GOVT exam 3

Although many Americans believe that the concept of_______________________include such things as access to jobs in Health Care, Others argue that it means only that people are all treated under the same law

equality

Arrange the following items in chronological order are starting with the earliest challenge to segregation laws

1. The Supreme Court in school segregation in brown vs. board of education of Topeka. 2. The Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white writer in Montgomery, Alabama 3. Dr. Martin Luther king junior delivers a speech before the purchase of dense at the march on Washington for jobs and freedom

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

14th amendment

Prohibits discrimination by gov't but not by private parties

Which landmark Supreme Court case declared affirmative action constitutional but invalidated the use of racial quotas

Regents of the University of California V. BAKKE

Which of the following exemplifies the profound impact of the civil rights movement?

Removing discrimination of voting requirements

Civil rights act of 1964

barred racial discrimination in public accommodations from private employment

At one time, banks engaged in a practice known as blank, refusing to grant mortgage loans to people who lived in certain neighborhoods, especially those with a large black population

redining

Asian Americans are more likely than other minority groups to be which the following

-Have a high median income -College educated

Which of the following statements about Americans with disabilities acts are true

-It grants certain employment protections to persons with disabilities -They requires cover many agencies to take steps to make their building success of all to persons with disabilities

Which of the following tactics were used by and Martin Luther king junior and a leading civil rights movements

-Marches and nonviolent protest -sit ins -boycotts

Which of the following statements about affirmative action are true

-Preference programs have greater support among African Americans than among whites -Most Americans support programs to get equal treatment to groups that have been found disadvantage historically

And what year did the Supreme Court ruled that forced the busing violated students'constitutional rights to equal protection under the law

2007

According to the United States government's statistics, roughly blank percent of black children live in poverty compared to blank percent of white children

40, 10

The landmark case of Lou vs. Nichols in 1974 resulted in many states offerings------------education and the public schools

Bilingual

What was the first result of the national boycott of California Lettuce and Grapes that was launched by Cesar Chavez

California passed a law giving immigrant workers the right to bargain collectively

Native Americans were not considered to be-------------until 1924

Citizens

The type of discrimination in which traditionally disadvantaged groups have fewer opportunity's because a prejudice despite legal protection is

De facto discrimination

Which practices were banned as a result of the civil rights act of 1968?

Discriminatory practices and the mortgage lending -Discriminate or a real estate practices such as steering African-Americans to certain neighborhoods -Discriminatory practices and housing

In order to ensure it equal employment opportunity for all, the Federal gov't in the 1960 and began to require agencies and businesses to

Establish policies aimed at giving minority-group members equal opportunities to obtain jobs

True or false: in the case of Scheette v. Coalition To defend affirmative action, the Supreme Court overturned a Michigan law That barred publicly funded colleges from granting " preferential treatment to any individual on the basis of race, sex, color or ethnicity"

False

Which of the following is not a major sore eyes issue being fought for by many minority groups

Freedom of religion

In 1974, Congress passed a law, the blank, that grants native Americans constitutional rights similar to those held by Americans

Indian bill of rights

Which of the following minority groups make up the largest Hispanic population in the United States?

Mexican

Which 2015 supreme court is Susan removed the ban on same sex marriages citing it violated the 14th amendment's equal protection and due process clause is?

Obergefell v Hodges

Which of the following women were a vice president candidates for a major U.S. political party?

Sarah Pallin Geraldine Ferraro

In which case to the Supreme Court ruled that the forced busing of children for the purpose of achieving segregated was unconstitutional

Swann vs. Charlotte Meclenburg county

Which of the following is sure about women see quality in the workplace?

The average pay for women workers is only 80% of the amount earned by male workers Women tend to earn less because they are more likely to leave work to start a family

Which is an actor representation of the Hispanic population United States

-The majority are immigrants from Mexico and the Caribbean islands -Their numbers have more than doubled in the past 20 years

Which of the following our rights gays and lesbians had to fight for

-The right to openly a listen the military -The rights have the same benefits as traditional couples