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1. Until 1967, 16 states outlawed marriages between whites and nonwhites.
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2. Laws cannot treat people differently.
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3. In the late 1800s, the Supreme Court struck down a law that required that juries consist only of white males.
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4. In 1883, the Supreme Court ruled that racial discrimination in public accommodations (such as hotels) was unconstitutional.
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5. In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed political equality but not social equality.
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6. The NAACP was formed by a group consisting of both whites and blacks.
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7. The decision of the Supreme Court in Brown was unanimous.
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8. In the immediate aftermath of Brown v. Board of Education, southern resistance to school integration quickly collapsed.
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9. The federal government withholding federal aid to segregated schools in the 1970s led many schools to integrate.
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10. Findings from social science studies on the impact of segregation on black children influenced the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown.
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11. De jure segregation refers to segregation that is the result of residential patterns as opposed to deliberate government policy.
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12. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education settled the issues of busing across city and county lines.
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13. In 1992, the Supreme Court ruled that schools could not be held responsible for segregation caused solely by segregated living patterns.
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14. Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama because he refused to give up his bus seat to a white man.
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15. The strategy known as civil disobedience was done by peacefully disobeying a law and accepting the punishment.
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16. The outcome of the 1964 elections helped the civil rights forces.
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17. The courts have so far declined to submit laws that treat men and women differently to the strict scrutiny test.
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18. States can give widows a property-tax exemption not given to widowers.
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19. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Virginia Military Institute when its tradition of admitting only male cadets was challenged.
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20. It is illegal for an employee to experience a work environment that has been made hostile or intimidating by a steady pattern of offensive sexual teasing, jokes, or obscenity.
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21. Privacy is mentioned only once in the Constitution.
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22. In 1989, the Webster case upheld some state restrictions on abortion.
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23. Equality of results is using race or sex to give preferential treatment to some people.
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24. In Lawrence v. Texas, gay couples married in states where same-sex marriage is legal must receive the same federal health, tax, and other benefits that heterosexual married couples receive.
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25. In 2000, the Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts of America could exclude gay men and boys.
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26. Which statement best summarizes the pertinent question of civil rights?
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27. An example of a difference in treatment toward certain groups that qualifies as reasonable is
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28. The _________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution appeared to guarantee equal rights for blacks.
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29. In the Slaughter-House Cases (1873), the Supreme Court ruled
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30. In the __________ decision, the Supreme Court ruled that “separate-but-equal” facilities were constitutional.
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31. One reason the NAACP’s strategy of using the courts to further black civil rights worked was that it
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32. Lloyd Gaines had a tremendous impact on the interpretation of the Constitution when he attempted to
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33. In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court
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34. In 1955, the Supreme Court ruled that desegregation should be
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35. In order to discourage segregation, federal laws began to
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36. As its rationale for the decision in Brown, the Supreme Court relied primarily on
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37. The difference between de facto and de jure segregation is that
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38. The practice of court-ordered busing plans to remedy school segregation patterns was approved in the case of
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39. Rosa Parks had a tremendous impact on the civil rights movement when she refused to
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40. The philosophy of civil disobedience suggests that there is value to
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41. One factor helping to break the deadlock that developed in the civil rights movement during the early 1960s was the
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42. Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech was given in front of
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43. The textbook discusses how the growing political strength of blacks is evident because
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44. In their struggle for equal treatment, women, unlike blacks, had to deal with a legal tradition that
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45. The origin of the movement to give more rights to women was probably the
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46. Before receiving the vote nationally, women were slowly given the right to vote in several states, particularly in the
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47. The __________ Amendment made clear that no state may deny the right to vote on the basis of sex.
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48. A great change in the status of American women took place when
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49. In 1963, the publication of __________by Betty Friedan strengthened the feminist movement.
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50. Congress responded to the feminist movement by passing laws that
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51. The following is an example of a law that would only have to pass the reasonable standard where the government argues for the distinction on a rational basis.
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52. Which of the following is NOT considered illegal discrimination?
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53. In Reed v. Reed, the Supreme Court ruled that
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54. In the Virginia Military Institute case, the Supreme Court required __________ for single-sex schools.
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55. Drawing on rulings by the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, the Supreme Court has tried to define sexual harassment by ruling that
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56. In 1998, the Supreme Court ruled that a school system was not liable for the conduct of a teacher who seduced a female student because
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57. Laws that address public order and the safety and morals of citizens have traditionally been considered the focus of
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58. Which of the following statements concerning the “right to privacy” is TRUE?
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59. The Supreme Court has argued that the right to privacy can be found in __________ of the provisions in the Bill of Rights.
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60. In this seminal decision, the Supreme Court held that a “right to privacy” is “broad enough to encompass a woman’s decision whether or not to terminate a pregnancy.”
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61. Based on the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe, a woman has an unfettered right to an abortion
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62. Under the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe, states may ban abortions
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63. The Hyde Amendment barred the use of federal funds for abortions
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64. The Supreme Court’s decision in Casey was notable because
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65. Since its decision in Roe, the Supreme Court struck down a state law requiring
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66. Supporters of equality of opportunity tend to
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67. __________ refers to making sure people achieve the same outcome.
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68. The Supreme Court ruled in the Bakke case that
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69. Which of the following is NOT true of the current Supreme Court standards dealing with affirmative action?
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70. In what case was it determined that any discrimination, even when its purpose is to help, must be subject to strict scrutiny.
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71. In a 2003 case involving admissions practices at the University of Michigan, the Supreme Court reaffirmed its decision in Bakke by rejecting the use of
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72. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Bowers v. Hardwick suggested that the right to privacy was designed to protect
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73. In this seminal Supreme Court decision, the Court overturned its decision in Bowers by ruling that state laws may not ban sexual relations between same-sex partners.
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74. Which case focused on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act?
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75. Under the Defense of Marriage Act, signed in 1996,
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| Essay |
76. In its 2013 State of Black America report, the National Urban League credited civil rights legislation for helping the black community make progress in education and standard of living, but the same report also listed a number of challenges still facing the community. Discuss these areas of progress and the continuing challenges.
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77. Describe the facts and discuss the effect of the ruling of the case Plessy v. Ferguson.
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78. Outline the three-part strategy that the NAACP pursued in the Supreme Court in order to have the separate-but-equal doctrine overruled in the area of schools.
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79. Summarize the Court’s decision in Swann and discuss how this ruling has guided subsequent integration cases.
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80. Identify the four developments that made it possible to break the deadlock between the agenda-setting and coalition-building aspect of the civil rights movement.
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81. Indicate the factors that are considered in gender discrimination cases specifically, as a result of a 1971 case regarding the administration of estates.
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82. Identify, define, and explain the three standards that the Supreme Court uses in discrimination cases.
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83. Summarize the two forms of sexual harassment defined in rulings by the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission.
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84. Explain how the Supreme Court ruled that persons have “right of privacy” in Griswold and how this ruling affected the Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade.
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85. Explain the Supreme Court’s decision in Lawrence v. Texas, and how that overruled the previous decision in Bowers v. Hardwick.
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