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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Unaddressed past discrimination causes perpetual inequality.
B Discrimination is a natural part of the human experience.
C Affirmative action discriminates on the basis of race.
D Diversity helps Americans better understand each other.
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 considering race as a factor in university admissions decisions
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 setting aside a certain percentage of admissions slots for African American students
Question #4
A a college admissions policy that gives preferential treatment to members of the group
B a hiring policy that favors those with relatives working in government
C a color-blind job application process to give members of this group an equal chance
D requiring that all job applicants have at least two years of prior experience
Question #5
A Jim Crow laws
B all forms of affirmative action
C racial quotas in university admissions
D grandfather clauses
Question #6
A disabled Americans
B American Indians
C gays and lesbians
D Asian Americans
Question #7
A at the same time that black males won the right to vote
B during the Civil War
C decades after black males won the right to vote
D immediately after the Civil War
Question #8
A discrimination based on sexual orientation
B racial discrimination in public accommodations
C nonviolent resistance
D poll taxes and grandfather clauses
Question #9
A The separate-but-equal doctrine was never intended to apply to people.
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 quality of life for African Americans in the South had deteriorated considerably since the adoption of the separate-but-equal doctrine.
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 to prevent the race riots from spreading from African American neighborhoods into traditionally white neighborhoods
C because Congress was afraid the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. would lead a boycott of white businesses if the legislation was not passed
D the Supreme Court had determined that only the national government could regulate elections
Question #11
A Both decisions limited the civil rights of racial or ethnic minorities.
B Both decisions were important early victories in the struggle for civil rights.
C Both decisions were positive turning points in the history of American jurisprudence.
D Both decisions upheld important constitutional principles.
Question #12
A sequestering the jury in order to ensure a fair trial
B the tendency for churches to be racially homogeneous
C Jim Crow laws
D the small number of African American senators
Question #13
A white primaries
B majority-minority districts
C Jim Crow laws
D affirmative action
Question #14
A litigation
B marches and rallies
C protests
D boycotts
Question #15
A school segregation
B school busing
C school integration
D unequal school funding
Question #16
A freedom rides
B de jure segregation
C de facto segregation
D the refusal of African Americans to attend school with whites
Question #17
A eligible to vote
B citizens
C separate but equal
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 The equal protection clause applied only to the actions of the federal government, not to actions of private businesses and individuals.
D Segregation was important for maintaining social order, a prerequisite for racial equality.
Question #19
A the all men are created equal clause
B the equal protection clause
C the privileges and immunities clause
D the Equal Rights Amendment