Civil Rights #4 1) An example of a difference in treatment toward certain groups that qualifies as reasonable is a) Classifying people according to race. b) Taxing different classes at different rates. c) Classifying people according to ethnic group. d) Testing for AIDS according to class. 2) Client politics normally does not apply to the civil rights of small racial and ethnic groups because these groups a) Are better protected by the courts. b) Are better represented through majoritarian politics. c) Have demands that place a large burden on the majority population. d) Have too little power. 3) Small groups such as unions, occupations, and businesses can often use client politics to their advantage, yet small racial and ethnic groups typically cannot. This is because these groups a) Are protected by the courts. b) Are represented through majoritarian politics. c) Have demands that place a large burden on the majority population. d) Have too little power. 4) The Supreme Court has decided that any law classifying people on the basis of their race or ethnicity is a) To be subjected to especially close scrutiny. b) To be referred to the courts of individual states. c) Constitutional. d) Unconstitutional. 5) Not a good question 6) Not a good question 7) Blacks in the United States did not receive widespread white support for civil rights until the a) 1940s. b) 1950s. c) 1960s. d) 1970s. 8) According to the text, one reason that restrictions on black Americans continued for so long was that a) Blacks themselves were ambivalent about their civil rights. b) Interest groups could easily mobilize to block their efforts. c) Such restrictions were consistently upheld by federal courts. d) The civil rights movement was targeted at the wrong groups. 9) Redundant question 10) Until the 1960s, the civil rights movement did not have a) Public support for racial integration. b) Any white allies among politicians. c) Access to the courts. d) Widespread support among blacks themselves. 11) Throughout the early twentieth century, blacks found that they could best advance their cause with a) Either client or majoritarian politics. b) Client but not majoritarian politics. c) Majoritarian but not client politics. d) Neither client nor majoritarian politics. 12) In their struggle for equal treatment, blacks found that majoritarian politics a) Worked to their disadvantage. b) Worked to their advantage. c) Neither helped them nor hindered them. d) Hurt them in the nineteenth century but helped them in the twentieth century. 13) Blacks were finally able to advance their interests during the 1960s in part by a) Shifting their struggle from the courts to Congress. b) Relying less on white allies. c) Dramatizing their grievances. d) Setting their sights lower. 14) Blacks were finally able to advance their interests during the 1960s in part by a) Relying less on white allies, especially northern liberals. b) Downplaying their grievances. c) Shifting their struggle from Congress to the courts. d) Setting their sights lower. 15) Not a good question 16) The _____ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution appeared to guarantee equal rights for blacks. a) First b) Fourteenth c) Twenty-first d) Twenty-fifth 17) The interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment intended by the Congress that passed it was a) The broad interpretation. b) The narrow interpretation. c) A mixture of the broad and narrow interpretations. d) A subject for debate among scholars. 18) The Supreme Court decision that held constitutional the doctrine of separate but equal was a) Plessy v. Ferguson. b) Sweatt v. Painter. c) Brown v. Board of Education. d) Millican v. Bradley. 19) Plessy v. Ferguson had the effect of a) Declaring that segregated public facilities, if equal, did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment. b) Prohibiting all-white juries in state court trials. c) Applying the Bill of Rights to the states as well as to the national government. d) Ruling that racially separate schools were inherently unequal and therefore unconstitutional. 20) The term Jim Crow originated with a) A white minstrel entertainer. b) An early newspaper comic strip. c) One of the Uncle Remus tales. d) A black newspaper editor. 21) A name used to describe laws that officially sanctioned racial discrimination is a) Jim Crow. b) Uncle Remus. c) Amos ‘n’ Andy. d) Uncle Tom. 22) With regard to racial segregation, Supreme Court decisions on the recently passed Fourteenth Amendment made the amendment a) An extremely broad guarantee of equal rights. b) Nearly meaningless. c) More significant regarding education that regarding employment. d) More significant regarding employment than regarding education. 