Question 1

What are the equality of rights for persons regardless of their race, sex, or ethnic background?&#10;A) civil liberties&#10;B) civil rights&#10;C) affirmative action&#10;D) judicial review

Accepted Answer

Civil rights refer to the rights of all individuals to be treated equally and without discrimination based on their race, sex, or ethnic background. This includes the right to vote, to receive fair treatment in housing and employment, and to be free from discrimination in public accommodations. Civil liberties refer to individual freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, such as freedom of speech, religion, and assembly. Affirmative action is a policy that aims to address past discrimination by providing opportunities for underrepresented groups, and judicial review is the power of the courts to review and potentially overturn government actions that violate the Constitution.

Question 2

What did the Plessy v. Ferguson case produce?&#10;A) bilingualism&#10;B) de facto segregation in the North&#10;C) the birth of the Ku Klux Klan&#10;D) the separate-but-equal doctrine

Accepted Answer

The Plessy v. Ferguson case produced the separate-but-equal doctrine, which allowed for segregation based on race as long as the facilities provided for both races were "equal." This legal doctrine was used to justify segregation for many years, until it was eventually overturned by Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.

Question 3

The first Africans came to America as __________.&#10;A) slaves&#10;B) indentured servants&#10;C) free men and women&#10;D) illegal immigrants

Accepted Answer

The first Africans to arrive in America were brought as indentured servants, not slaves. This meant they could work for a period of time to pay off their passage and eventually gain their freedom, a status that changed as laws and social norms evolved to institutionalize racial slavery.

Question 4

The Emancipation Proclamation was declared by whom?&#10;A) Congress&#10;B) the President&#10;C) the Supreme Court&#10;D) the Northern states

Accepted Answer

The Emancipation Proclamation was declared by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863.

Question 5

In 1909, in response to racial violence, a group of blacks and whites formed the __________.&#10;A) Rainbow Coalition&#10;B) Student Against Non-violence Association&#10;C) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People&#10;D) Black and White Alliance

Accepted Answer

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed in 1909 in response to racial violence against black Americans. The organization advocated for civil rights and worked to end segregation and discrimination through legal action and public awareness campaigns. The NAACP also played a crucial role in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s.

Question 6

The Ku Klux Klan began during Reconstruction and advocated __________.&#10;A) the impeachment of Lincoln&#10;B) the Fifteenth Amendment ratification&#10;C) Western state annexation&#10;D) white supremacy

Accepted Answer

The Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1865 as a secret organization advocating for white supremacy and opposing the rights of African Americans during Reconstruction. They used violence and intimidation tactics to control and suppress the black population in the South.

Question 7

The Plessy decision and the separate-but-equal doctrine constitutionally allowed __________.&#10;A) lynching&#10;B) segregation&#10;C) poll taxes&#10;D) voting limits

Accepted Answer

The Plessy decision and the separate-but-equal doctrine allowed for segregation. The decision upheld racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine, which essentially permitted segregation as long as the separate facilities were deemed equal in quality. It did not allow for lynching, poll taxes or voting limits.

Question 8

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 __________.&#10;A) upheld de jure segregation&#10;B) upheld de facto segregation&#10;C) provided federal aid to school districts that continued to segregate&#10;D) cut off federal aid to school districts that continued to segregate

Accepted Answer

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 cut off federal aid to school districts that continued to segregate, therefore actively opposing segregation.

Question 9

One way the Constitution endorsed slavery was through __________.&#10;A) the southern House seats&#10;B) the supremacy clause&#10;C) the 1808 importation limit&#10;D) the Thirteenth Amendment

Accepted Answer

The Constitution endorsed slavery through the 1808 importation limit, which allowed the transatlantic slave trade to continue until 1808, effectively permitting the importation of enslaved people for 20 more years after the Constitution was ratified.

Question 10

Although many colonial Americans advocated equality, they envisioned it only for __________.&#10;A) colored men&#10;B) black men&#10;C) white men&#10;D) Native Americans

Accepted Answer

During the colonial period, a majority of the Americans who argued for equality believed it only applied to white men. Women, enslaved Africans, and Native Americans were excluded from this concept of equality.

Question 11

In the Brown case, the Supreme Court ordered schools to desegregate ____________.&#10;A) &#34;immediately&#34;&#10;B) &#34;soon&#34;&#10;C) &#34;when possible&#34;&#10;D) &#34;with all deliberate speed&#34;

Accepted Answer

The answer of In the Brown case, the Supreme Court...

