Chapter 4

A  Racially segregated schools were a form of de jure segregation.

B  “White flight” is a modern example of de jure segregation.

C  School busing policies are a form of de facto segregation.

D  Jim Crow laws were a clear example of de facto segregation.

A  the 19th Amendment

B  the 14th Amendment

C  the First Amendment

D  the Ninth Amendment

A  the popularization of the term “people with disabilities” in the 1970s

B  the passage of the Wheelchair Accessibility Resolution in 1960

C  the closure of state-run psychiatric hospitals in the 1980s

D  the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990

A  boycotts

B  occupations

C  sit-ins

D  mass mobilization

A  sit-ins

B  rallies

C  occupations

D  boycotts

A  the detainment of individuals with foreign enemy ancestry

B  strict scrutiny

C  the “separate but equal” doctrine

D  the scales of justice

A  intermediate scrutiny

B  “compelling state interest test”

C  strict scrutiny

D  rational basis test

A  that the government action is reasonably related to a legitimate government interest

B  that the government action serves a compelling state interest

C  that the means used are intended to advance an important government interest

D  that the policy involves a fundamental freedom or a suspect classification

A  “compelling state interest test”

B  “separate but equal”

C  equal protection

D  judicial scrutiny

A  to grant tax credits to single mothers and widows

B  to grant additional rights and benefits to women in traditionally male-dominated jobs

C  to ensure equal pay for men and women doing the same job

D  to ensure equality of funding between women’s and men’s educational programs

A  none of these options

B  1994

C  1972

D  1966

A  supporting companies that treat men and women equally in the workplace

B  eradicating discrimination against African Americans

C  policies that addressed women’s biological differences from men

D  court cases that treat men and women equally under the law

A  the League of Women Voters

B  Congress

C  the National Organization for Women

D  the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women

A  the police attack on participants in a march from Selma to Montgomery

B  the bombing of a Black church in Birmingham

C  the police attack on civil rights protestors in Birmingham

D  the assassination of President Kennedy

A  states that opposed the Fair Housing Act of 1968

B  states that refused to comply with the Civil Rights Act of 1964

C  states with a history of racial segregation

D  states that supported the opposition party to the president

A  to ban discrimination based on race

B  to abolish slavery

C  to protect voting rights for African Americans

D  to grant women the right to vote

A  the founding of SNCC and CORE

B  television coverage of police brutality

C  NWP protests outside the White House

D  segregated seating on Montgomery city buses

A  civil rights protestors

B  members of SNCC

C  Rosa Parks

D  White clergymen

A  the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

B  the Committee for Racial Harmony and Cooperation (CRHC)

C  the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

D  the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

A  the beginning of the Freedom Rides

B  the arrest of Martin Luther King, Jr.

C  desegregation of Montgomery public transportation

D  a yearlong bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama

A  It denied the hearing and sent the case back to the lower court.

B  It ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, allowing the case to move to trial.

C  It halted any further attempts by the state to rezone school districts.

D  It ruled against Cruz-Guzman and in favor of the state.

A  because the lawsuit argues that all charter schools should be closed and their students moved to traditional public schools

B  because the lawsuit argues that traditional public schools should receive more funding than charter schools

C  because the lawsuit argues that the state has made a mistake by excluding charter schools from desegregation efforts

D  because the lawsuit argues that charter schools discriminate against non-White and low-income students

A  busing students across school zones

B  establishing charter schools

C  instituting a school voucher system

D  increased school funding

A  No, because smaller class sizes have been determined to be more effective for increasing test scores.

B  Yes, because across the board, increases in funding have been shown to positively influence student test scores.

C  Yes, because increased funding for teacher salaries has been shown to increase student test scores.

D  No, because significant improvements have not been seen despite continual increases in education spending.

A  that an across-the-board increase in spending is correlated with teacher performance and better test scores

B  that there was no significant correlation between per-pupil spending, retention rates, and lifetime earning potential

C  that per-pupil spending is correlated with increased retention rates and lifetime earning potential

D  that there was a negative correlation between integrated school zones and higher test scores

A  whether state standardized tests are in violation of literacy standards set in the Every Student Succeeds Act

B  whether continued segregation in school zones is a violation of state constitutions

C  whether states are complying with federal court decisions on school zones

D  whether unequal funding is leading to inadequate education for low-income students

A  The right to an education is more explicitly defined in state constitutions than it is in the U.S. Constitution.

B  The Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” school districts were constitutional.

C  The nationwide teachers’ movement has already had some success taking this route.

D  Unequal school funding is unconstitutional and states are not upholding the 1973 Supreme Court decision.

A  He believes the use of private school vouchers is unconstitutional.

B  He thinks the state’s standardized tests are biased toward high-income children.

C  He believes the state has condoned segregated school zones.

D  He thinks that schools are violating his children’s right to free speech.

A  The Court reached a unanimous decision twice in the same case.

B  The Court was criticizing the executive branch for failing to implement its previous decision.

C  The Court was responding to changes in public opinion on a controversial issue.

D  The Court was taking an active role in overseeing the implementation of a previous decision.

