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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A the Twentieth, Twenty-First, and Twenty-Second amendments
B the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments
C the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh amendments
D the First, Second, and Third amendments
Question #2
A courts use a points-based formula for calculating whether the plaintiff or the government bears the burden of proof.
B government classification schemes are enacted only when a cost-benefit analysis proves that they will help more people than they will hurt.
C courts determine whether to uphold government policies based on a “rational” interpretation of the Constitution.
D the burden of proof is on the plaintiff to show that there is no rational basis, whatsoever, for the government’s rules.
Question #3
A Mexicans
B Chinese
C Japanese
D Russians
Question #4
A upheld the constitutionality of state-level bans on same-sex marriage.
B asserted that there was a constitutional right to privacy for consensual homosexual activity.
C asserted that there was no constitutional right to privacy for consensual homosexual activity.
D guaranteed same-sex couples the right to marry in all states.
Question #5
A three-tiered system Congress uses in determining which groups will receive funding from the federal government.
B three-tiered system federal courts use in determining the government’s burden of proof during challenges to state-imposed systems of classification.
C four-step system the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission uses to investigate workplace discrimination complaints.
D four-step system the Department of Justice uses to investigate claims of voter intimidation and disenfranchisement.
Question #6
A the Equal Rights Amendment
B Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act
C Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
D the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Question #7
A permitted public schools to experiment with gender segregation.
B narrowed the free speech rights that students enjoyed at school.
C ruled that busing was unconstitutional.
D asserted that violations of Title IX of the 1972 Education Act could be remedied with monetary damages.
Question #8
A Extended the right to privacy to sexual minorities.
B ruled that gays and lesbians should be allowed to marry.
C denied that homosexuals were a protected class under the Fourteenth Amendment.
D upheld a state law banning private homosexual activity.
Question #9
A federal courts, not laws passed by Congress.
B Civil Rights Act of 1964.
C Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
D amended Civil Rights Act of 1991.
Question #10
A Russian
B Mexican
C Chinese
D Italian
Question #11
A provides citizenship to any undocumented immigrant who came to the United States as a young child if he or she graduates from high school.
B instructs immigration officials to take no action to deport law-abiding individuals who entered the United States illegally as children.
C makes the deportation of undocumented children a top priority for federal immigration officials.
D requires universities to make admissions decisions about the applications of undocumented students after all other applications have been evaluated.
Question #12
A Guadalupe Hidalgo
B Martin Luther King, Jr.,
C César Chávez
D Gonzalo Mendez
Question #13
A end all affirmative action programs.
B shift the burden of proof away from the accused and toward the accuser in cases of sexual assault and harassment on campus.
C institute affirmative action policies that take race, gender, and sexual orientation into account during the admissions process.
D shift the burden of proof away from the accuser and toward the accused in cases of sexual assault and harassment on campus.
Question #14
A the Declaration of Independence
B the Equal Rights Amendment
C the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
D the Fourteenth Amendment
Question #15
A intermediate scrutiny
B loose scrutiny
C strict scrutiny
D stare decisis
Question #16
A The Court allowed school systems to desegregate on a case-by-case basis.
B The Court outlawed de facto segregation.
C The Court outlawed de jure segregation.
D The Court upheld the “separate but equal” doctrine.
Question #17
A the Missouri Compromise was constitutional in all aspects.
B Dred Scott was a free citizen.
C enslaved people were not citizens of the United States.
D African Americans had a right to “equal protection” under the U.S. Constitution.
Question #18
A the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.
B the southern states’ strategy of “massive resistance” to federal attempts at desegregation.
C revelations of Nazi racial atrocities during World War II.
D the 1963 March on Washington.
Question #19
A the Supreme Court ruled that federal troops could not be stationed in southern states.
B in 1876, state legislatures in the South passed laws forcing the federal government to remove all troops immediately.
C African Americans had been granted full social, political, and economic equality in the South.
D northern Republicans agreed to end federal occupation of the South if southern Democrats allowed Rutherford B. Hayes to become president.
Question #20
A led to the passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments.
B marked the starting point of the modern women’s movement.
C marked the end of the modern women’s movement.
D marked the starting point of the abolitionist movement.
Question #21
A reapportionment
B redlining
C gerrymandering
D logrolling
Question #22
A attracting more Black students to White schools by hiring only African American teachers.
