Quiz 5

A  Diversity helps Americans better understand each other.

B  Affirmative action discriminates on the basis of race.

C  Unaddressed past discrimination causes perpetual inequality.

D  Discrimination is a natural part of the human experience.

A  Affirmative action policies must ensure that all racial and ethnic groups are represented in accordance with the population of the nation as a whole.

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

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.

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

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

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

D  considering race as a factor in university admissions decisions

A  a hiring policy that favors those with relatives working in government

B  a college admissions policy that gives preferential treatment to members of the group

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

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

A  grandfather clauses

B  racial quotas in university admissions

C  all forms of affirmative action

D  Jim Crow laws

A  American Indians

B  Asian Americans

C  disabled Americans

D  gays and lesbians

A  during the Civil War

B  decades after black males won the right to vote

C  immediately after the Civil War

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

A  racial discrimination in public accommodations

B  nonviolent resistance

C  poll taxes and grandfather clauses

D  discrimination based on sexual orientation

A  The quality of life for African Americans in the South had deteriorated considerably since the adoption of the separate-but-equal doctrine.

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

C  The Supreme Court did not have all of the facts when it adopted 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  the Supreme Court had determined that only the national government could regulate elections

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

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 upheld important constitutional principles.

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 were positive turning points in the history of American jurisprudence.

A  Jim Crow laws

B  sequestering the jury in order to ensure a fair trial

C  the small number of African American senators

D  the tendency for churches to be racially homogeneous

A  majority-minority districts

B  white primaries

C  Jim Crow laws

D  affirmative action

A  protests

B  litigation

C  marches and rallies

D  boycotts

A  unequal school funding

B  school integration

C  school segregation

D  school busing

A  freedom rides

B  the refusal of African Americans to attend school with whites

C  de facto segregation

D  de jure segregation

A  property or chattel

B  separate but equal

C  eligible to vote

D  citizens

A  Segregation was important for maintaining social order, a prerequisite for racial equality.

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

C  The equal protection clause applied only to the actions of the federal government, not to actions of private businesses and individuals.

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

A  the all men are created equal clause

B  the privileges and immunities clause

C  the Equal Rights Amendment

D  the equal protection clause