3.2 Civil Rights APQ

Jim Crow laws, still in place in the early 1960s in the South, were outlawed by the ... A) incorporation of the Bill of Rights. B) 1963 march on Washington. C) passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. D) Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.

passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Which of the following describes an effect of the Twenty-Fourth Amendment? A) It assured equal access to places of public accommodation regardless of race. B) It increased the importance of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. C) It reduced barriers to political participation on the basis of gender. D) It eliminated poll taxes

It eliminated poll taxes

The United States Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was based on which of the following? A) The Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause. B) The First Amendment's right to freedom of expression. C) The Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection. D) The Fourth Amendment's exclusionary rule.

The Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection.

Which of the following is most likely responsible for the increase in the number of southern African American state legislators between 1960 and 1992 as shown in the graph? Source: Kousser, 1999 A) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) B) The Nineteenth Amendment C) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 D) The Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, the Equal Rights Amendment, and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 were all directed toward the goal of ... A) overcoming discrimination based on sexual orientation. B) protecting the rights of minority children in the schools. C) racial justice. D) equality for women.

equality for women.

The Americans with Disabilities Act was widely unpopular with governors and mayors because it... A) required that people with disabilities be given equal access to public facilities. B) required that buildings be retrofitted or remodeled to give equal access to people with disabilities. C) applied only to federal facilities and did nothing to accommodate people in municipal buildings. D) required that states and cities pay for federally mandated construction and remodeling.

required that states and cities pay for federally mandated construction and remodeling.

Civil rights activists, such as those who campaign for gay and lesbian equal rights and those who advocated for racial equality in the 1950s and 1960s, often find the most effective way to secure those rights is... A) through litigation in the courts to gain legal protections against discrimination. B) through lobbying of individual members of Congress for support on legislation. C) through mass demonstrations to raise awareness of their cause. D) by launching educational campaigns to increase the level of public support for their cause.

through litigation in the courts to gain legal protections against discrimination.

Which of the following is contained in the Fourteenth Amendment and was likely an inspiration for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"? A) The due process clause, which implies the right to vote, shall not be denied on the basis of race B) The guarantee that all people, regardless of race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, have the right to free speech C)The guarantee that citizens have the right to a speedy and public trial regardless of gender, race, or age D) The principle that all people should be equal under the law, as embodied in the equal protection clause

The principle that all people should be equal under the law, as embodied in the equal protection clause

Based on previous court rulings, which of the following scenarios would most likely violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? A) A mayor refuses to allow an unpopular group to hold a political rally. B) A police officer inspects the contents of a computer hard drive without a warrant. C) A public school system uses race-based segregation. D) The federal government passes a law prohibiting assault rifles

A public school system uses race-based segregation.

The grandfather clause is significant in United States political history for which of the following reasons? A) It was a means whereby elderly voters were excluded from the electorate. B) It was created by the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson. C) It was a means whereby Black citizens in southern states were disenfranchised. D) It was declared unconstitutional by the Fifteenth Amendment.

It was a means whereby Black citizens in southern states were disenfranchised.

Which of the following statements presents the most important limitation of the data in the graph? A) There is no information about the total number of state legislators. B) There are insufficient data points to detect a trend. C) The time frame for the data is misleading. D) The trend over time is potentially misleading and would be easier to read in a pie chart.

There is no information about the total number of state legislators.

If a college's admission policy to reserve twenty seats in its incoming class for applicants belonging to racial minority groups is challenged in the courts, a judge is likely to... A) uphold the policy because it provides additional opportunities for minority applicants. B) strike down the policy because reserving seats amounts to a quota system. C) uphold the policy because only a small percentage of the total seats for incoming students are affected. D) strike down the policy because the percentage of seats reserved is less than the percentage of minority citizens in the general population.

strike down the policy because reserving seats amounts to a quota system.