Question 12

The institution of sharecropping __________.&#10;A) created an economic system that rewarded hard work&#10;B) provided each free slave with the rewards promised by emancipation&#10;C) created a vicious cycle in which poor black farmers were mired in debt and poverty&#10;D) provided former slaves with &#34;forty acres and a mule&#34;

Accepted Answer

The answer of The institution of sharecropping __________.&#10;A) created an...

Question 13

Justice Taney ruled in the Dred Scott decision that free blacks __________.&#10;A) were not citizens&#10;B) were citizens, but that enslaved blacks were not&#10;C) could not own black slaves&#10;D) should have the same rights as white men

Accepted Answer

The answer of Justice Taney ruled in the Dred Scott...

Question 14

Which system of southern laws and conventions segregated southern society and ingrained discrimination?&#10;A) separate but equal doctrine&#10;B) Jim Crow laws&#10;C) Plessy laws&#10;D) Dred Scott laws

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which system of southern laws and conventions...

Question 15

What did the Fourteenth Amendment achieve?&#10;A) granted citizenship to blacks.&#10;B) offered due process of law to whites only.&#10;C) established the separate but equal doctrine.&#10;D) declared segregation unconstitutional

Accepted Answer

The answer of What did the Fourteenth Amendment achieve?&#10;A) granted...

Question 16

For its first two decades, the NAACP was led by sociologist ____________.&#10;A) W. E. B. Du Bois&#10;B) Thurgood Marshall&#10;C) Homer Plessy&#10;D) Frederick Douglass

Accepted Answer

The answer of For its first two decades, the NAACP...

Question 17

What occurred after the election of Rutherford B. Hayes as president in 1876?&#10;A) the states broke into war&#10;B) Reconstruction collapsed&#10;C) Union troops left the North&#10;D) slavery was abolished

Accepted Answer

The answer of What occurred after the election of Rutherford...

Question 18

After the Taney decision, the states polarized on the issue of slavery, leading to __________.&#10;A) the election of President Douglas&#10;B) the Twelfth Amendment&#10;C) the American Civil War&#10;D) a ban on slavery

Accepted Answer

The answer of After the Taney decision, the states polarized...

Question 19

One of the ritualized spectacles implemented as a desperate attempt to cling to the racial order upset by the Civil War was __________.&#10;A) castration&#10;B) bull fighting&#10;C) lynchings&#10;D) boxing

Accepted Answer

The answer of One of the ritualized spectacles implemented as...

Question 20

What did the Thirteenth Amendment do?&#10;A) prohibited slavery&#10;B) mandated equal due process&#10;C) gave all male citizens the right to vote&#10;D) gave all citizens the right to vote

Accepted Answer

The answer of What did the Thirteenth Amendment do?&#10;A) prohibited...

Question 21

President John F. Kennedy considered civil rights a distraction because he was more concerned about the __________.&#10;A) Vietnam War&#10;B) Cold War&#10;C) Korean conflict&#10;D) communist taking of China

Accepted Answer

The answer of President John F. Kennedy considered civil rights...

Question 22

Adopting nonviolent tactics, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. formed the __________.&#10;A) SCLC&#10;B) NAACP&#10;C) NOW&#10;D) ACLU

Accepted Answer

The answer of Adopting nonviolent tactics, civil rights leader Martin...

Question 23

Which president introduced both the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968?&#10;A) Abraham Lincoln&#10;B) John F. Kennedy&#10;C) Lyndon Johnson&#10;D) Robert Kennedy

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which president introduced both the Voting Rights...

Question 24

Although the Roberts Court made it more difficult for women to bring lawsuits for pay discrimination, Congress overrode the Supreme Court with the passage of the __________.&#10;A) Eli Whitney Act&#10;B) Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act&#10;C) Equal Pay Act&#10;D) Equal Opportunity Act

Accepted Answer

The answer of Although the Roberts Court made it more...

Question 25

According to Thurgood Marshall, this was the one person the &#34;poor Negro sharecropper&#34; could rely on.&#10;A) President Kennedy&#10;B) President Eisenhower&#10;C) Martin Luther King&#10;D) Chief Justice Warren

Accepted Answer

The answer of According to Thurgood Marshall, this was the...

Question 26

Women citizenship was not independent until __________.&#10;A) 1849&#10;B) 1920&#10;C) 1922&#10;D) 1966

Accepted Answer

The answer of Women citizenship was not independent until __________.&#10;A)...

Question 27

A major area of discrimination for Hispanics is __________.&#10;A) immigration&#10;B) housing&#10;C) education&#10;D) jobs

Accepted Answer

The answer of A major area of discrimination for Hispanics...

