Gateways to Democracy An Introduction to American Government 3rd Edition by John G. Geer - Test Bank Instant Download - Complete Test Bank With Answers Sample Questions Are Posted Below Multiple Choice 1. __________ are rights related to the duties of citizenship and the opportunities for participation in civic life that …
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1. __________ are rights related to the duties of citizenship and the opportunities for participation in civic life that the government is obliged to protect.
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2. The most important right is the right to
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3. Businesses refusing to serve or hire people on the basis of their race, sex, sexual orientation, or national orientation is an example of
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4. The actions of the southern states during the period of segregation, such as denying African Americans the right to vote or appear in public places are examples of ______________.
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5. In what year did women get the right to vote nationally?
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6. The expectation that citizens may not be discriminated against and should have an equal chance to succeed in life is called ____________.
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7. The expectation that equality is achieved if results are comparable for all citizens, and that all citizens are proportionally represented in measures of success in life is known as ____________.
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8. Originally, colonial Africans were not slaves, but were ________, with few differences from indentured servants of other races.
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9. The__________ banned slavery in the territories that were north of the southern border of Missouri.
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10. In Dred Scott v. Sanford, the Court ruled that not only could Congress not ban slavery in the territories but that blacks were not
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11. During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln __________, which made slavery illegal in those states in rebellion as of January 1, 1863.
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12. Slavery is prohibited in __________ of the U.S. Constitution.
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13. Congress first allowed nonwhites to become naturalized citizens in __________, when it extended naturalization to “persons of African descent.”
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14. Full-fledged membership in a nation is called ______
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15. The Indian Removal Act of 1830, created the forcible removal of Native Americans to
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16. Native Americans born on reservations did not receive natural-born citizen status until the passage of the _________.
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17. The fastest growing ethnic group in the United States is _______.
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18. During the Mexican Repatriation, roughly 60 percent of those deported were ________.
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19. In ______________, the Court endorsed President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan that sent 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry to relocation camps.
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20. The__________ Act of 1924 placed quotas for ethnic groups based on the proportion of Americans from each nationality resident in 1890, thereby severely limiting the number of whites considered to be of “lower race,” that is, those from southern and eastern Europe.
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21. In order to keep ethnic groups as well as anyone considered undesirable out of the country, Congress used
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22. In order to apply for citizenship today, a person must do all of the following EXCEPT
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23. The__________ of 1866 guaranteed the right of freedmen to make contracts, sue in court if those contracts were violated, and own property.
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24. The period after the Civil War where the former Confederate states gained readmission to the Union and the federal government passed laws to help emancipated slaves is known as ___________
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25. The__________ Amendment, in addition to guaranteeing that no state shall deny any person due process of law, prohibits states from denying any person the equal protection of the law.
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26. Southern politicians used all of the following tactics to disenfranchise African American voters EXCEPT
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27. _________ laws were used by southern states to enforce segregation of whites and black in all public places.
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28. The Court’s ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson established the doctrine of
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29. The states continued the English policy of __________, which granted married women no rights independent of their husbands.
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30. In 1789, only __________ allowed women the right to vote, provided the women met the state’s property requirements. This right was rescinded in 1807.
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31. The territory of __________ granted women’s suffrage in 1869, which continued upon statehood in 1890.
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32. By August 1920, with effective lobbying by suffragist groups, three-quarters of the states ratified the __________ Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote in the November 1920 presidential election.
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33. Which of the following discriminations was NOT true at some point in U.S. history?
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34. The courts have ruled that private discrimination is permissible unless it involves significant _________
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35. The Court has created three standards of review to determine if a law is discriminatory. The toughest of these standards is _________.
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36. The book suggests that __________ brought about the government’s shift from enforcing discrimination to protecting against it.
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37. What legal barriers did African Americans face after World War II?
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38. In the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education, the Court ruled that segregated schools violated the
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39. While the Court’s ruling in Brown was historic, the ruling itself did little to desegregate schools due to its ambiguous command that schools should desegregate
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40. President John Kennedy had to send 25,000 federal troops to ensure the enrollment of one black man, James Meredith, at __________ in 1962.
