convention, organized in 1848, adopted a , which stated, "We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men and women are created equal."

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In Lawrence v. Texas (2003) , the Supreme Court ruled that

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The 1969 Stonewall Inn uprising launched the

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is best defined as a policy that gives special consideration, in jobs and college admissions, to members of groups that have been discriminated against in the past.

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