Question 28

Residential patterns are the basis for __________.&#10;A) de jure segregation&#10;B) affirmative-action policies&#10;C) de facto segregation&#10;D) separate but equal judicial doctrine

Accepted Answer

The answer of Residential patterns are the basis for __________.&#10;A)...

Question 29

When Chief Justice Fred Vinson suffered a heart attack, Eisenhower appointed ___________ to take his place.&#10;A) Roger Taney&#10;B) Warren Burger&#10;C) Earl Warren&#10;D) Thurgood Marshall

Accepted Answer

The answer of When Chief Justice Fred Vinson suffered a...

Question 30

Although indigenous Americans prefer to be known by their tribal names, the collective term they prefer is __________.&#10;A) Indigenous Peoples&#10;B) Native Americans&#10;C) Indians&#10;D) Americans

Accepted Answer

The answer of Although indigenous Americans prefer to be known...

Question 31

Which event catapulted Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to national attention?&#10;A) Montgomery bus boycott&#10;B) Freedom demonstrations in India&#10;C) A sermon on the Washington Mall&#10;D) Actions by students of North Carolina A & T

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which event catapulted Dr. Martin Luther King...

Question 32

Indians were finally recognized as citizens of the United States __________.&#10;A) during the Great Depression&#10;B) after World War II&#10;C) in 1924, when Congress extended it to all who were born in the United States&#10;D) during the forced assimilation of the 1890s

Accepted Answer

The answer of Indians were finally recognized as citizens of...

Question 33

In which year did Congress recognize Indians as distinct persons, and tribes as autonomous entities?&#10;A) 1917&#10;B) 1924&#10;C) 1934&#10;D) 1968

Accepted Answer

The answer of In which year did Congress recognize Indians...

Question 34

While President Eisenhower was not pleased with the Brown decision, he sent federal troops to enforce it in which state?&#10;A) Mississippi&#10;B) Baltimore&#10;C) Arkansas&#10;D) Alabama

Accepted Answer

The answer of While President Eisenhower was not pleased with...

Question 35

__________ are the largest minority in the United States.&#10;A) Asians&#10;B) African Americans&#10;C) Indians&#10;D) Hispanics

Accepted Answer

The answer of __________ are the largest minority in the...

Question 36

The women's groups formed to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of America now is called __________.&#10;A) the Women's Movement&#10;B) the National Organization for Women&#10;C) the League of Women Voters.&#10;D) Disdain Housewives

Accepted Answer

The answer of The women's groups formed to bring women...

Question 37

What method was primarily used by civil rights groups to address de facto segregation?&#10;A) lynching&#10;B) calling for federal troops&#10;C) busing&#10;D) amending the Constitution

Accepted Answer

The answer of What method was primarily used by civil...

Question 38

About 60 percent of America's Latinos trace their ancestry to __________.&#10;A) Spain&#10;B) Puerto Rico&#10;C) Cuba&#10;D) Mexico

Accepted Answer

The answer of About 60 percent of America's Latinos trace...

Question 39

Latinos are the largest minority in the United States, making up __________ percent of the population.&#10;A) 5&#10;B) 16&#10;C) 20&#10;D) 35

Accepted Answer

The answer of Latinos are the largest minority in the...

Question 40

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 achieve?&#10;A) eliminated voting barriers&#10;B) made segregation in public places unlawful&#10;C) eliminated discrimination in the housing market&#10;D) upheld Plessy and overruled the Supreme Court

Accepted Answer

The answer of What did the Civil Rights Act of...

Question 41

In 1971, what did the Burger Court apply the Fourteenth Amendment's equal-protection clause to?&#10;A) racial minorities.&#10;B) women.&#10;C) children.&#10;D) illegal aliens.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In 1971, what did the Burger Court...

Question 42

Forced assimilation of American Indians by the government waned in the __________.&#10;A) 1880s&#10;B) 1910s&#10;C) 1960s&#10;D) 1930s

Accepted Answer

The answer of Forced assimilation of American Indians by the...

Question 43

Child custody cases and the problems associated with them have been ignored by the __________.&#10;A) president&#10;B) courts&#10;C) Congress&#10;D) states

Accepted Answer

The answer of Child custody cases and the problems associated...

Question 44

In 1980, the Republican Party became the first party __________.&#10;A) to endorse the ERA&#10;B) to not endorse the ERA since 1940&#10;C) to put the ERA on its election platform&#10;D) to make the ERA a non-issue

Accepted Answer

The answer of In 1980, the Republican Party became the...

