Question 1

W. E. B. Du Bois helped found the

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A)   HRC.
B)   NAACP.
C)   SCLC.
D)   KKK.
E)   ACLU.F) B) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 2

Compare and contrast the difference between compelling state interest, intermediate scrutiny, and rational basis scrutiny. Explain how the adoption of each standard could affect the chances of a statute being found unconstitutional.

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Question 3

The case of McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents

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A)   invalidated the exclusion of black students from law school absent some other provision from their legal training.
B)   rejected an attempt to create a separate law school for blacks by roping off a section of the state capitol and assigning three law teachers to them.
C)   invalidated an attempt to create to create an alternative law school for blacks because any such alternative would be inherently different in the reputation of its faculty.
D)   rejected as "unequal" an attempt to provide graduate education to a black student by making him sit in a classroom surrounded by a railing marked "reserved for colored."
E)   ruled that no scheme of racial discrimination can stand if "there is state participation through any arrangement, management, funds, or property."F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 4

In contrast to the more passive approaches of other African Americans at the beginning of the twentieth century, W. E. B. Du Bois challenged racial discrimination and injustice in various forms of political activity. This method is known as

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A)   accommodation.
B)   peacemaking.
C)   lobbying.
D)   agitation.
E)   rebellion.F) A) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 5

Passive resistance to a law that is perceived as unjust by refusing to obey it is known as a

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A)   strike.
B)   work stoppage.
C)   litigation.
D)   legal boycott.
E)   civil disobedience.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 6

Another hotly debated topic concerning civil rights is racial profiling. Which of the following is a definition that is commonly used for racial profiling?

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A)   Legitimate use of race to determine criminal suspects
B)   Segregation of criminal suspects according to race
C)   The practice of taking race into account when investigating crimes
D)   Disproportionate waivers of juvenile minorities from juvenile courts to adult court
E)   Disproportionate use of the death penalty for racial minoritiesF) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 7

A number of tactics are used by civil rights advocates and other legitimate protesters to bring attention to a cause and force action without causing harm or violating any law. Which of the following refers to the organized refusal to buy, sell, or use certain goods as a method of waging an economic battle?

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A)   Civil disobedience
B)   Retribution
C)   Litigation
D)   Legal boycott
E)   LobbyingF) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 8

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)  was a Supreme Court case that

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A)   created affirmative action quotas for all medical schools.
B)   rejected the outright use of racial quotas in college admissions but allowed race to be used as one of several factors in admissions.
C)   required that a quota for white students be used if there is also an existing quota for non-whites.
D)   required racial quotas for all college admission procedures.
E)   identified and prohibited the process of "reverse discrimination."F) A) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 9

The arrest of __________ in December 1955 sparked a racial boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama bus system.

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A)   Martin Luther King Jr.
B)   Malcolm X
C)   Rosa Parks
D)   Louis Farrakhan
E)   Thurgood MarshallF) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 10

Discuss the experiences of women in their historic journey toward civil rights in the United States. Especially note the right to vote, the Equal Rights Amendment, gender discrimination issues, and the removal of gender barriers over the past three decades in business, military, and political arenas.

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Question 11

Different methods of achieving civil rights have been advocated over the years. Booker T. Washington was one of the most prominent African American leaders in the decades immediately following the emancipation of slaves. Washington opposed confrontation with the white power structure and urged African Americans to accept existing conditions. This philosophy is referred to as

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A)   pacification.
B)   remission.
C)   accommodation.
D)   racialization.
E)   Jim Crow.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 12

"White flight" to the suburbs is an example of

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A)   forced discrimination.
B)   civil disobedience.
C)   de facto discrimination.
D)   de jure discrimination.
E)   racial discrimination.F) All of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 13

The U.S. Supreme Court in 1873 consolidated several pending cases into one ruling, which is known legally as The Slaughterhouse Cases. This ruling had great bearing on the Fourteenth Amendment. What was the impact of the case and its precedent?

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A)   The case strengthened the Fourteenth Amendment's protections and advanced the cause of civil rights for African Americans.
B)   The justices ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment was unconstitutional.
C)   The justices ruled that Congress had overstepped its authority in its initial passage of the Fourteenth Amendment and in the freeing of slaves in southern states.
D)   The ruling declared that civil rights were under the protection of the state governments, not the U.S. Constitution; so many states did not recognize the Fourteenth Amendment and were not willing to advance civil rights in their individual states.
E)   The case gave the Congress all powers to decide the level and reach of civil rights in the United States.F) B) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 14

Discuss the direct impact of the 1964 Civil Rights Act on the rights of African Americans.

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Question 15

Subjective biases of male bosses against female employees are difficult to prove. These biases are often considered to be the cause of what is known to women as

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A)   sexual harassment.
B)   intermediate scrutiny.
C)   the glass ceiling.
D)   gender equality.
E)   rational basis scrutiny.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 16

The Civil War Amendments were a series of three race-related Constitutional Amendments. These amendments included

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A)   Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Amendments.
B)   Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments.
C)   Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Amendments.
D)   Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Amendments.
E)   Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Amendments.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 17

One hundred members of Congress signed __________ in an attempt to reverse the Brown ruling.

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A)   the Civil Rights Act of 1968
B)   the Strict Scrutiny law
C)   the "Stand your ground" law
D)   the Southern Manifesto
E)   Title IXF) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 18

When the organized antislavery movement in the United States began in the late 1700s, what was meant by the concept of progressive elimination?

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A)   Progressive elimination was meant to give the freed slaves plenty of time to assimilate into society by gradually releasing them from property status.
B)   Progressive elimination was the idea of a gradual abolition as opposed to outright abolition, considered to be a less confrontational and more rational approach.
C)   Progressive elimination referred to outright abolition of slavery but only in one state at a time.
D)   Progressive elimination meant a quick and decisive abolition of slavery, and was called "progressive" because it indicated an immediate step forward.
E)   Progressive elimination meant that the states, due to their inability to eliminate slavery, would surrender sovereignty to the federal government in order to abolish slavery.F) D) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 19

The standard requiring the government show that classification is "substantially related to an important state interest" is

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A)   compelling state interest.
B)   intermediate scrutiny.
C)   preponderance of the evidence.
D)   balancing interests.
E)   rational basis scrutiny.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 20

As the courts and legislatures cleared the books of laws that legalized racial discrimination, affirmative action developed in the 1970s as a new tactic. What was its purpose?

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A)   It required that the employment process be color-blind and that race not be mentioned.
B)   It required that the federal government's agencies approve all employment decisions to ensure compliance.
C)   It intentionally encouraged lawsuits against private companies as a way of bringing them into compliance.
D)   It created a remedy for discriminatory hiring practices of the past and present whereby preference, in certain circumstances, could be given to minorities.
E)   It created policies that made it more difficult to hire or promote a white employee.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

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