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Civil Rights Vol II
Test Description: AP US GoPo
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What were Black Codes?
A
restrictions placed on the right of newly freed slaves to own property in the North
B
laws passed in northern states to guarantee rights to newly freed blacks
C
unsuccessful attempts by northern states to recruit newly freed blacks to work in northern factories
D
laws passed in southern states that denied legal rights to newly freed slaves
2) What does Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 prohibit?
A
discrimination against noncitizens
B
discrimination against gay and lesbian students
C
discrimination against female students
D
discrimination on the basis of weight
3) The Civil Rights Act of 1964
A
prohibited discrimination in public accommodations engaged in interstate commerce.
B
guaranteed full voting rights to all legal U.S. residents.
C
prohibited employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
D
provided federal funds to discriminatory state and local programs.
4) In August 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. led a huge march on Washington that culminated in
A
King's I Have a Dream speech.
B
the brutal beatings of African Americans by D.C. residents.
C
the arrest of thousands of marchers by the D.C. police.
D
wide scale rioting in black neighborhoods around the country.
5) Who was a leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the head of the Montgomery Improvement Association?
A
Martin Luther King, Jr.
B
Seneca Falls
C
Malcolm X
D
Rosa Parks
6) What sort of strategy did the NAACP pursue in its efforts to ensure equality for African Americans by overturning Jim Crow laws and Plessy v. Ferguson?
A
a legislation strategy at the federal level
B
a litigation strategy at the federal level
C
a legislation strategy at the state level
D
a litigation strategy at the state level
7) Which of the following accurately represents American public opinion about affirmative action?
A
A majority of non-Hispanic whites favors affirmative action.
B
About half of all Americans favor affirmative action, but about two-thirds of all Americans think that university admissions
C
African Americans are more likely to believe that university admissions should be based solely on merit than are Hispanics.
D
Nearly three-quarters of non-Hispanic whites think that university admissions should take into account race and ethnicity.
8) What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
A
to prohibit the expansion of slavery into any new states admitted to the union
B
to enhance the civil rights of noncitizens
C
to guarantee women the right to vote while denying the right to vote to slaves
D
to maintain the current balance of slave and free states
9) Laws enacted by southern states that resulted in segregation by race were also known as
A
Jim Crow laws.
B
grandfather clauses.
C
freedmen statutes.
D
sharecropper statutes.
10) What does the Americans with Disabilities Act require?
A
generous government stipends for all disabled Americans
B
at least 5 percent of all congressional seats must be held by disabled Americans
C
at least 5 percent of all state legislative seats must be held by disabled Americans
D
workplace accommodations for disabled Americans
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