US Government

The 1964 Civil Rights Act banned ______.

in public accommodations

In which year did the Supreme Court rule that forced busing violated student's constitutional right to equal protection under the law?

2007

What action did President Eisenhower take during the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School?

He federalized the Arkansas National Guard.

In 1964, how did the federal government respond to demands for equal rights for African Americans?

It passed the Civil Rights Act, which entitles all persons to equal access to public accommodations.

A company that has a contract with the federal government to construct a road on federal land institutes policies that ensure that its hiring practices are fair and do not exclude members of minority groups. In this way, the company is complying with _____ requirements.

affirmative action

Which practices were banned as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1968?

discriminatory practices in mortgage lending discriminatory real estate practices such as steering African American families to certain neighborhoods discriminatory practices in housing

In order for an affirmative action program to be upheld as constitutional, the Supreme Court requires that government prove what kind of governmental interest?

compelling

In Rostker v. Goldberg (1980) the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of

gender

Which of the following is a key result of the civil rights movement?

removing discrimination in voting requirements

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

Which of the following statements about affirmative action are true?

Most Americans support programs to give equal treatment to groups that have been disadvantaged historically. Most Americans oppose programs that give preferential treatment to groups that have been disadvantaged historically.

The Supreme Court ruled that the forced busing of children for the purpose of achieving racially integrated schools was constitutional in ______.

Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg County

In which case did the Supreme Court rule that the male only admissions policy at the Virginia Military Institute was unconstitutional?

United States vs. Virginia

In the unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court found that segregated schools made Black students feel like they had _____ in the community and were thus "inherently unequal."

an inferior status

Which type of discrimination is based on the law?

de jure discrimination

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

The preclearance provision of the Voting Rights Act states that designated states and counties must ______.

obtain federal permission before making changes that might adversely affect a minority group.

Southern states used a number of devices to prevent African Americans from voting, including which of the following?

poll taxes, literacy tests, white-only

True or false: The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned segregation in public accommodations such as restaurants and movie theaters, is based on Congress's power to regulate commerce.

true

True or false: The idea that "all men are created equal," as stated in the Declaration of Independence, has always been understood to include all people in the United States.

False

Which of the following are among the legacies of the practice of redlining?

Segregated neighborhoods still exist. Hispanics and African Americans still have difficulty obtaining mortgages (compared to whites).

Which policy requires the federal government to implement measures aimed at reinforcing equal access to employment by mandating recruitment procedures that gave qualified minority workers an equal opportunity to gain government jobs?

affirmative action

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 entail?

banned discriminatory It allowed federal intervention in voter registration in states with a history of discriminating against Black voters.

In the case of Shelby County v. Holder (2013), the majority held that the formula for identifying states and counties subject to federal oversight of changes related to voting was ______.

based on obsolete statistics

Which clause of the U.S. Constitution was at the center of the argument in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka?

equal-protection clause

The promise made by the phrase "all men are created equal" has done which of the following?

inspired a hope for eventual equality been foundational in legal decisions given moral strength

In a 1947 case, the Supreme Court ruled that because they had no law school for Black students, the University of Oklahoma was ______ to admit Ada Sipuel to its law school.

required

In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court declared that "

separate

Following the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954), a number of southern congressmen wrote a letter titled the ______, urging state governments to "resist forced integration by any lawful means."

southern manifesto

Any law that treats individuals differently based on race is subject to the ______ test.

strict-scrutiny

According to the Supreme Court, laws that discriminate between people based on their race or ethnicity are laws that make use of ______.

suspect classifications