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Why was the equal protection clause targeted at the states?
a) States were not upholding the rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.
b) States refused to recognize the equal status of women.
c) States were discriminating against newly freed slaves.
d) States applied the strict scrutiny test to all claims of discrimination.

Why has the equal protection clause been a vital tool in the fight for civil rights?
a) because the Supreme Court has interpreted it to require the treatment of all groups
b) because it was so effective at protecting the civil rights of newly freed slaves
c) because it requires that people be equal in all respects
d) because it helped overturn the Fourteenth Amendment

When did the United States first make laws restricting immigration?
a) 1934
b) 1910
c) 1875
d) 1960

All of the following are responsibilities of citizens except:
a) Obey Laws
b) Vote
c) Support the local sports team
d) Pay taxes

In the mid 1800's the government began a policy of removing Native Americans from their traditional lands and forcing them onto:
a) Camps
b) Islands
c) Communes
d) Reservations

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 in 1942. The order required all people of Japanese descent on the West Coast to report to War Relocation Centers which were also known as:
a) Resorts
b) Internment Camps
c) Concentration Camps
d) Rehabilitation Camps

Desegregation is the ending of of formal separation of groups based on:
a) Race
b) Size
c) Age
d) Region

Boycotts, sit-ins, demonstrations, marches, are all examples of _____________________.
a) Violence
b) Trespassing
c) Civil disobedience
d) Disturbing the peace

The twenty-fourth amendment banned this type of tax in an attempt to make it easier for African Americans to vote.
a) Income tax
b) Payroll tax
c) Sales tax
d) Poll tax

This law required employers to offer equal pay to men and women doing the same work.
a) The Fair Pay Act of 1984
b) The Gender Equality and Pay Act of 1965
c) The Equal Pay Act of 1963
d) The Equal Pay for Equal Work Act of 1971

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