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Citizenship And Civil Rights Copy 1
Test Description: GOVT 11 Magruders
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which law ended the country-based quota system that had originally been established by the National Origins Act of 1929?
A
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
B
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
C
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
D
Immigration Act of 1990
2) The efforts of Martin Luther King, Jr., and his fellow civil rights workers resulted in
A
great political change, such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
B
the creation of a multiracial American society.
C
a break in historical continuity that began in the years after the Civil War.
D
little change for African Americans.
3) In Hernandez v. Texas, the Supreme Court's decision
A
opened the door to extend equal protection to racial and ethnic groups.
B
directly led to gays and lesbians serving in the armed forces.
C
ended the segregation of public recreational facilities by race.
D
narrowly defined the 14th Amendment for future cases.
4) Complete the following...The Indian Education Act of 1972 was designed to combat the cycle of ______________ by ______________.
A
poverty; issuing financial assistance to local educational agencies
B
joblessness; placing job-training experts on Native American reservations
C
alcoholism; providing monetary grants to State substance abuse centers
D
racism; introducing a Native American curriculum into schools
5) In Hernandez v. Texas, the Supreme Court's decision
A
opened the door to extend equal protection to racial and ethnic groups.
B
ended the segregation of public recreational facilities by race.
C
narrowly defined the 14th Amendment for future cases.
D
directly led to gays and lesbians serving in the armed forces.
6) The decision in Reed v. Reed, which held that States may not choose the executor of an estate based solely on gender, was important in that it
A
allowed women to sue for custody over property in other situations, such as divorce.
B
was intended to protect women as the weaker sex.
C
was the beginning of a series of decisions that marked a shift in how the Court looks at sex discrimination.
D
challenged the assumption that women are always legally the head of a household.
7) Affirmative action programs primarily seek to
A
remedy the effects of past discrimination.
B
prevent the causes of discrimination today.
C
correct errors in the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968.
D
balance inequalities that occur in collegiate-level sports.
8) In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the Supreme Court held that
A
quotas were legal in certain industries as a remedy for past discrimination.
B
affirmative action was protected by the Equal Protection Clause.
C
race could be used as one of many factors in considering academic admissions.
D
it was constitutional for race to be the only factor in affirmative action decisions.
9) Regarding affirmative action programs, the Supreme Court has held through its decisions that
A
all such programs should be eliminated from public agencies.
B
they must undergo strict scrutiny.
C
race must be considered when assigning students to public schools.
D
racial quotas are not subject to the rational basis test.
10) Which of the following says that the Federal Government may not draw unreasonable distinctions between any classes of people?
A
the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment
B
the strict scrutiny test
C
the Due Process Clause of the 5th Amendment
D
the rational basis test
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