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POLIT 100 Ch. 5

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_____ are known as a "model minority" in the United States.
Asian Americans
To exercise civil disobedience during the 1960s, civil rights activists were trained to:
use nonthreatening body language.
Both de jure segregation and de facto segregation are__________.
forms of racial segregation
Generally, Latinos in the United States have had a comparatively low level of political participation. Which of the following explains this trend?
More than one-third of Hispanics are below voting age.
In 1789, Congress designated the native tribes as foreign nations. Which of the following was a consequence of this action?
Native Americans had no civil rights under U.S. laws.
Which of the following statements is true of the Northwest Ordinance passed by Congress under the Articles of Confederation in 1787?
It stated that property would not be taken from Native Americans without their consent.
Which of the following statements is true of the glass ceiling?
It prevents women from rising to positions of power at workplaces.
Which of the following statements is true of de jure segregation?
It is sanctioned by government agencies.
Which of the following statements is true of de facto segregation?
It occurs because of social and economic conditions and residential patterns.
Identify an accurate statement about voting rights in the history of American politics.
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A law will be subject to strict scrutiny if it:
encompasses suspect classification.
The equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment was originally intended to:
protect criminals from unreasonable punishment.
Which of the following statements is true of "race-blind" admissions?
It assures admission to the best white students from rural, often poor, communities.
Which of the following statements is true of the participation of women in American politics?
In the 2016 elections, women won more seats in Congress than ever before.
The primary goal of the civil rights movement in the 1960s was to:
terminate racial segregation.
The _____ requires that all public buildings and public services be accessible to persons with disabilities.
Americans with Disabilities Act
Which of the following statements is true of sodomy laws?
They were completely abolished in the United States in 2003.
Which of the following statements is true of Hispanic populations in the United States?
The Hispanic group consists of Mexican Americans.
The intermediate scrutiny standard is used to determine if laws based on _____ are permissible.
gender classifications
Which of the following statements is true of the separate-but-equal doctrine?
It denied African Americans the right to vote.
The _____ was used by Southern leaders to disenfranchise African Americans from voting.
poll tax
In 1830, Congress instructed the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), which Congress had established in 1824 as part of the War Department, to:
remove all tribes to reservations west of the Mississippi River in order to free land east of the Mississippi for white settlement.
Which of the following statements is true of the U.S. policies toward Native Americans?
The main goal of the U.S. government in the late 1880s was to assimilate Native Americans into American society.
Identify an accurate statement about the intermediate scrutiny standard.
The intermediate scrutiny standard was developed for the purpose of deciding how to judge cases in which men and women were treated differently.
Which of the following statements is true of the Asian American population in the United States?
They represent the most highly skilled immigrant groups in American history.
The__________was approved at the first "woman's rights" convention in Seneca Falls, New York.
Articles of Confederation
Generally, the term civil rights refers to the rights of all Americans to equal treatment under the law, as provided by the _____ to the Constitution.
Fourteenth Amendment
Which of the following statements is true of suffrage?
It referred to gender discrimination.
Which of the following statements is true of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act?
It allowed American Indians to have gambling operations on their reservations.
In the Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) case, the U.S. Supreme Court:
ruled that race cannot be the sole factor for deciding university admissions.
Since the 1970s, the Supreme Court has declared many gender-based laws ______.
Unconstitutional
The Thirteenth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, and Fifteenth Amendment were a part of the effort to:
Protect the rights of African Americans living in the South
Feminism is best defined as:
a doctrine advocating full political, economic, and social equality for women.
Which of the following statements is true of the strict scrutiny standard?
Under the strict scrutiny standard, a law or action must be necessary to promote a compelling self-interest and
must be narrowly tailored to meet that interest.
Which of the following statements is true of the equal protection clause?
According to the equal protection clause, states must not discriminate unreasonably against a particular group or a class of individuals.
Which of the following statements is true of the Jim Crow laws?
They called for racial segregation in the use of public facilities.
Which of the following statements is true of affirmative action?
It involves offering special admission considerations to members of minority groups.
The 1969 Stonewall Inn uprising launched the:
"gay power" movement.
The grandfather clause__________.
limited voting to those whose ancestors could vote before the Civil War
Today, American Indians remain fragmented politically because__________.
large numbers of their population live off the reservations
Which of the following statements is true of the feminist movement?
The people participating in the feminist movement fought for women's right to have an abortion.
The _____ authorized the federal government to sue to desegregate public schools and facilities.
Civil Rights Act
Identify a true statement about gay and lesbian laws in the United States.
In 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively reinstated sodomy laws in all states of the country.
The _____ is a Supreme Court doctrine that allowed racial segregation as long as there were no differences between the facilities provided for blacks and for whites.
separate-but-equal doctrine
World War I (1914-1918) marked a turning point in the battle for women's rights because:
it offered many opportunities for women in the U.S. Navy and the workforce.
The Rehabilitation Act was the initial legislation passed by Congress in 1973 to__________.
prevent instances of reverse discriminations
The__________justified and permitted racial segregation.
separate-but-equal doctrine
The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution:
held that voting rights would not be denied on account of sex.
What was the goal of literacy tests, launched by Southern leaders in the late 1800s?
Explicitly to deny African Americans the right to vote
When African Americans went to the polls in the years following the abolition of slavery, they faced the threat of ______.
all of the above.
a. Torture
b. Lynching
c. Violence
d. Coercion
A tactic of nonviolent civil disobedience whereby demonstrators enter a business, college building, or other public place and remain seated until they are forcibly removed or until their demands are met, is known as a ______.
sit-in
Which of the following statements reflects the viewpoint of Susan B. Anthony?
Suffrage is only one step on the road toward greater social and political rights for women.
Which of the following statements is true of the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848?
It was where the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified.
Unwanted physical contact, verbal conduct, or abuse of a sexual nature that interferes with a recipient's job performance, creates a hostile environment, or carries with it an implicit or explicit threat of adverse employment consequences is known as ______.
sexual harassment
Beginning in the 1960's, Native American's have engaged in more _____.
Resistance and protest to U.S. Government and corporate actions
Japanese American's were forced to _____ during WWII.
be detained and live in internment camps
Generally, the term civil rights refers to the rights of all Americans to equal treatment under the law, as provided by the _____ to the Constitution.
Fourteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
granted freedom to the slaves
The Fifteenth Amendment
stated that voting rights could not be abridged on account of race.
In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court established the _____ doctrine to justify segregation.
separate-but-equal
In Brown II (1955), the Supreme Court ordered desegregation to begin
"with all deliberate speed."
Discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, and national origin in public places of accommodation and in employment was outlawed by the
Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The _____ made it illegal to interfere with anyone's right to vote in any election held in this country.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The _____ prohibited discrimination in housing.
Civil Rights Act of 1968
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