Deck 12: Civil Rights

Question 1

Frederick Douglass was

A)a president.
B)an abolitionist movement leader.
C)a free speech expert.
D)the first black Supreme Court justice.
E)a Confederate general.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which amendments to the U.S.Constitution were passed in an attempt to give freed slaves the full rights of citizenship?

A)the Second, and Third Amendments
B)the Ninth, and Tenth Amendments
C)the Sixth, and Thirteenth Amendments
D)the Eighth and Nineteenth Amendments
E)the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Which one of the following is true with respect to the U.S.Supreme Court's decision in Brown v.Board of Education (1954)?

A)it required schools to desegregate within one year of the decision.
B)school desegregation moved quickly in the Deep South.
C)it addressed de facto segregation.
D)the case was argued by W.E.B Du Bois.
E)the situation in the South did not change significantly until Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Answer 3

E

Question 4

The term civil rights refers to

A)the right of foreigners to vote in national elections.
B)the right of presidential candidates to chose a vice presidential running mate.
C)the rights of American citizens who live outside of the country.
D)the right of certain groups not to be discriminated against because of some characteristic, such as national origin or disability.
E)the First Amendment freedoms people enjoy.

Question 5

Which one of the following is true of the Supreme Court's decision in Planned Parenthood v.Casey (1992)?

A)It overturned Roe v.Wade.
B)It required second-term abortions to be performed in licensed clinics only.
C)It struck down a constitutional amendment intended to permit the states to restrict abortion.
D)It struck down a Missouri law that imposed a number of restrictions on abortions.
E)It established a standard of reviewing whether abortion restriction placed an "undue burden" on women seeking to have an abortion.

Question 6

The U.S.Supreme Court cases Grutter v.Bollinger and Gratz v.Bollinger dealt with

A)affirmative action in university admissions policies.
B)the rights of disabled people under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
C)state-level restrictions on abortion.
D)voting rights and violations of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
E)equality in public placed under Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Question 7

The Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) outlaws

A)employment discrimination against the disabled.
B)employers from firing someone disabled on the job.
C)disabled people from suing their employers.
D)wheelchairs in the workplace.
E)poll taxes.

Question 8

The U.S.Supreme Court upheld the right of Pennsylvania to require informed consent and 24-hour waiting periods for an abortion in its decision in

A)Roe v.Wade.
B)Reed v.Reed.
C)Webster v.Reproductive Health Services.
D)Planned Parenthood v.Casey.
E)Plessy v.Ferguson.

Question 9

Which one of the following is an example of de facto segregation?

A)Jim Crow laws
B)poll taxes
C)literacy tests
D)Grandfather clause
E)housing patterns and decisions of private citizens

Question 10

The NAACP was founded by

A)Louis Farrakhan.
B)Martin Luther King Jr.
C)Frederick Douglass.
D)W.E.B.Du Bois.
E)Thurgood Marshall

Question 11

The 1964 Civil Rights Act required schools to provide equal opportunities for all students.This is also known as

A)Title VII.
B)Title IX.
C)Title III.
D)Title XI.
E)Title I.

Question 12

In which case did the U.S.Supreme Court establish the "separate but equal" doctrine, holding segregation constitutional?

A)Plessy v.Ferguson
B)Sweatt v.Painter
C)McCulloch v.Maryland
D)Dred Scott v.Sanford
E)Marbury v.Madison

Question 13

Title II of the 1964 Civil Rights law forbade discrimination in public facilities.The court upheld this law, ruling that racial discrimination in a public facility places the burden on interstate commerce in

A)Romer v.Evans.
B)Heart of Atlanta Motel v.United States.
C)Sweatt v.Painter.
D)Plessy v.Ferguson.
E)Gore v.Bush

Question 14

Upon which delegated power under the Constitution did Congress rely to forbid discrimination in public facilities under Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

