Deck 14: Civil Rights

Question 1

The model used in the text to explain civil-rights policies is the

A) public-choice model.
B) rational model.
C) elite model.
D) institutional model.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In 1954,

A) all
B) no
C) three
D) seventeen

Answer 2

D

Question 3

In the Bakke case, the Supreme Court ruled that

A) segregated public accommodations violated the Fourteenth Amendment.
B) quotas were not constitutional, but the race of university applicants could be considered.
C) race could not be considered in admission decisions.
D) quotas were constitutional, but the race of applicants could not be considered.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The Defense of Marriage Act attacked gay marriage through restrictions on

A) public records.
B) federal funding.
C) government hiring.
D) tax breaks.

Question 5

The Supreme Court challenged sodomy laws on the basis of

A) the right to vote.
B) the right to privacy.
C) states' rights.
D) Plessy v. Ferguson.

Question 6

Which of the following is not a U.S.Supreme Court case that concerns affirmative action?

A) Harris v. Forklift
B) Richmond v. Crosen
C) Firefighter Local Union v. Scotts
D) U.S. v. Paradise

Question 7

The largest minority group in the United States is

A) African Americans.
B) Hispanics.
C) Native Americans.
D) Asians.

Question 8

"Separate but equal" was the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Constitution in

A) Brown v. Topeka.
B) Plessy v. Ferguson.
C) Regents of U.C. v. Bakke.
D) Roe v. Wade.

Question 9

Supporters of affirmative action believe that

A) we should be a color-blind society.
B) we should take race into consideration for admission to university.
C) the Fourteenth Amendment requires only equality of opportunity.
D) there is no remedy for past discrimination.

Question 10

Major protection for the rights of the disabled has come about because of

A) Furman v. Georgia.
B) the Disabled Americans Protection Act of 1995.
C) the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
D) Reed v. Reed.

Question 11

Public accommodations such as restaurants and hotels were desegregated by

A) Brown v. Topeka.
B) the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
C) Regents of U.C. v. Bakke.
D) U.S. v. Paradise.

Question 12

The right to an abortion was first announced in

A) Webster v. Reproductive Health Services.
B) Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
C) Regents of U.C. v. Bakke.
D) Roe v. Wade.

Question 13

The Civil Rights Act of 1965 overturned

A) U.S. v. Paradise.
B) Brown v. Topeka.
C) Plessy v. Ferguson.
D) Regents of U.C. v. Bakke.

Question 14

The case of Swann v.Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Board of Education addressed

A) racial balancing in schools.
B) gender equality through government contracts.
C) accessibility to public buildings.
D) gay marriage.

Question 15

The Fourteenth Amendment promised

A) full civil rights to all U.S. citizens.
B) voting rights for women.
C) an end to discrimination in schools.
D) protection for

Question 16

The most difficult part of proving sexual harassment cases has been

A) defining exactly what is a "tangible act" of sexual harassment.
B) defining what is a "hostile environment."
C) dealing with the embarrassment involved.
D) reconciling it with the mandates of the ERA.

Question 17

The Equal Rights Amendment

A) was never ratified.
B) has resulted in dozens of civil-rights cases involving gender discrimination.
C) invalidated gender distinctions for statutory rape penalties.
D) was ratified in 1979.

Question 18

Proposition 187 was a California initiative that dealt with

A) affirmative action.
B) achieving a gender balance in government offices.
C) school busing.
D) public services and illegal aliens.

Question 19

Proposition 209, the "California Civil Rights Initiative,"

A) allows limited discrimination to achieve affirmative action.
B) eliminates bussing.
C) disallows preferential treatment for any group.
D) prevents illegal immigrants from receiving most public services.

Question 20

On average, women earn about

A) 60 percent
B) 70 percent
C) 80 percent
D) 90 percent

Question 21

Implementation of Brown v.Board of Education included the use of military force.

Question 22

The Supreme Court has generally refused to adjudicated cases involving desegregation in public schools.

Question 23

Plessy v.Ferguson effectively halted full implementation of the Fourteenth
Amendment for seventy years.

Question 24

The Bakke case challenged the use of racial quotas in higher education admissions.

Question 25

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 addresses sexual discrimination.

Question 26

The equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment has been applied to gender equality on par with its application to racial equality.

Question 27

Affirmative action is now banned in higher education.

Question 28

The Supreme Court effectively overturned Roe v.Wade in Planned Parenthood of
Pennsylvania v.Casey.

Question 29

Civil disobedience traditionally includes strict compliance with all laws, even those that are the focus of protest.

Question 30

By the 1950s, segregation was against the law in most states.