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The Supreme Court has prohibited voters from using ballot initiatives to forbid the use of state-sanctioned affirmative action policies.

A) True
B) False

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Compare and contrast the use of nonviolent civil disobedience and litigation during the civil rights movement.Which was more successful and why?

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The constitutionality of a law establishing a public elementary school open only to African American students from poor neighborhoods would be determined by the Supreme Court's application of the __________ standard of review.

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When did Hispanics first start to organize,and when did the strongest push for Hispanic rights begin? What tactics did Hispanics borrow from the African American civil rights movement? What did Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta do? Explain why MALDEF was created.How successful has the Hispanic movement been in securing rights for Hispanic people? Give an example of a success and an example of a setback.

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What was the objective of the women's suffrage movement?


A) broad gender equality
B) the right to own property
C) equal pay for equal work
D) the right to vote

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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What was the primary focus at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention for activists like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott?


A) the prohibition of alcohol
B) women's rights
C) rights for former slaves
D) ending the Civil War

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Make an argument for interpreting the Fourteenth Amendment as supporting the right of gays and lesbians to get married to their same-sex partners.

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The Fourteenth Amendment attempted to guarantee which of the following to former slaves?


A) forty acres of farmland and a mule
B) free university education
C) economic equality with whites
D) citizenship rights

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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According to the Supreme Court decisions in Regents of the University of California v.Bakke and two University of Michigan cases,what sorts of affirmative action programs for admission to public universities are permissible,and what sorts are not?

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The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.insisted that civil disobedience aimed at ending discrimination in the South should be conducted __________.


A) in accordance with the law
B) nonviolently
C) secretly
D) anonymously

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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How does the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)define a disabled person? What rights are guaranteed to disabled people under the ADA? What infrastructure must be created to ensure these rights?

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What was the Supreme Court's rationale in the Civil Rights Cases (1883) for why Congress could not prohibit discrimination in public accommodations?


A) Congress cannot regulate public accommodations because they involve interstate commerce.
B) Congress can only regulate government discrimination, not discrimination by private individuals.
C) Congress cannot prohibit discrimination because doing so violates the First Amendment right to freedom of speech.
D) Congress cannot prohibit discrimination because there was insufficient evidence that discrimination exists.

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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Which of these does the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ban?


A) poll taxes and grandfather clauses
B) discrimination in public accommodations
C) integration in public transportation
D) nonviolent direct action

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Which of the following accommodations would an employer most likely need to implement in order to be in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act?


A) hiring a disabled person instead of an equally qualified person without a disability
B) providing better medical insurance for employees who have a disability
C) lowering expectations for the quality of work performed by employees with disabilities
D) installing a ramp and other physical accommodations for someone who uses a wheelchair

E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

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If you were a poor,illiterate,white,Southern farmer,which of the following would help ensure your ability to vote after the Civil War?


A) poll taxes
B) literacy tests
C) boycotts
D) grandfather clauses

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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What strategy did the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People use most effectively to challenge segregated law school admissions?


A) boycotts
B) protests
C) litigation
D) nonviolent direct action

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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__________ programs are designed to help remedy continued inequality by giving special treatment to members of previously discriminated-against groups.

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Reconstruction was the era of racial healing that followed the civil rights movement.

A) True
B) False

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Because of the Supreme Court's decision in Regents of the University of California v.Bakke,an affirmative action program that uses racial __________ would likely be deemed unconstitutional.

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Courts have not allowed men to use the Fourteenth Amendment to fight gender-based discrimination.

A) True
B) False

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