23) One reason the NAACP’s strategy of using the courts to further black civil rights worked was that it a) Avoided focusing on the clearest abuses. b) Presented broad economic demands to whites. c) Avoided direct confrontation with a conservative Supreme Court. d) Did not require a broad legislative alliance. 24) One reason the NAACP’s strategy of using the courts to further black civil rights worked was that it a) Relied on a broad legislative alliance. b) Presented broad economic demands to whites. c) Avoided direct confrontation with a conservative Supreme Court. d) Focused attention on the clearest abuses. 25) One reason the NAACP’s strategy of using the courts to further black civil rights worked was that it a) Brought together a broad legislative alliance. b) Avoided focusing on the clearest abuses. c) Avoided direct confrontation with a conservative Supreme Court. d) Did not present economic demands to whites. 26) The NAACP’s most important role in the civil rights movement has been a) Lobbying in Washington. b) Publicizing black grievances. c) Initiating legal action. d) Mobilizing the black vote in local elections. 27) The importance of the Lloyd Gaines and Ada Louis Sipuel civil rights cases was that the Supreme Court a) Declared unconstitutional laws supporting schools that were separate but unequal in subtle ways. b) Declared unconstitutional laws creating schools that were separate but obviously unequal. c) Ruled that racially separate schools were inherently unequal and therefore unconstitutional. d) Ruled that schools discriminating on the basis of race could be denied access to federal funds. 28) The importance of the Heman Sweatt and George McLaurin civil rights cases was that the Supreme Court a) Declared unconstitutional laws creating schools that were separate but obviously unequal. b) Declared unconstitutional laws supporting schools that were separate but unequal in subtle ways. c) Ruled that racially separate schools were inherently unequal and therefore unconstitutional. d) Ruled that schools discriminating on the basis of race could be denied access to federal funds. 29) The importance of the Brown v. Board of Education civil rights case was that the Supreme Court a) Declared unconstitutional laws creating schools that were separate but obviously unequal. b) Declared unconstitutional laws supporting schools that were separate but unequal in subtle ways. c) Ruled that racially separate schools were inherently unequal and therefore unconstitutional. d) Ruled that schools discriminating on the basis of race could be denied access to federal funds. 30) The landmark Supreme Court decision that outlawed racial segregation in the public schools was a) Plessy. b) Sweatt. c) Brown. d) Painter. 31) Which of the following statements about Brown v. Board of Education is correct? a) It allowed black students to attend law schools. b) It showed that the Supreme Court contained two liberal justices who would continue to fight for black rights. c) It upheld the Plessy v. Ferguson decision. d) It outlawed government-imposed segregation. 32) In 1955 the Supreme Court ruled that desegregation should be a) Implemented with due concern for public safety. b) Monitored by local school officials. c) Implemented “with all deliberate speed.” d) Monitored by civil rights groups. 33) When racial integration was an unpopular cause, it made sense for blacks to pursue that goal through a) Congress. b) The political parties. c) The courts. d) The presidency. 34) When the Supreme Court reconsidered the question of separate-but-equal facilities for different races in 1954, its decision was to a) Reverse that policy in a unanimous vote. b) Reverse that policy in a divided vote. c) Uphold that policy in a unanimous vote. d) Uphold that policy in a divided vote. 35) The Supreme Court delegated the power to oversee the implementation of its school integration decision to a) Local federal district courts. b) The president. c) The Congress. d) The Civil Rights Commission. 36) Southern resistance to integration of the schools finally collapsed in the a) 1940s. b) 1950s. c) 1960s. d) 1970s. 37) As its rationale for the decision in Brown, the Supreme Court used a) The equal-protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. b) The intent of Congress in the Fourteenth Amendment. c) Social science evidence. d) A narrow interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. 