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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Affirmative action discriminates on the basis of race.
B Diversity helps Americans better understand each other.
C Discrimination is a natural part of the human experience.
D Unaddressed past discrimination causes perpetual inequality.
Question #2
A All forms of affirmative action are unconstitutional because they unfairly favor some people over others based on the color of their skin.
B Affirmative action policies must ensure that all racial and ethnic groups are represented in accordance with the population of the nation as a whole.
C Affirmative action policies are generally permissible, but they cannot involve race-based quotas or numerical point systems.
D Affirmative action policies are assumed to be unconstitutional unless the university can demonstrate the need to promote racial tolerance.
Question #3
A setting aside a certain percentage of admissions slots for African American students
B considering how an applicant would contribute to the diversity of the university
C admitting some minority applicants with lower academic achievement than some rejected white applicants
D considering race as a factor in university admissions decisions
Question #4
A a color-blind job application process to give members of this group an equal chance
B requiring that all job applicants have at least two years of prior experience
C a hiring policy that favors those with relatives working in government
D a college admissions policy that gives preferential treatment to members of the group
Question #5
A grandfather clauses
B Jim Crow laws
C racial quotas in university admissions
D all forms of affirmative action
Question #6
A American Indians
B Asian Americans
C gays and lesbians
D disabled Americans
Question #7
A at the same time that black males won the right to vote
B immediately after the Civil War
C during the Civil War
D decades after black males won the right to vote
Question #8
A poll taxes and grandfather clauses
B nonviolent resistance
C racial discrimination in public accommodations
D discrimination based on sexual orientation
Question #9
A School segregation violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection.
B The Supreme Court did not have all of the facts when it adopted the separate-but-equal doctrine.
C The quality of life for African Americans in the South had deteriorated considerably since the adoption of the separate-but-equal doctrine.
D The separate-but-equal doctrine was never intended to apply to people.
Question #10
A because it was clear that many areas in the South had no intention of living up to the spirit of the Fifteenth Amendment
B because Congress was afraid the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. would lead a boycott of white businesses if the legislation was not passed
C the Supreme Court had determined that only the national government could regulate elections
D to prevent the race riots from spreading from African American neighborhoods into traditionally white neighborhoods
Question #11
A Both decisions were positive turning points in the history of American jurisprudence.
B Both decisions were important early victories in the struggle for civil rights.
C Both decisions limited the civil rights of racial or ethnic minorities.
D Both decisions upheld important constitutional principles.
Question #12
A the tendency for churches to be racially homogeneous
B Jim Crow laws
C the small number of African American senators
D sequestering the jury in order to ensure a fair trial
Question #13
A affirmative action
B Jim Crow laws
C white primaries
D majority-minority districts
Question #14
A litigation
B protests
C boycotts
D marches and rallies
Question #15
A school busing
B school integration
C unequal school funding
D school segregation
Question #16
A de jure segregation
B freedom rides
C the refusal of African Americans to attend school with whites
D de facto segregation
Question #17
A separate but equal
B eligible to vote
C citizens
D property or chattel
Question #18
A Segregation in public facilities was not unconstitutional as long as the separate facilities were substantially equal.
B Jim Crow laws helped African Americans to achieve equality by building character through overcoming adversity.
C Segregation was important for maintaining social order, a prerequisite for racial equality.
D The equal protection clause applied only to the actions of the federal government, not to actions of private businesses and individuals.
Question #19
A the equal protection clause
B the all men are created equal clause
C the Equal Rights Amendment
D the privileges and immunities clause