Question 45

Which court reversed the pattern of upholding laws discriminatory towards women?&#10;A) Marshall Court&#10;B) Warren Court&#10;C) Rehnquist Court&#10;D) Burger Court

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which court reversed the pattern of upholding...

Question 46

The Rehnquist Court __________.&#10;A) limited affirmative action in employment cases&#10;B) made it difficult for governments to adopt affirmative action&#10;C) expanded the definition of affirmative action&#10;D) made affirmative action its reason for being

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Rehnquist Court __________.&#10;A) limited affirmative action...

Question 47

The idea that female-dominated occupations, such as secretaries, should receive the same pay as male-dominated occupations, such as carpenters, which require similar levels of education is called __________.

A) "equal pay for equal work"
B) comparable worth
C) comparable work
D) gender discrimination

Accepted Answer

The answer of The idea that female-dominated occupations, such as...

Question 48

A vexing question raised about affirmative action is whether __________.&#10;A) racial minorities know how to benefit from legal rights&#10;B) policy should compensate some for past discrimination&#10;C) the Fourteenth Amendment applies to civil rights laws now&#10;D) economic issues should be kept apart from energy issues

Accepted Answer

The answer of A vexing question raised about affirmative action...

Question 49

Early feminists gained valuable political experience __________.&#10;A) campaigning for the ERA&#10;B) protecting the separation of church and state&#10;C) working as teachers and social workers&#10;D) fighting in the abolitionist movement

Accepted Answer

The answer of Early feminists gained valuable political experience __________.&#10;A)...

Question 50

The __________ Amendment gives women the right to vote.&#10;A) Thirteenth&#10;B) Eighteenth&#10;C) Nineteenth&#10;D) Twenty-first

Accepted Answer

The answer of The __________ Amendment gives women the right...

Question 51

Quid pro quo harassment refers to __________.&#10;A) a supervisor making unwanted sexual advances&#10;B) the creation of a hostile work environment&#10;C) sexual discrimination toward men&#10;D) legally non-supportable instances of harassment

Accepted Answer

The answer of Quid pro quo harassment refers to __________.&#10;A)...

Question 52

President __________ broke a long tradition of presidential support for the ERA.&#10;A) Ford&#10;B) Reagan&#10;C) Carter&#10;D) Nixon

Accepted Answer

The answer of President __________ broke a long tradition of...

Question 53

What is the Dred Scott case?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the Dred Scott case?...

Question 54

The Education Amendments of 1972, also known as Title IX, are administered by the __________.&#10;A) state governors&#10;B) Department of Education&#10;C) states&#10;D) federal courts

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Education Amendments of 1972, also known...

Question 55

Some labor unions have called for employers to pay whatever is necessary so a full-time worker doesn't fall below the poverty line. This is called __________.&#10;A) comparable work&#10;B) a living wage&#10;C) comparable worth&#10;D) the federal minimum wage

Accepted Answer

The answer of Some labor unions have called for employers...

Question 56

What is the most common language offered in bilingual education programs?&#10;A) Chinese&#10;B) Spanish&#10;C) Vietnamese&#10;D) Russian

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the most common language offered...

Question 57

The Burger Court upheld the use of race as a factor in college admissions, but struck down __________.&#10;A) busing&#10;B) desegregated college councils&#10;C) racial quotas&#10;D) equal tuition rates

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Burger Court upheld the use of...

Question 58

Slavery was an integral part of the __________.&#10;A) world economy&#10;B) northern economy&#10;C) southern economy&#10;D) North labor force

Accepted Answer

The answer of Slavery was an integral part of the...

Question 59

In the absence of a draft, the most significant discrimination against men is __________.&#10;A) in marriage law&#10;B) in divorce custody cases&#10;C) employment in certain female-dominated occupations&#10;D) travel restrictions

Accepted Answer

The answer of In the absence of a draft, the...

Question 60

Chief Justice John Marshall described American Indian tribes as __________.&#10;A) &#34;separate entities&#34;&#10;B) &#34;dependent domestic nations&#34;&#10;C) &#34;one nation under god&#34;&#10;D) &#34;foreign nations&#34;

Accepted Answer

The answer of Chief Justice John Marshall described American Indian...

Question 61

Describe Arizona's controversial 2010 immigration law?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe Arizona's controversial 2010 immigration law?...

Question 62

How did the NAACP use litigation in the courts to challenge discrimination?

Accepted Answer

The answer of How did the NAACP use litigation in...

Question 63

What are two areas of discrimination against men?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What are two areas of discrimination against...

Question 64

What was the impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1968?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What was the impact of the Civil...

Deck 14: Civil Rights