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