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