Question 1

What is the Americans with Disabilities Act? What civil rights issues does the ADA address? What questions remain about the extent of the ADA?

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Question 2

What is meant by the principle of comparable worth? How can this be achieved?

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Question 3

Explain the nature of the feminist movement in the United States.What policies have resulted from the struggle for equal rights for women? Explain the lingering controversy over comparable worth and the wage gap between men and women.

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Question 4

Other than women and racial and ethnic minorities,what other groups have sought over the past few decades for greater recognition of their civil rights? With what success? Do you agree that these groups are entitled to similar civil rights protections? Explain.

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Question 5

Explain how civil rights laws expand both the scope and power of government,citing specific court decisions and federal laws as evidence.

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Question 6

Compare and contrast the Supreme Court's reasoning in Plessy v.Ferguson (1896)and Brown v.Board of Education (1954).

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Question 7

What were some of the methods used by southern states to deny African Americans the right to vote after passage of the Fifteenth Amendment? How did the Court respond to these measures?

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Question 8

What was the significance of the Supreme Court case of Regents of the University of California v.Bakke (1978)? What have been the ramifications of the results?

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Question 9

Describe the Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott v.Sandford case and explain its significance.

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Question 10

Explain the Supreme Court's three standards for classifications under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Question 11

What are the purposes of affirmative action? How have the courts ruled on affirmative action? Give examples.

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Question 12

What was so dramatic about the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v.Board of Education? How did the decision affect schools in its immediate aftermath? Should the Court have been more aggressive,or less? Explain.

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Question 13

The equal protection clause has been used extensively.Describe its significance and how courts have used it to rule on matters related to racial and gender equality.Do you approve of this use of the clause? Explain.

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Question 14

How have civil rights affected democratic government and the scope of government in the United States? What are the basic conflicts between civil rights and democracy?

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Question 15

What constitutes sexual harassment? How has understanding about sexual harassment changed over the last several decades?

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Question 16

Summarize major issues and developments in civil rights for either Native Americans or Hispanic Americans.How did these developments lay the foundation for civil rights for Asian Americans and Arab Americans?

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Question 17

Should women be required to register for the draft,as is the case with men? Is this an instance of gender discrimination?

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Question 18

What were the three Civil War Amendments and what did each amendment do? Why were these amendments necessary?

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Question 19

Discuss recent Supreme Court decisions regarding the rights of homosexuals.To what extent have these decisions expanded equality to homosexuals? What is the likely future of the gay marriage debate?

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Question 20

Explain how the right to vote has been extended in the U.S.to include both African Americans and women.How was the struggle for suffrage among these two groups similar and different?

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Quiz 5: Civil Rights and Public Policy