A)the power to approve interstate compacts
B)the power to provide for the common defense and general welfare
C)interstate rendition clause
D)the power to lay and collect and taxes
E)the power to regulate interstate commerce

Question 15

A literacy test as a requirement for voting was abolished by

A)the Supreme Court.
B)acts of Congress.
C)state legislation in all states that had the test.
D)the Twenty-fourth Amendment.
E)the Emancipation Proclamation

Question 16

The right of women to vote was granted by the

A)Fifteenth Amendment.
B)Nineteenth Amendment.
C)Twenty-first Amendment.
D)Civil Rights Act.
E)Equal Rights Amendment

Question 17

The National Organization for Women began in

A)1890.
B)1920.
C)1967.
D)1974.
E)2001.

Question 18

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act established the

A)National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
B)American Civil Liberties Union.
C)Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
D)Department of Justice.
E)Better Business Bureau.

Question 19

Poll taxes were abolished with the ratification of the

A)Twenty-first Amendment.
B)Fourteenth Amendment.
C)Twenty-fourth Amendment.
D)Eighteenth Amendment.
E)First Amendment.

Question 20

To successfully meet the definition of "disability" under the Supreme Court's 2002 interpretation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, an individual must prove

A)disability from conditions that are correctable, such as poor eyesight.
B)disability from illnesses such as diabetes or high blood pressure.
C)disability from any type of injury at all, permanent or not.
D)disability from activities that are central to daily life as well as work-related activities.
E)disability from inability to afford certain types of prescription medication.

Question 21

In the case of Planned Parenthood v.Casey, the Supreme Court declared it would henceforth ask whether the restriction placed "an undue burden" on women seeking to have an abortion.

Question 22

The Civil Rights Cases of 1883 established the doctrine of "separate but equal."

Question 23

Most court challenges to sex-based discrimination have relied on the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment.

Question 24

The Supreme Court's decision in Brown v.Board of Education (1954) ended segregation in schools across the nation within a few years.

Question 25

Affirmative action refers to a variety of policies and programs that seek to advance the position of minorities and women.

Question 26

Sit-ins and boycotts were used by the civil rights movement to protest racial discrimination in public facilities.

Question 27

A person claiming discrimination in employment on basis of their race can bring suit under Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Question 28

The use of literacy tests as a requirement for voting began in 1920.

Question 29

The Casey decision overruled Roe v.Wade.

Question 30

As a result of the women's rights movement, women have achieved true equality with men, earning equal wages and enjoying the same social and educational opportunities afforded men in society.

Question 31

In your opinion, which has had the greater impact in ending segregation in public schools, the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v.Board of Education (1954) or the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Explain.

Question 32

The most far-reaching legislation affecting people with physical and mental disabilities is the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Question 33

The first time that the Supreme Court used the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to declare a state law that discriminated against women unconstitutional was in the case of Webster v.Reproductive Health Services.

Question 34

Civil rights and civil liberties mean the same thing.

Question 35

Segregation of African Americans in the northern states has most often taken the form of de jure segregation.

Question 36

One response to discrimination is the creation of organizations to protect and advance the interests of minority groups.

Question 37

People suffering from AIDS are covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Question 38

The level of analysis that falls somewhere between the tests of substantiality and strict scrutiny is referred to as "skeptical scrutiny".

Question 39

Title IX makes it legal for any educational institution receiving federal financial assistance to make selections on the basis of race or gender.

Question 40

The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 freed all slaves.

Question 41

Summarize the arguments for and against quota-based affirmative action policies.

Question 42

Explain what the Court means by reasonableness, strict scrutiny, sustainability, and skeptical scrutiny in the context of gender discrimination.

Question 43

Overall, assess the success of the women's rights movement in the United States.In what ways has the movement been successful? In what ways has it fallen short of its goals? What is the state of women's rights today?

Question 44

Compare and contrast de facto and de jure segregation.Are efforts by the government to eradicate de facto segregation appropriate, in your opinion? Why or why not?