38) Which of the following was made clear by the Fourteenth Amendment? a) That states could not deny any of its citizens equal protection of the laws b) That segregated schools were illegal c) That desegregation was to be applied to schools d) That race could not be a factor in any decision that excluded a person from entry into a public school 39) Segregation that results from official action, as opposed to segregation resulting from existing residential patterns, is a) b) c) d) De jure versus de facto. Legal versus historical. Legal versus illegal. Constitutional versus unconstitutional. 40) The difference between de facto and de jure segregation is that a) The former results from private choices, the latter from public law. b) The former results from public law, the latter from private choices. c) The former existed in the past, the latter continues in the present. d) The former continues in the present, the latter existed in the past. 41) The principle of mandating busing plans to remedy school segregation patterns was approved in the case of a) Brown v. Board of Education. b) Sipuel v. County Trustee. c) Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education. d) Green v. County School Board of New Kent County. 42) In 1971 a Supreme Court decision involving Charlotte, North Carolina, confirmed that _______ could be ordered by federal judges. a) Busing b) Mandatory plans for building schools in ghettos c) City-suburb inter-district busing d) Voluntary desegregation plans 43) To the federal courts, the presumption of the intent to discriminate is created by a) Minutes of school-board meetings. b) Differences in black and white achievement scores. c) Residence south of the Mason-Dixon Line. d) The existence of all-white or all-black schools. 44) Not a good question 45) Congress passed several laws during the 1980s forbidding the use of federal funds to bus children for purposes of racial integration. These carried little weight, however, because a) The laws were quickly ruled unconstitutional. b) Judges could order states and cities to pay the costs. c) By that time racial integration in schools had been largely accomplished. d) Busing could be carried out with minimal costs. 46) Not a good question 47) Nonviolence as a principle in achieving civil rights gains is associated primarily with the leadership of a) Martin Luther King, Jr. b) Stokely Carmichael. c) Jesse Jackson. d) A. Philip Randolph. 48) All of the following are associated with Martin Luther King, Jr., and his civil rights movement except a) Marches in Birmingham and Selma, Alabama. b) The Chicago riots during the Democratic Convention. c) A bus boycott. d) Nonviolent civil disobedience. 49) For years, opponents of civil rights legislation had all of the following in their favor except a) The Senate Judiciary Committee. b) The House Rules Committee. c) Congressional domination by the Democrats. d) The filibuster system. 50) Although white violence attracted public attention to the plight of southern blacks, the violence a) Was not ordinarily within the control of black leaders. b) Killed off a whole generation of black leaders. c) Profoundly demoralized sympathetic whites. d) Never received adequate media coverage. 51) The very effectiveness of black demonstrations in putting civil rights on the public agenda conflicted with the need to a) Avoid too much publicity too early. b) Win key cases in the Supreme Court. c) Enlist the president in the ranks of sympathizers. d) Build a broad coalition in Congress. 52) Congressional opponents of civil rights legislation had traditionally been able to rely on all of the following except a) The Senate Judiciary Committee. b) The House Rules Committee. c) The majority whip. d) The Senate filibuster. 53) Leaders of the civil rights movement discovered an inherent tension between the need to build a broad congressional coalition and the need to a) Recruit new black spokespersons. b) Attract sympathetic white allies. c) Draw widespread public attention to their cause. d) Pursue legal remedies in the courts. 54) In 1964 and 1968 a majority of whites believed that the pace of change on racial matters was a) Too slow. b) About right. c) Too fast. d) Slowing down. 55) One factor helping to break the deadlock that developed in the civil rights movement during the early 1960s was a) A change in public opinion toward civil rights. b) The Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. c) The decentralization of power in the House and Senate. d) The civil unrest that shook several northern cities. 56) One factor helping to break the deadlock that developed in the civil rights movement during the early 1960s was a) Media coverage of violence by white segregationists. b) Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. c) Decentralization of power in the House and Senate. d) Civil unrest that shook several northern cities. 