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41. On December 1, 1955, police arrested __________ for refusing to give her seat on a bus to a white person.
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42. In Loving v. Virginia (1967), the Court struck down __________, finding no compelling interest in a law that prohibited interracial marriage.
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43. Martin Luther King Jr. insisted that __________was the only gateway to negotiation. Those negotiations ended with Birmingham businesses agreeing to integrate lunch counters and hire more blacks.
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44. In March 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. organized a voting rights march from __________, where the Alabama police, under the authority of Governor George Wallace, beat the marchers with whips, nightsticks, and cattle prods.
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45. In 1972, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) established the __________, which worked to eliminate discriminatory laws by developing a litigation strategy for ending gender-based discrimination.
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46. The _________ by Betty Freidan, is generally seen as launching the modern American feminist movement
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47. The _________ was an act passed by Congress in 1963 that prohibits employers from paying different wages for the same job on account of sex.
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48. The __________ is an independent agency with commissioners selected for five-year fixed terms, which Congress established as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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49. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act overturned the Supreme Court’s ruling in
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50. The modern homosexual civil rights movement began when police raided the __________.
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51. How many states banned sodomy at the time of the Stonewall riots?
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52. In__________, the Supreme Court declared that states could not prohibit sexual activity between people of the same sex, reversing a 1986 decision that asserted homosexual activity was not a fundamental right.
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53. In 1996, Congress passed and President Clinton signed the __________ Act, which defines marriage, for the purpose of federal law, as between a man and a woman and declares that states do not have to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.
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54. In ________, the Court ruled that the section of DOMA that limited spousal recognition under federal law to a man and a woman is unconstitutional.
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55. The landmark __________ (1990) requires public and private employers to make “reasonable accommodations” to known physical and mental limitations of employees with disabilities and, if possible, to modify performance standards to accommodate an employee’s disability.
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56. The ADA does not cover specific disabilities, rather it provides for
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57. The act of profiling is deemed controversial due to its excessive use of _________ toward minorities.
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58. How many states allow prison inmates to vote?
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59. The equal protection clause of the __________ prohibits states from denying to any person—in other words, not just citizens—equal protection under the law.
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60. The Court reviews laws that discriminate against legal immigrants using strict scrutiny. However, the Court only reviews laws that discriminate against undocumented workers under the
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| Subjective Short Answer |
61. Compare civil rights to civil liberties.
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62. Identify the groups that have been denied rights to U.S. citizenship.
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63. Discuss restraints on civil rights during wartime.
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64. Does military necessity overrule civil rights? If so, under what circumstances?
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65. What restrictions, if any, should be placed on voting?
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66. Briefly discuss the nature of voting rights during America’s first hundred years.
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67. Discuss the differences between public and private discrimination.
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68. Explain the nature of the Missouri Compromise.
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69. Detail the Court’s ruling in Dred Scott v. Sanford.
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70. Identify how Congress used immigration laws to keep out ethnic groups and other individuals.
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71. Explain the current requirements needed to apply for citizenship.
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72. Explain why the citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment overturned part of the Dred Scott case.
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73. Briefly identify the rules that southern states put in place to disenfranchise African American voters.
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74. What was the impact of the separate but equal doctrine?
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75. Identify some of the ways that coverture laws were used to disenfranchise women.
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76. Explain the differences between “equality of opportunity” and “equality of outcome.”
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77. Identify and explain the three standards that the courts use to determine if there is a violation of equal protection.
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78. Discuss women’s suffrage, including ways that suffrage was hindered and expanded.
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79. Explain the purpose of the Equal Opportunity Commission, including how it differs from a government department head.
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80. Discuss how the United States has dealt with the issue of naturalization over its history. Make sure you discuss how the government has dealt with citizenship in regards to Native Americans.
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81. Explain the Defense of Marriage Act, and discuss whether or not you believe it violates the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution.
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82. Discuss at least three ways that African Americans were politically disenfranchised after the Civil War. Also, briefly discuss how the federal government rectified this disenfranchisement.
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83. Explain the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
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84. Provide a detailed explanation of how the United States has dealt with Latinos over the course of its history.
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85. Explain how laws and public opinion have shifted over gay rights since the Stonewall riots.
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