Quiz 5

A  Unaddressed past discrimination causes perpetual inequality.

B  Diversity helps Americans better understand each other.

C  Affirmative action discriminates on the basis of race.

D  Discrimination is a natural part of the human experience.

A  Affirmative action policies are assumed to be unconstitutional unless the university can demonstrate the need to promote racial tolerance.

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  All forms of affirmative action are unconstitutional because they unfairly favor some people over others based on the color of their skin.

D  Affirmative action policies are generally permissible, but they cannot involve race-based quotas or numerical point systems.

A  considering how an applicant would contribute to the diversity of the university

B  considering race as a factor in university admissions decisions

C  setting aside a certain percentage of admissions slots for African American students

D  admitting some minority applicants with lower academic achievement than some rejected white applicants

A  requiring that all job applicants have at least two years of prior experience

B  a color-blind job application process to give members of this group an equal chance

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

A  racial quotas in university admissions

B  Jim Crow laws

C  all forms of affirmative action

D  grandfather clauses

A  Asian Americans

B  gays and lesbians

C  disabled Americans

D  American Indians

A  decades after black males won the right to vote

B  at the same time that black males won the right to vote

C  during the Civil War

D  immediately after the Civil War

A  poll taxes and grandfather clauses

B  discrimination based on sexual orientation

C  racial discrimination in public accommodations

D  nonviolent resistance

A  The Supreme Court did not have all of the facts when it adopted the separate-but-equal doctrine.

B  School segregation violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection.

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.

A  to prevent the race riots from spreading from African American neighborhoods into traditionally white neighborhoods

B  because it was clear that many areas in the South had no intention of living up to the spirit of the Fifteenth Amendment

C  the Supreme Court had determined that only the national government could regulate elections

D  because Congress was afraid the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. would lead a boycott of white businesses if the legislation was not passed

A  Both decisions limited the civil rights of racial or ethnic minorities.

B  Both decisions upheld important constitutional principles.

C  Both decisions were positive turning points in the history of American jurisprudence.

D  Both decisions were important early victories in the struggle for civil rights.

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

A  affirmative action

B  Jim Crow laws

C  majority-minority districts

D  white primaries

A  boycotts

B  litigation

C  protests

D  marches and rallies

A  unequal school funding

B  school segregation

C  school busing

D  school integration

A  the refusal of African Americans to attend school with whites

B  de facto segregation

C  de jure segregation

D  freedom rides

A  separate but equal

B  eligible to vote

C  citizens

D  property or chattel

A  Jim Crow laws helped African Americans to achieve equality by building character through overcoming adversity.

B  Segregation in public facilities was not unconstitutional as long as the separate facilities were substantially equal.

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.

A  the all men are created equal clause

B  the privileges and immunities clause

C  the Equal Rights Amendment

D  the equal protection clause