01 Oct How did the 1975 amendments to the Voting Rights Act benefit Native Americans?
Intro to U S Government
Question 1How did the 1975 amendments to the Voting Rights Act benefit Native Americans?
They granted citizenship to all Native Americans.
They renewed tribal rights and tribal self-government.
They established Native Americans’ right to be taught in their own languages.
They established reservations for Native Americans.
They freed Native Americans from state regulations prohibiting gambling.
Question 2What is “quid pro quo” workplace harassment?
harassment that involves a systemic gender pay gap between women and men
sexual harassment that involves an explicit or strongly implied threat that the employee’s submission is a condition of continued employment
harassment in which an employer retaliates against an employee for reporting racial discrimination
harassment that does not cause financial harm to an employee
harassment in which employees are subjected to racial or gendered slurs
Question 3What is the difference between de jure segregation and de facto segregation?
De jure segregation is segregation in private housing, and de facto segregation is segregation in employment and public accommodations.
De jure segregation is segregation in employment and public accommodations and de facto segregation is segregation in private housing.
De jure segregation is legally enforced segregation, and de facto segregation is segregation in practice that is not enforced by law.
De jure segregation is segregation in practice that is not enforced by law and de facto segregation is legally enforced segregation.
De jure segregation is based on race, and de facto segregation is based on gender.
Question 4Which of the Civil War amendments abolished slavery?
The Twelfth Amendment
the Thirteenth Amendment
the Fourteenth Amendment
the Fifteenth Amendment
the Sixteenth Amendment
Question 5In Allan Bakke’s case against the medical school of the University of California at Davis, the Supreme Court ruled that
race can never be considered as a factor in university admissions, even to promote diversity.
achieving “a diverse student body” was a “compelling public purpose,” and the method of a rigid quota of admission slots assigned on the basis of race was consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection clause.
achieving “a divers student body” was a ” compelling public purpose,” but the method of a rigid quota of admission slots assigned on the basis of race violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection clause.
achieving “a diverse student body” was a “compelling public purpose,” but affirmative action policies can only be used to give preferences to African Americans.
achieving “a diverse student body” was a “compelling public purpose,” but affirmative action policies can only be used to give preferences to Asian Americans.
Question 6In what case did the Supreme Court rule that race may be considered in college admissions decisions as part of a “highly individualized, holistic review of each applicant’s file?
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
Mendez v. Westminister
Brown v. Board of Education
Grutter v. Bollinger
Fischer v. University of Texas
Question 7The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees
that no person may be held in involuntary servitude, that is to say, slavery
equal pay for all races.
African American men the right to vote.
due process of law to all citizens of the United States.
women the right to vote.
Question 8 Civil rights are
areas of personal freedom constitutionally protected from government interference.
obligation imposed on government to take positive action to protect citizens from any illegal action of government agencies and of other private citizens.
a provision of the Fourteenth Amendment that guarantees citizens the equal protection of the laws.
government policies or programs that seek to redress past injustices against specified groups by making special efforts to provide members of these groups with access to educational and employment opportunities.
the rights of citizens that can be suspended by government restraints.
Question 9Strict scrutiny refers to
a set of regulations determining which schools receive grants-in-aid from the federal government.
a test used by the Supreme Court that places the burden of proof partially on the government and partially on the challengers to show that the law in question is unconstitutional.
the apportionment of voters in districts in such a way as to give unfair advantage to one racial or ethnic group or political party.
a test used by the Supreme Court that places the burden of proof on the government rather than on the challengers to show that the law in question is constitutional.
a test used by Congress to determine the consitutionality of Supreme Court decisions.
Question 10Unauthorized immigrants in the United States are all eligible to
vote.
receive an education.
receive government-funded health insurance.
receive a green card.
sponsor other members of their family who want to immigrate to the United States.
Question 11When did civil rights first become part of the Constitution?
in 1789 at the Founding
with the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868
in 2008 when Barack Obama was elected president
with the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920
in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision
Question 12Which of the following outlawed discrimination by employers in hiring, promoting, and laying off their employees?
the Fourteenth Amendment
the Fifteenth Amendment
Brown v. Board of Education
the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Regents of th University of California v. Bakke
Question 13In United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the Supreme Court ruled that
school districts must provide bilingual education for students whose English is limited.
the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was constitutional on grounds of military necessity.
the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act was an unconstitutional form of racial discrimination.
anyone born in the United States was entitled to full citizenship.
Chinese immigrants were ineligible for itizenship in the United States.
Question 14The Voting Rights Act of 1965 significantly strengthened voting rights protections by
barring literacy tests as a condition for voting in six southern states.
requiring all voters to register two weeks before any federal election.
eliminating all federal-level registration requirements.
allowing voters to sue election officials for monetary damages in civil court.
requiring that all voters show a valid government-issued photor ID.
Question 15Which Supreme Court case established the “separate but equal” rule?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Grutter v. Bollinger
Brown v. Board of Education
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Loving v. Virginia
Question 16Which of the following best summarizes the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
Racially segregated schools can never be equal.
States that segregate must spend more money to make African American schools equal.
States that segregate must spend less money on all-White schools in order to make them equal with African American schools.
School segregation is unethical but does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment.
Students should be able to attend the school nearest to their homes.
Question 17The Supreme Court’s decision in Hernandez v. Texas was significant because it affirmed all nationality groups were entitled to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment.
determined that anyone born in the United States was entitled to full citizenship.
allowed school districts to achieve racial integration through busing.
held that public accommodations could be segregated by race but still be equal.
eliminated the government’s power to use rae as a criterion for discrimination in law.
Question 18 Affirmative action
is the slow process of eliminating discriminatory barriers.
has more to do with encouraging the private sector to diversify and has little to do with governmental actions.
seeks to redress past injustices by making special efforts to provide access to employment and education opportunities.
has always relied on voluntary compliance from the schools and workplaces in the pursuit of integration.
confirms the fact that discrimination has created unequal opportunities for minotiries.
Question 19Which of the following could be described as a Jim Crow law?
a law forcing Black people and White people to ride in separate train cars
a law criminalizing interracial marriage
a law requiring Black students and White students to attend different schools
a law segregating all public accommodations, such as hotels, restaurants, and theaters
All of the above are examples of Jim Crow laws.
Question 20No Supreme Court ruling or national legislation explicitly protected gay men and lesbians from discrimination until
1934.
1964.
1975.
1996.
2015.
