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What were Black Codes?
a) laws passed in southern states that denied legal rights to newly freed slaves
b) restrictions placed on the right of newly freed slaves to own property in the North
c) laws passed in northern states to guarantee rights to newly freed blacks
d) unsuccessful attempts by northern states to recruit newly freed blacks to work in northern factories
What does Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 prohibit?
a) discrimination against female students
b) discrimination against noncitizens
c) discrimination against gay and lesbian students
d) discrimination on the basis of weight
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
a) prohibited discrimination in public accommodations engaged in interstate commerce.
b) provided federal funds to discriminatory state and local programs.
c) guaranteed full voting rights to all legal U.S. residents.
d) prohibited employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
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) wide scale rioting in black neighborhoods around the country.
d) the arrest of thousands of marchers by the D.C. police.
Who was a leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the head of the Montgomery Improvement Association?
a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
b) Rosa Parks
c) Malcolm X
d) Seneca Falls
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 litigation strategy at the federal level
b) a litigation strategy at the state level
c) a legislation strategy at the federal level
d) a legislation strategy at the state level
Which of the following accurately represents American public opinion about affirmative action?
a) About half of all Americans favor affirmative action, but about two-thirds of all Americans think that university admissions
b) African Americans are more likely to believe that university admissions should be based solely on merit than are Hispanics.
c) Nearly three-quarters of non-Hispanic whites think that university admissions should take into account race and ethnicity.
d) A majority of non-Hispanic whites favors affirmative action.
What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
a) to maintain the current balance of slave and free states
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 prohibit the expansion of slavery into any new states admitted to the union
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.
What does the Americans with Disabilities Act require?
a) workplace accommodations for disabled Americans
b) generous government stipends for all disabled Americans
c) at least 5 percent of all congressional seats must be held by disabled Americans
d) at least 5 percent of all state legislative seats must be held by disabled Americans
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