A  Only schools in the South had been desegregated, while segregation remained in many school districts in the North.

B  Very little had been done to implement the initial decision, and public schools were still segregated.

C  Most Black schools had been shut down, leaving mainly White children in public schools.

D  All schools in the United States had been desegregated through a generally smooth process.

A  the Full Faith and Credit Clause

B  the Due Process Clause

C  the Supremacy Clause

D  the Equal Protection Clause

A  the speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.

B  the reelection of Dwight D. Eisenhower as president

C  the appointment of Earl Warren as chief justice

D  the massive protests against segregation

A  to spur Congress into modifying the language of the 14th Amendment

B  to avoid any legal loopholes pertaining to the desegregation of public schools

C  to force Kansas into rapid desegregation measures

D  to facilitate implementation of the ruling by sending a strong message of complete agreement

A  Because the majority of the children played with the Black baby dolls and demonstrated anger toward the White baby dolls, the study showed that segregation greatly increased tension between the races.

B  Because the White children played with the White baby dolls and the Black children played with the Black baby dolls, the study showed that segregation keeps races separated even during playtime.

C  Because the majority of the children played with the White baby dolls and demonstrated anger toward the Black baby dolls, the study showed that segregation had the psychological effect of causing children to see Black people as inferior to White people.

D  Because the dolls given to the Black children in the study were of lesser quality than the dolls given to the White children, the study showed that segregation contributes to discrepancies in school resources between the races.

A  The Supreme Court had established a precedent that it would only hear class action suits in cases involving segregation.

B  A class action suit would absolve the states of any legal responsibility for failing to implement federal policy.

C  The Supreme Court was compelled to hear and decide on multiple cases at once.

D  A class action suit meant that the issue at hand dealt with education.

A  She was accepted to the school and became the first African American child to integrate a public school.

B  She was denied admission to the school, leading the Supreme Court to uphold the “separate but equal” doctrine established by Plessy v. Ferguson.

C  She was accepted to the school but her sister wasn’t, so the Brown family decided to sue the school so the girls could attend it together.

D  She was denied admission to the school, allowing the case challenging the “separate but equal” doctrine to proceed.

A  interstate transportation

B  restaurants

C  government offices

D  public schools

A  Sweatt v. Painter

B  Plessy v. Ferguson

C  Dred Scott v. Sandford

D  Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education

A  the members of a White lynch mob convicted of killing Black students in Arkansas

B  the group of African American students attempting to attend Central High School

C  the Arkansas Court of Appeals judges who ruled on school desegregation

D  the nine justices serving on the Supreme Court in the 1950s

A  Brown v. Board II

B  Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

C  Sweatt v. Painter

D  Plessy v. Ferguson

A  Sweatt v. Painter

B  Plessy v. Ferguson

C  Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

D  Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada

A  elementary schools

B  graduate and professional programs

C  high schools

D  undergraduate colleges

A  It allowed racial inequality to persist in American society.

B  It dismantled existing racial inequality within American society.

C  It challenged states’ discriminatory voting laws.

D  It influenced the desegregation of public facilities and schools.

A  Alice Paul was not afraid to go to extreme lengths in her dedication to her cause and her fellow suffragists.

B  The press frequently portrayed Alice Paul as weak and capricious in order to undermine her efforts.

C  Even as she was fighting for women’s suffrage in her public life, Alice Paul was battling an eating disorder in her private life.

D  Political gains in the women’s suffrage movement were achieved in spite of, rather than because of, Alice Paul’s extreme behavior.

A  They believed that she would surely drive herself to starvation and death.

B  They believed that she would hold out for a long time, possibly longer than people expected.

C  They believed that she would cave quickly.

D  They believed that her hunger strike would be the final catalyst for the passage of the 19th Amendment.

A  to pressure the prison officials into setting her free

B  to demonstrate the types of irrational behavior that women who couldn’t vote were psychologically compelled to engage in

C  to protest the fact that her fellow imprisoned suffragists were being fed substandard food

D  to make a statement about how women were being starved of their political rights in the United States

A  He politely thanked them for sharing their thoughts, but ended with a patronizing reminder to leave the business of government to men.

B  He claimed he personally believed in their cause, but as party leader, he was obligated first and foremost to follow the orders of his party.

C  He expressed anger that the suffragists would have the audacity to ambush him when he thought they were just assembling for a memorial.

D  He promised to fight for the passage of the 19th Amendment under the condition that the suffragists stop making a public spectacle out of themselves.

A  the death of renowned suffragist Inez Milholland Boissevain

B  the surprise donation of $1,000 from Miss Mary Burnham to further their cause

C  the president’s disappointingly noncommittal response to their delegation

D  the passage of the 15th Amendment, which allowed men of all races and colors to vote

A  They wanted to demonstrate how women could handle an important task, such as standing guard in front of the White House, just as well as any man could.

B  They wanted to dissociate themselves from the stereotype of women as chatty and gossipy.

C  They always refused to speak publicly about suffrage, handing out pamphlets instead.

D  They positioned themselves in such a way during their picketing that President Wilson would not be able to enter the White House without passing by them.

