Chapter 21 Section 3 Review
No significant civil rights legislation was passed between ___, partly because ___.
1880 and 1957, southern Democrats in Congress blocked such legislation
The first major challenge to affirmative action was the ___ case.
Bakke
The ___ forbade employers to discriminate on the basis of race
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The ___ is often called the Open Housing Act.
Civil Rights Act of 1968
___ programs are intended to make up for the present effects of past discrimination.
affirmative action
In recent years, the Supreme Court has made it more difficult for those who charge discrimination to prove their case by
demanding documented evidence showing intent to discriminate.
The Court has allowed the use of ___ only in the most extreme situations of discrimination.
quotas
One provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires that federal funds be cut off to any program that discriminates on the basis of
race
Critics of "minority set-asides" and other such programs charge that giving preference to minorities is a form of ___.
reverse discrimination
Under affirmative action plans, employers must
set aside a certain number of jobs in every category for minorities and women.