57) “Bull” Connor of Birmingham, Alabama, became a symbol of a) Brutal white resistance to black demands. b) A new breed of moderate southern politicians. c) Black separatist attempts to control the civil rights movement. d) Nonviolent black leadership. 58) Beginning in the late 1950s, black leaders began to draw attention to their cause with all of the following except a) Sit-ins at segregated lunch counters. b) Freedom rides on segregated bus lines. c) Registration to vote by blacks in counties with a history of intimidation. d) The election of blacks to key federal and state offices. 59) One factor helping to break the deadlock that developed in the civil rights movement during the early 1960s was a) Assassination of President Kennedy. b) Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. c) Centralization of power in the House and Senate. d) Civil unrest that shook several northern cities. 60) One factor helping to break the deadlock that developed in the civil rights movement during the early 1960s was a) Democratic landslide of 1964. b) Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. c) Centralization of power in the House and Senate. d) Civil unrest that shook several northern cities. 61) The 1964 elections played a pivotal role in civil rights history because they sent to Washington a) John Kennedy and large Democratic majorities in Congress. b) John Kennedy and a Democratic majority in one house. c) Lyndon Johnson and large Democratic majorities in Congress. d) Lyndon Johnson and a Democratic majority in one house. 62) The most comprehensive civil rights legislation was enacted in a) b) c) d) 1968. 1964. 1960. 1957. 63) Congressional leaders, to secure passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, used all of the following methods except a) A discharge petition on the House Rules Committee. b) Avoidance of the Senate Judiciary Committee. c) A cloture vote to quash a filibuster. d) Censure of the Senate majority whip. 64) A key to the passage of major civil rights laws was the breaking of the Senate filibuster with a) A cloture motion. b) Round-the-clock sessions. c) A quorum call. d) A substitute motion. 65) Key provisions of the major civil rights laws included all of the following except a) The creation of the Civil Rights Commission. b) Banning discrimination in the sale or rental of most housing. c) The suspension of the use of literacy tests to prevent blacks from voting. d) Affirmative action programs to achieve racial balance. 66) By the 1970s the mood in Congress on civil rights could best be described as one of a) Opposition. b) Disinterest. c) Support, temporarily. d) Support, apparently permanently. 67) Evidence of the growing political strength of southern blacks over the past two decades is the fact that in 1993 a) More than 8,000 blacks held elective office. b) Four southern governors were black. c) Six southern Senators and twelve southern House members were black. d) For the first time, two blacks from the same southern state were elected to the Senate and House. 68) A black person has the highest chance of attaining elective office as a a) State representative. b) County commissioner. c) Judge. d) Member of a board of education. 69) A black person has the lowest chance of attaining elective office as a a) State representative. b) County commissioner. c) Judge. d) Member of a board of education. 70) In their struggle for equal treatment, women, unlike blacks, had to deal with a legal tradition that a) Claimed to be protecting them. b) Regarded them as chattel. c) Had always treated them as equal in theory. d) Had consistently ignored them. 71) Congress responded to the feminist movement by passing laws that a) Required equal pay for equal work. b) Gave women equal access to enter all private organizations. c) Prohibited discrimination on the basis of gender in employment and among students in all schools and universities. d) Provided free day care and maternal care to all working mothers. 72) Congress responded to the feminist movement by passing laws that a) Prohibited discrimination on the basis of gender in employment and among students in any school receiving federal funds. b) Gave women equal access to the entering of all private organizations. c) Outlawed all-male schools. d) Provided free day care and maternal care to all working mothers. 73) Congress responded to the feminist movement by passing laws that a) Banned discrimination against pregnant women on the job. b) Gave women equal access to the entering of all private organizations. c) Outlawed all-male schools. d) Provided free day care and maternal care to all working mothers. 74) Not a good question 75) The test that the Supreme Court has applied to laws making distinctions between the genders is called a) Suspect classification. b) Preponderance of evidence. c) Reasonableness standard. d) Nefas scire. 