Citizenship And Civil Rights Ch 9 Magruder's Vol IV Question Preview (ID: 39464)
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964
a) prohibited employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
b) prohibited discrimination in public accommodations engaged in interstate commerce.
c) provided federal funds to discriminatory state and local programs.
d) guaranteed full voting rights to all legal U.S. residents.
Where is one most likely to find de facto discrimination?
a) in state laws
b) in federal laws
c) in residential neighborhoods
d) in Supreme Court decisions
Racial discrimination that results from practice rather than law is called ________ discrimination.
a) practical
b) in vino veritas
c) de facto
d) de jure
Following the assassination of President Kennedy, what was President Lyndon B. Johnson's legislative priority?
a) restoring Jim Crow laws
b) pacifying the demands of the South
c) equal rights for military veterans
d) civil rights reform
What standard does the Supreme Court use to determine whether classification by sexual orientation violates the equal protection clause?
a) minimum rationality standard
b) fundamental freedom standard
c) strict scrutiny
d) intermediate standard
Which of the following best summarizes the current Supreme Court decisions regarding affirmative action?
a) Affirmative action is seldom permissible.
b) Affirmative action is unconstitutional because the Constitution requires that all laws are colorblind.
c) Some racial preferences are acceptable, but race or ethnicity can not be the defining factor.
d) Affirmative action serves a legitimate state purpose as long as there is racial inequality in the United States.
Why are Indian tribes permitted to run casinos?
a) because Native Americans are not American Citizens
b) to compensate for decades of discrimination
c) because tribal lands are not subject to state and federal laws
d) because many Native Americans live in poverty
What does Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 prohibit?
a) discrimination against gay and lesbian students
b) discrimination against noncitizens
c) discrimination against female students
d) discrimination on the basis of weight
American citizens who are members of which of the following groups are not currently guaranteed the right to vote?
a) Hispanics
b) convicted felons
c) twenty-year-olds
d) Everyone listed above is constitutionally guaranteed the right to vote.
What was the immediate response of the South to the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education?
a) The South immediately complied with the spirit of the Court decision because they were eager to put the whole affair behind t
b) The South complied with both the letter and the spirit of the Supreme Court's decision.
c) The South did everything within its power to avoid implementing the Court's decision.
d) The South reluctantly complied with the Court's mandate, although they complained about it relentlessly.
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