Chapter 5 Learn smart
Which of the following are among redlining's legacies?
- Hispanics and African Americans still have difficulty obtaining mortgages (compared to whites). - Segregated neighborhoods still exist.
Which is an accurate representation of the Hispanic population in the United States?
- Their numbers have more than doubled in the past twenty years. - The majority are immigrants from Mexico and the Caribbean islands.
The promise made by the phrase "all men are created equal" has done which of the following?
- been foundational in legal decisions - given moral strength to diverse movements - inspired a hope for eventual equality
Which practices were banned as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1968?
- discriminatory practices in housing - discriminatory practices in mortgage lending - discriminatory real estate practices such as steering African American familes to certain neighborhoods
Which of the following are included in the concept of equal rights, or civil rights?
- equal access to public facilities - the right of every person to equal protection under the law - equal access to the opportunities society provides
Which of the following are included in the concept of equal rights, or civil rights?
- equal access to the opportunities society provides - the right of citizens to corporate profits - equal access to public facilities
The promise made by the phrase "all men are created equal" has done which of the following?
- inspired a hope for eventual equality - given moral strength to diverse movements - been foundational in legal decisions
According to United States government statistics, roughly _____ percent of black children live in poverty, compared to ____ percent of white children.
35; 12
Which statement best describes the political engagement of most Asian Americans in the 1960s?
Asian Americans were not politically active to any great extent.
Which of the folliwing was the 1954 landmark cade that ended segregation in public schools?
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Which amendement passed at the end of the war granted African American men the right to vote.
Fifteenth
What sociologist authored the book An American Dilemma?
Gunnar Myrdal
How did Thomas Jefferson define the meaning of "all men are created equal"?
He did not believe there was a precise meaning.
Which of the following statements about African American children in the United States is true?
More than half grow up in a single-parent family.
Which proposed amendment to the Constitution was passed by the Congress in the early 1970s but failed to receive the necessary three-fourths majority?
O Equal Rights Amendment
Which term refers to the rights and privileges guaranteed to all citizens under the equal protection and due process clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments?
O civil rights
In order to ensure equal employment opportunity for all, the federal government in the 1960s began to require agencies and businesses to
O establish policies aimed at giving minority-group members equal opportunities to obtain jobs.
Which 2015 Supreme Court decision removed the ban on same-sex marriage, citing it violated the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection and due process clauses?
Obergefell v. Hodges
In 1972, Native Americans organized a caravan titled the that journeyed from California to Washington, D.C., to protest federal policy
Trail of Broken Treaties
What Sioux village has been the site of both a U.S. cavalry massacre of Native Americans and a modern protest?
Wounded Knee
Which policy required the federal government to begin implementing measures aimed at reinforcing employment by procedures that have minority workers opportunity to gain government jobs?
affirmative action
The landmark case of Lau v. Nichols (1974) resulted in many states offering education in their public schools.
bilingual
Which term refers to the rights and privileges guaranteed to all citizens under the equal protection and due process clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments?
civil rights
What is "America's curse," according to the author of An American Dilemma?
discrimination
Although many Americans believe that the concept of ____ includes such things as access to jobs and health care, others argue that it means only that people are all treated the same under the law.
equality
Although many Americans believe that the concept of ______ inudes such things as acess to jobs and health care, others argue that it means only that people are all treated the same under the law.
equality
Hispanics in the U.S. are generally concentrated
in their states of entry.
Since the 1950s, how has the federal government responded to demands for equal rights for African Americans?
it passed a series of laws that secured tge fundamental rights for African Americans.
In a 1930s Supreme Court case that challenged the application of the separate-but-equal doctrine, Court ruled that blacks ____ be allowed to use public facilities reserved for whites in those cases where they didn't have seperate facilities.
must
True or false: Following the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, many restaurants, hotels, and other establishments still refused to serve black costomers.
true
Despite the persisting issues of institutional racism, one area in which African Americans have made significant gains is in
winning elective office.
What demographic group is most likely to support same-sex marriage?
younger adults
Southern states used a number of devices to prevent African Americans from voting, including which of the following?
- literacy tests - poll taxes - whites-only primaries
Which of the following are rights gays and lesbians had to fight for in the U.S.?
- the right to have the same benefits as traditional couples - the right to openly enlist in the military
In 1968 Congress passed a law, the that granted Native Americans constitutional rights similar to those held by other Americans
Indian Civil Rights Act
What is at the heart of many civil rights struggles for equality in the United States?
People hold deep-seated prejudices based on such things as race, color, and religion.