76) The Supreme Court has invoked the reasonableness standard but not the suspect classification standard to examine laws that treat in different fashions a) Blacks and whites. b) Orientals and Caucasians. c) Men and women. d) All of the above. 77) Under the reasonableness standard, an example of a decision made barring gender-based differences is a) All women are eligible for the draft. b) The Navy may not allow women to remain officers longer than men without being promoted. c) States cannot give widows a property-tax exemption not given to widowers. d) Girls cannot be barred from Little League baseball teams. 78) Under the reasonableness standard, an example of a decision made barring gender-based differences is a) All women are eligible for the draft. b) The Navy may not allow women to remain officers longer than men without being promoted. c) States cannot give widows a property-tax exemption not given to widowers. d) Business and service clubs cannot exclude women from membership. 79) An example of a court decision allowing gender-based differences is a) The Navy may allow women to remain officers longer than men without being promoted. b) All women are eligible for the draft. c) Business and service clubs can exclude women from membership. d) Girls can be barred from Little League baseball teams. 80) An example of a court decision allowing gender-based differences is a) All-boy and all-girl public schools are permitted if enrollment is voluntary and quality is equal. b) Women cannot enter the military. c) Business and service clubs can exclude women from membership. d) Girls can be barred from Little League baseball teams. 81) In the case of Rostker v. Goldberg, the Supreme Court held that a) Drafting men only was a denial of equal treatment. b) Drafting women only was a denial of equal treatment. c) Congress may choose to draft men but not women. d) Women in the military must be treated the same as men. 82) The Supreme Court held that Congress may require men but not women to register for the draft without violating due-process protections in the case of a) Roe v. Wade. b) Rostker v. Goldberg. c) Sagrave v. Sagrave. d) Templeton v. Draft Board. 83) Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding women in the military as of 1993? a) Women are eligible for any position in the military. b) Women can be pilots or sailors but not on combat aircraft or combat ships. c) Women can be pilots or sailors on combat aircraft or combat ships. d) Women cannot be officers in the military. 84) Not a good question 85) Which of the following statements about a woman’s right to abortion is correct? a) b) c) d) It was to be guaranteed under the Equal Rights Amendment. Until 1973 it was decided by states. It is protected under the right to privacy statute of the Fourteenth Amendment. Until Roe v. Wade it was regulated by federal law. 86) State laws forbidding abortions were ruled unconstitutional in the case of a) Rostker v. Goldberg. b) Hyde v. Hyde. c) Roe v. Wade. d) Wygant v. Jackson. 87) The Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade had the specific effect of a) Striking down a Texas ban on abortion. b) Ruling the Hyde Amendment unconstitutional. c) Denying the use of Medicaid funds for abortions. d) Outlawing all abortions nationwide. 88) The Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade gave women the unrestricted right to what type of abortions? a) Abortions in the first trimester of pregnancy only b) Abortions in the first two trimesters of pregnancy only c) Only abortions required to save the life of the mother d) All abortions, regardless of the age of the fetus 89) An argument used by many critics of abortion to support their position is that a) Life begins at birth. b) A women’s right to privacy is not guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. c) Abortion represents a breakdown of the wall of separation between church and state. d) The fetus is entitled to equal protection of the laws. 90) Forbidding the use of federal funds to pay for abortions is the intent of the a) Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). b) Profile Amendment. c) “Stop-ERA” campaign of Phyllis Schlafly. d) Hyde Amendment. 91) Redundant question 92) The Supreme Court’s Webster (Missouri) abortion ruling in 1989 had the effect of a) Placing further restrictions on application of the Hyde Amendment. b) Giving additional support to Roe v. Wade. c) Removing abortion from the political agenda. d) Giving impetus to the pro-life movement. 