Chapter 5 Wrap It Up Quiz-gov

Which U.S. president signed the "don't ask, don't tell" legislation? a. Bill Clinton b. Ronald Reagan c. Richard Nixon d. Dwight Eisenhower

a. Bill Clinton

Which Supreme Court case held that African Americans could not sue in federal court because they were not American citizens? a. Dred Scott v. Sandford b. Brown v. Board of Education c. Furman v. Georgia d. New York Times v. Sullivan

a. Dred Scott v. Sandford

Immediately after the Civil War, freed slaves struggled to blend into society. This era was known as a. Reconstruction. b. the Jim Crow era. c. the Great Emancipation. d. the Age of Reason.

a. Reconstruction.

Which standard of review does the Supreme Court use for discrimination cases based on race or ethnicity? a. Strict scrutiny b. Malice test c. Lemon test d. Rational basis

a. Strict scrutiny

In the 1950s and 1960s, the Supreme Court actively applied the equal protection clause in order to fight public discrimination. a. True b. False

a. True

The three biggest blocks to equality for African Americans post-World War II was state-sponsored segregation of public facilities, prohibitions on the right to vote, and a. the right of private businesses to not serve people based on race. b. the lack of job prospects. c. the inability to buy property. d. not being allowed to marry.

a. the right of private businesses to not serve people based on race.

Which Supreme Court case led to the end of the separate-but-equal doctrine? a. Plessy v. Ferguson b. Brown v. Board of Education c. Furman v. Georgia d. Dred Scott v. Sandford

b. Brown v. Board of Education

What did the Supreme Court decide in the Civil Rights Cases (1883)? a. Congress did not have the authority to ban public discrimination. b. Congress did not have the authority to ban private discrimination. c. Congress did not have the authority to ban institutional discrimination. d. Congress had the authority to ban both private and public discrimination.

b. Congress did not have the authority to ban private discrimination.

The Stonewall riots are an event associated with the Women's Rights movement. a. True b. False

b. False

Which terrorist group was formed in 1866 to restore white supremacy in the U.S.? a. Confederates b. Ku Klux Klan (KKK) c. Communist Party d. Nazis

b. Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

Which Supreme Court case struck down a law prohibiting miscegenation, or interracial marriage? a. Brown v. Board of Education b. Loving v. Virginia c. Mapp v. Ohio d. Marbury v. Madison

b. Loving v. Virginia

Which piece of legislation first limited, then was later amended to ban literacy tests for voting? a. Articles of Confederation b. Voting Rights Act c. Twenty-Fourth Amendment d. Civil Rights Act

b. Voting Rights Act

When police use race as a factor to determine who to investigate for a particular crime, it is called a. interrogation. b. profiling. c. incrimination. d. cross-examination.

b. profiling.

A McDonald's in Chicago is closing to the public for a week because its owner is adding wheelchair ramps to each of its three entrances. Which law is this business following? a. Equal Rights Amendment b. Civil Rights Act c. Americans with Disabilities Act d. Rehabilitation Act

c. Americans with Disabilities Act

What privileges are centered around the concept of equal treatment that government is obliged to protect based on the expectation of equality under the law, the most important of which is the right to vote? a. Civil liberties b. Constitutional amendments c. Civil rights d. Jim Crow laws

c. Civil rights

Who refused to give up his or her seat to a white person on an Alabama bus and was subsequently arrested, leading to a Supreme Court decision that Montgomery's segregated bus system was unconstitutional? a. Diane Nash b. Martin Luther King Jr. c. Rosa Parks d. Malcolm X

c. Rosa Parks

Which Amendment ended slavery in the United States? a. Second b. Nineteenth c. Thirteenth d. Tenth

c. Thirteenth

On June 11, 1963, Governor George Wallace, a big supporter of segregation, physically blocked two black undergraduate students from registering for classes. The governor finally acquiesced when President Kennedy deployed the National Guard to enforce the integration of a. Georgia Southern University. b. University of Texas. c. University of Alabama. d. University of South Carolina.

c. University of Alabama.

If an elite law school like Tulane University graduates relatively few Latinos in comparison to its white students, there is likely a problem of a. civil liberties. b. public discrimination. c. equality of outcome. d. political participation.

c. equality of outcome.

Which case established the separate-but-equal doctrine? a. Roe v. Wade b. Brown v. Board of Education c. Dred Scott v. Sandford d. Plessy v. Ferguson

d. Plessy v. Ferguson

Which states took the lead in granting women the right to vote prior to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment? a. Eastern seaboard states b. Midwestern states c. Southern states d. Western states

d. Western states

When she was born, a female baby was covered by her father's identity. When she married, she was covered by her husband's, rendering her person legally nonexistent. She could not make contracts, work in public life, or own anything. Although coverture laws like these are hundreds of years old, as late as 1972, eleven U.S. states continued to enforce them. Today, coverture laws are considered a. the separate-but-equal doctrine. b. ethnic discrimination. c. the equal protection clause. d. gender discrimination.

d. gender discrimination.

When the government treats people equally but permits individuals or businesses to discriminate, it is allowing a. equality of outcome. b. public discrimination. c. partisanship. d. private discrimination

d. private discrimination

The Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that a. same-sex marriage bans were constitutional and did not violate the any amendments. b. same-sex marriage decisions would be handled by each state, and states did not have to recognize other state decisions. c. same-sex marriage would be recognized by the national government, but the states did not have to recognize them. d. same-sex marriage bans violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

d. same-sex marriage bans violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

In 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that private discrimination can be prohibited if it involves significant a. due process. b. equal protection. c. suffrage. d. state action.

d. state action.