Quiz 4 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

In Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg County Schools (1971), the Supreme Court held that schools could assign students to schools outside of their district to achieve racial balances. Which of the following cases did the Court use as precedent in their decision?

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Which of the following Supreme Court Cases ruled that "separate but equal" public schools are a violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment?

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Supporters of King's view that just laws treat the majority and minority the same could point to which of the following Supreme Court cases?

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)

Based on the text, which of the following statements would the author most likely agree with?

Colleges and universities should be forbidden from taking race into consideration

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the two court cases?

Comparison B

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of civil liberties and civil rights?

Comparison C

Supporters of Kagan's view that a state cannot use race as a predominant factor in creating districts could cite which of the following cases as precedent?

Shaw v. Reno (1993)

The "devious methods" mentioned in this passage refer to which of the following?

Structural barriers

Which of the following statements best summarizes the author's argument?

The Constitution does not always forbid decisions based on race

Which of the following statements is most consistent with the author's argument in this passage?

The Constitution is colorblind and any racial classifications, even when used to help minorities, are harmful to society

Which of the following statements is most consistent with the author's argument in this passage? "As this Court's cases have made clear, however, the compelling interest that justifies consideration of race in college admissions is not an interest in enrolling a certain number of minority students. Rather, a university may institute a race-conscious admissions program as a means of obtaining 'the educational benefits that flow from student body diversity'. . . . "Increasing minority enrollment may be instrumental to these educational benefits, but it is not, as petitioner seems to suggest, a goal that can or should be reduced to pure numbers." Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, opinion of the court in Fisher v. University of Texas (2013)

The Constitution only forbids racial classifications when they are designed to harm minorities, not help them

Which of the following statements describes how the Supreme Court responded to this situation?

The Supreme Court ruled that the "separate but equal" doctrine violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

Which of the following governmental policies would the author most likely support as a solution to the problems described in this passage?

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

Which of the following policies is an example of specific legislation that extended civil rights to women?

Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972