B providing White parents with tax credits if they enrolled their children in all-Black schools.
C busing children from poor urban school districts to wealthier suburban ones.
D opening numerous private schools and academies.
Question #23
A expand federal aid to segregated schools across the South.
B desegregate schools that were racially segregated.
C challenge the Justice Department efforts to segregate schools.
D segregate Black and White children in separate schools.
Question #24
A the movement of White southerners opposing the Reconstruction policies of the federal government during the 1870s.
B the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott of the 1950s.
C attempts by White southerners during the 1950s to block the federal government’s school desegregation efforts.
D the NAACP’s efforts to use the federal judiciary to challenge segregation in southern states during the 1930s.
Question #25
A Ferguson, Missouri.
B Baltimore, Maryland.
C Chicago, Illinois.
D New York City, New York.
Question #26
A In Loving v. Virginia, the Court established that marriage was a basic civil right.
B In 1967, the Court ruled that same-sex marriage was unconstitutional in some states.
C In 1967, the Court ruled that interracial marriage was not necessary for people’s existence and survival.
D Loving v. Virginia extended the right to privacy to sexual minorities.
Question #27
A Minority turnout would likely be lower after voter ID laws than before.
B Minority turnout would likely be higher after voter ID laws than before.
C Minority turnout would be the same as non-minority turnout.
D Minority turnout would likely not be affected one way or another
Question #28
A Lucretia Mott
B Elizabeth Cady Stanton
C Orbal Faubus
D Rosa Parks
Question #29
A in loco parentis segregation.
B de jure segregation.
C de facto segregation.
D separate but equal segregation.
Question #30
A radio and television advertising.
B mass marches and protests.
C civil disobedience.
D lawsuits.
Question #31
A the President
B the State Department
C Congress
D the Supreme Court
Question #32
A declared that segregation by race was unconstitutional.
B established the “separate but equal” rule.
C upheld the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
D ruled that the equal protection clause applied only to the federal government and not to state governments
Question #33
A protect formerly enslaved people from discrimination in public accommodations such as hotels and theaters.
B expand the protections of the Fourteenth Amendment to recent Asian immigrants.
C protect women against disenfranchisement in the voting booth.
D protect African Americans against disenfranchisement in the voting booth.
Question #34
A a meeting in upstate New York during the mid-nineteenth century regarding women’s rights
B the convention where leaders of the Confederacy and the Union negotiated the end of the Civil War
C an important gathering that initiated the abolitionist movement
D the convention that wrote and debated the Fourteenth Amendment
Question #35
A It declared that slavery unconstitutional.
B It weakened the institution of slavery by granting the rights of citizenship to all Black Americans, either free or enslaved.
C It reinforced the institution of slavery and denied the rights of citizenship to all Black Americans, either free or enslaved.
D It established the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments, which the Confederacy had rejected.
Question #36
A the statue wore clothes that were inappropriate for women during the time.
B it was supposed to represent “liberty,” yet women could not vote in the United States.
C “liberty” had historically been represented as a male figure, not a female figure.
D it was in New York—a state that had prohibited women from owning property throughout its history.
Question #37
A the Thirteenth Amendment
B the Tenth Amendment
C the commerce clause
D the Fourteenth Amendment
Question #38
A intermediate
B full
C strict
D low
Question #39
A eliminates all “negative externalities” in its attempt to achieve a “constitutionally defined imperative.”
B serves a “compelling interest,” is “narrowly tailored to achieve that goal,” and that the government has used the “least restrictive means” for achieving its compelling interest.
C does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, gender, or national origin.
D is “broadly construed” to achieve a “constitutionally defined imperative.”
Question #40
A the decision to overturn school segregation of Mexican American students in California served as a precursor to Brown v. Board of Education.
B the decision to uphold policies that created separate schools for Mexican Americans in California was eventually overturned by Brown v. Board of Education.
C it overturned state laws on who can become an American citizen.
D it was the first court case in American history to rule on the issue of segregation.
Question #41
A was a valuable tool for the women’s movement in the 1960s and 1970s because it added the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.
B significantly hurt the women’s movement in the 1960s and 1970s because it only outlawed discrimination on the basis of race.
C was a valuable tool for the women’s movement in the 1960s and 1970s because it prohibited gender discrimination.
D significantly hurt the women’s movement in the 1960s and 1970s because it required the government to treat men and women differently in many areas of public policy.