A  He is seen watching them, but he does not appear to act immediately.

B  He makes light of their movement and seems to ridicule them.

C  He engages in conversation with them and appears to back their movement wholeheartedly.

D  He seems to be completely oblivious to their activities.

A  to portray the suffragists as bizarre extremists and the National Woman’s Party as a creepy cult

B  to show how the suffrage movement had a hard time raising money and attracting supporters

C  to illustrate how the idea of women leaving the home and convening for political reasons was viewed as unnatural to many people at the time

D  to emphasize how little historians know about what really went on during the gatherings at the headquarters

A  boycotting

B  rioting

C  picketing

D  signing petitions

A  They intended to distract press attention from Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration in order to punish him for his lack of support for their movement.

B  They hoped to maximize the amount of press coverage of the event, since reporters and photographers would already be there for the inauguration.

C  They wanted to pick a time when the Washington police would be so preoccupied with providing security for the inauguration that they wouldn’t attempt to stop the suffragists’ march.

D  They expected a positive reception from the crowds that gathered in Washington at this time because Woodrow Wilson’s supporters tended to support women’s suffrage as well.

A  It marked the first time Alice Paul had ever publicly campaigned for women’s rights.

B  It proved to be a catalyst in winning widespread support and sympathy from the general public.

C  It infused new life into the women’s suffrage movement and renewed public interest in their cause.

D  It was the first time suffragists had ever gathered publicly in Washington, DC.

A  They boisterously cheered on the parade and seemed to enjoy the spectacle of it, but they failed to take the sentiments of women’s suffrage to heart.

B  They largely ignored the parade, because they were more focused on President Wilson’s impending inauguration.

C  They verbally abused the marchers and sometimes impeded their movement.

D  They were threatened and intimidated by the aggressive attitude of the marchers.

A  She wanted to emphasize the parallel between the American colonists and contemporary women as oppressed groups standing up for “self-evident” and “inalienable” rights.

B  She wanted to imply that the United States might never have escaped from colonial rule were it not for the contributions of women.

C  She believed that men would be more willing to listen to her sentiments if she borrowed her structure and phrasing from the writing of a man.

D  She considered the Declaration of Independence to be the greatest contribution to women’s rights before the Seneca Falls Convention, and she wanted to pay homage to the Founding Fathers.

A  The Declaration of Sentiments suggests that individuals need to wait for an oppressive government to see the error of its ways and change on its own, while the Declaration of Independence asserts that it is the duty of the people to rid themselves of an oppressive government.

B  The Declaration of Sentiments claims that “all men and women are created equal,” while the Declaration of Independence merely states that “all men are created equal.”

C  The Declaration of Sentiments claims that rights are subjective depending on the individual, while the Declaration of Independence lists life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as inalienable rights.

D  The Declaration of Sentiments presents a list of grievances, while the Declaration of Independence only vaguely alludes to general dissatisfaction.

A  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

B  Lucretia Mott

C  Willa Cather

D  Susan B. Anthony

A  It excluded African Americans from membership.

B  It targeted amendments to state constitutions.

C  It was formed prior to the Civil War.

D  Its members included both men and women.

A  Dred Scott v. Sanford

B  the Civil Rights Cases of 1883

C  Brown v. Board of Education

D  Plessy v. Ferguson

A  to segregate society by race

B  to establish term limits for governors and state legislators

C  to empower Radical Republicans

D  to enfranchise African Americans in the South

A  to seek legislation that improved voting rights for freedmen

B  to stop the Northern occupation of Southern states

C  to oppose the efforts of freedmen to run for office

D  to form a coalition with White Democrats in Congress

A  the 14th Amendment

B  the 19th Amendment

C  the 15th Amendment

D  the 13th Amendment

A  the 19th Amendment

B  the 14th Amendment

C  the 13th Amendment

D  the 15th Amendment

A  Its provisions allowed Dred Scott to obtain his freedom.

B  It granted freedom to any enslaved person whose owner established residence in a free territory.

C  It added two slave states to the Union.

D  It banned slavery in the Western states.

A  Missouri

B  New York

C  Ohio

D  Maine

A  The Missouri Compromise was enacted.

B  South Carolina seceded from the Union.

C  The Emancipation Proclamation was issued.

D  Slavery was abolished.

A  Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

B  Congress passed a law extending the slave trade for an additional 20 years.

C  The enslaved population numbered over one million.

D  Every single state outlawed the slave trade on its own.

A  governmental discrimination

B  policies based on equality of outcome

C  policies based on equality of opportunity

D  wealth redistribution

A  excessive

B  unfair

C  unreasonable

D  qualified

A  when the Bill of Rights was ratified

B  when the 14th Amendment was ratified

C  when the 19th Amendment was ratified

D  when the Constitution was ratified

A  Voter ID laws are unconstitutional and should be subject to federal review or “preclearance.”

B  Voter ID laws are constitutional and should no longer be subject to federal review or “preclearance.”

C  Coverage formulas are constitutional, and changes to state voting laws should continue to be reviewed.

D  Coverage formulas are unconstitutional, but changes to state voting laws can still be reviewed by Congress.