93) The Supreme Court’s Webster (Missouri) abortion ruling in 1989 had the effect of a) Placing further restrictions on application of the Hyde Amendment. b) Giving additional support to Roe v. Wade. c) Removing abortion from the political agenda. d) Prompting a wave of state bills restricting abortion. 94) Redundant question 95) The chief question on civil rights legislation during the 1970s was whether the federal government should a) Merely treat the races equally, or offer catch-up help to traditionally disadvantaged blacks. b) Enforce civil rights itself or leave this mostly to state governments. c) Move rapidly or gradually in forcing compliance with Supreme Court rulings. d) Focus only on blacks or include Hispanics and other racial minorities as well. 96) A supporter of equality of results as a way of redressing past civil rights inequities would be most likely to advocate a) Freedom-of-choice school districts. b) Eliminating job barriers. c) Busing for racial integration of schools. d) Color-blind administration of the laws. 97) A supporter of equality of results as a way of redressing past civil rights inequities would be most likely to advocate a) Freedom-of-choice school districts. b) Eliminating job barriers. c) Affirmative action hiring and promotion laws. d) Color-blind administration of the laws. 98) Redundant question 99) A supporter of equality of opportunity as a way of redressing past civil rights inequities would be most likely to advocate a) Eliminating job barriers. b) Preferential treatment for blacks. c) Comparable-worth pay scales. d) Busing for racial integration of schools. 100) A supporter of equality of opportunity as a way of redressing past civil rights inequities would be most likely to advocate a) High-quality schools for all children. b) Preferential treatment for blacks. c) Comparable-worth pay scales. d) Busing for racial integration of schools. 101) A supporter of equality of opportunity as a way of redressing past civil rights inequities would be most likely to advocate a) Color-blind administration of the laws. b) Preferential treatment for blacks. c) Comparable-worth pay scales. d) Busing for racial integration of schools. 102) a) b) c) d) Supporter of equality of opportunity tend to have _________ beliefs. Orthodox Activist Progressive Libertarian 103) A major national debate over the meaning of civil-rights legislation occurred after the election of ________ to the presidency. a) Richard Nixon b) Gerald Ford c) Jimmy Carter d) Ronald Reagan 104) The Bakke decision held that medical schools, in making admissions decisions, may or may not do which of the following? a) They may not take into account an applicant’s race. b) They may use whatever criteria they see fit. c) They may use race but not explicit quotas. d) They may not admit a percentage of whites greater than the percentage of total white applicants. 105) a) b) c) d) The Supreme Court ruled in the Bakke case that Explicit numerical quotas were illegal. Busing was a legitimate tool to achieve racial balance. Race should be taken into account when quotas are used. Affirmative action programs were unlawful. 106) a) b) c) d) The Supreme Court’s position on quotas for minorities can best be described as Strongly supportive. Strongly opposed. Deeply divided. Largely unconcerned. 107) Among the general standards for quota and preference systems that seem to be emerging from recent Supreme Court rulings is that a) Explicit numerical quotas are permissible in most cases. b) Preferential treatment is more likely to be looked on favorably than compensatory action. c) Involuntary preference systems will be easier to justify. d) Compelling justification must exist for such systems. 108) Among the general standards for quota and preference systems that seem to be emerging from recent Supreme Court rulings is that a) Explicit numerical quotas are permissible in most cases. b) Preferential treatment is more likely to be looked on favorably than compensatory action. c) Involuntary preference systems will be easier to justify. d) Such systems must correct an actual pattern of discrimination. 109) Redundant question 110) Redundant question 111) One semantic issue that has played a role in the debate over civil rights implementation is the distinction between a) Race and ethnic status. b) Wealth and income. c) Goals and quotas. d) Magnet schools and neighborhood schools. 112) Regarding preferential treatment of minorities in the areas of hiring and university admissions, the majority of those polled a) Oppose it in both areas. b) Oppose it in hiring but favor it for university admissions. c) Oppose it for university admissions but favor it in hiring. d) Favor it in both areas. 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