Question #42
A had the same legal status as any other citizen of the United States.
B were federal citizens but not citizens of the states in which they lived.
C were considered to be unauthorized immigrants, unless they lived on reservations.
D were considered to be foreigners because their tribes were regarded as separate nations.
Question #43
A that local police check the immigration status of a detained individual
B that undocumented immigrants cannot apply for jobs that receive federal subsidies
C that immigrants carry identity papers
D that police can stop persons they suspect of being undocumented immigrants
Question #44
A NOW, NARAL, and Emily’s List
B NRDC, NAACP, and ACLU
C NCAA, MLB, and NFL
D G.I. Forum, LULAC, and MALDEF
Question #45
A was not ratified by the necessary 38 states.
B won approval in the House but not in the Senate.
C won approval in the Senate but not in the House.
D was vetoed by President Ronald Reagan.
Question #46
A Rehnquist
B Warren
C Taft
D Burger
Question #47
A Racially segregated schools can never be equal.
B School segregation is unethical but does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment.
C States that segregate must spend more money to make African American schools equal.
D States that segregate must spend less money on all-White schools in order to make them equal with African American schools.
Question #48
A 1890s.
B 1960s.
C 1930s.
D 1910s.
Question #49
A The NAACP was legally prohibited from contacting elected officials at the state and local levels and therefore had no other alternative than a strategy of litigation.
B The northern African American vote was too small to bring about policy change at the legislative level, so the NAACP chose a strategy of litigation.
C Many judges were African American and therefore more sympathetic than legislators to the claims of the NAACP.
D The NAACP was composed of five members and, due to the fact that they were all lawyers, the strategy of litigation seemed to be the most logical choice.
Question #50
A struck down all state laws that required voters to show photo identification before casting a ballot.
B struck down an Arizona law requiring that individuals produce proof of U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote.
C struck down the 1965 Voting Rights Act’s formula for determining whether a jurisdiction needed federal preclearance before making any changes to its voting laws or practices.
D upheld the 1965 Voting Rights Act’s formula for determining whether a jurisdiction needed federal preclearance before making any changes to its voting laws or practices.
Question #51
A abolished the poll tax.
B granted women the right to vote.
C prevented state governments from denying “any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
D lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
Question #52
A authorized the Justice Department to implement federal court orders to desegregate schools without having to wait for individual parents to bring complaints.
B prohibited the Justice Department from implementing federal court orders to desegregate schools unless at least three individual parents filed formal complaints.
C eliminated the Department of Justice and replaced it with the Department of Civil Rights.
D created an independent circuit of federal courts devoted entirely to school desegregation litigation.
Question #53
A end discriminatory treatment of African Americans by the police.
B end school segregation in the Southern states.
C launch a large campaign against segregationists across the United States.
D discourage police departments to adopt new rules regarding police behavior.
Question #54
A de facto segregation.
B predatory lending.
C sequestering.
D redlining.
Question #55
A the apportionment of voters in districts in such a way as to give unfair advantage to one racial or ethnic group or political party.
B a test used by the Supreme Court that places the burden of proof partially on the government and partially on the challengers to show that the law in question is unconstitutional.
C a test used by the Supreme Court that places the burden of proof on the government rather than on the challengers to show that the law in question is constitutional.
D a set of regulations determining which schools receive grants-in-aid from the federal government.
Question #56
A organic.
B de jure.
C de facto.
D libertarian.
Question #57
A agreements between state and local governments to provide higher levels of funding for all White schools than for all Black schools.
B policies enacted by the U.S. military during World War II that segregated soldiers on the basis of race.
C state-level bans on interracial marriage.
D contract clauses added by the seller of a home that required the buyer to agree never to sell the home to any non-Caucasian.
Question #58
A more strongly defended by individual states than by the federal government.
B not implemented because of a lack of tax revenue.
C ruled unconstitutional.
D severely limited in scope by the Supreme Court.
Question #59
A no person may be held in involuntary servitude, that is to say, slavery.
B due process of law to all citizens of the United States.
C African American men the right to vote.
D equal pay for all races.
Question #60
A Opposition to slavery influenced the abolitionist movement.
B Southerners broke into post offices to destroy antislavery literature.
C The Court’s decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford expanded rights for African Americans.
D Slavery was vital to the economy of the South.