Question 1

Native Americans

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A)  today number more than 2 million.
B)  have a far higher infant mortality rate than the national average.
C)  have in recent years filed suit to reclaim their ancestral lands.
D)  are less than half as likely to finish college as other Americans.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

Native Americans were made "official" citizens of the United States in ________.

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A)  1789
B)  1856
C)  1924
D)  1972
E)  1998F) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 3

Describe the provisions and impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968.

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The 1964 Civil Rights Act entitles all p...

Question 4

According to Gunnar Myrdal,what is America's curse?

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A)  greed
B)  racial discrimination
C)  obesity
D)  street violence
E)  religious intoleranceF) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 5

The demand that women should receive equal pay relative to men for work that is similarly demanding,involves similar responsibilities,and requires similar levels of education and training is the basis of the concept of

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A)  equality of opportunity.
B)  affirmative action.
C)  comparable worth.
D)  de jure discrimination.
E)  reverse discrimination.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 6

What is affirmative action? What is the Supreme Court's general position on affirmative action?

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Affirmative action is a deliberate effor...

Question 7

In 2007 the Supreme Court ruled that the pursuit of racial integration in public schools through busing

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A)  was a practice that should be left to state governments to adopt or reject.
B)  should be enacted and monitored by the federal government to ensure full compliance.
C)  was as necessary to ensure racial justice as was the ending of de facto segregation in 1954.
D)  was a permanent solution to an intractable problem.
E)  deprived white students of their Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection.F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 8

All of the following statements about Latino Americans are true EXCEPT that

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A)  they are the fastest-growing minority in the United States.
B)  they have made major political gains in terms of electing local officials,particularly in the southwestern states.
C)  Hispanics are healthier and have a longer life expectancy than would be expected from their education and income levels.
D)  their average annual income is relatively close to the national average.
E)  they are one of the nation's oldest ethnic groups.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 9

Since the height of the busing era,the trend in public schools has been

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A)  toward greater integration.
B)  toward greater segregation.
C)  to rely more and more on busing.
D)  to reinstate de jure racial segregation.
E)  to retain the gains in racial integration achieved through the 1970s,but not to further them.F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 10

The Supreme Court halted the general use of quotas in the granting of federal contracts in the 1995 case of

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A)  Adarand v.Pena.
B)  Fullilove v.Klutznick.
C)  Craig v.Boren.
D)  Rostker v.Goldberg.
E)  United States v.Virginia.F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 11

Which one of the following occurred after the Brown decision?

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A)  Civil Rights Act of 1964
B)  Voting Rights Act of 1965
C)  1957 Little Rock riots
D)  "I have a dream" speech
E)  All these answers are correct.F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 12

Which of the following statements is true?

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A)  About one in three single-parent families that are headed by women live below the poverty line.
B)  The 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act represented a setback for women by reducing the amount of guaranteed benefits that new mothers receive.
C)  Recent Supreme Court decisions have made it harder for employees to sue an organization that retaliates against them for filing a sexual harassment complaint.
D)  There are generally fewer single-parent families headed by women below the poverty line than two-parent families below the poverty line.
E)  The "feminization of poverty" describes the phenomenon of greater government protection for women below the poverty line than men.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 13

What was politically significant about Geraldine Ferraro in 1984?

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A)  She became the first woman to be elected governor of a state.
B)  She became the first woman to run on the national ticket of a major political party.
C)  She became the first woman to serve as attorney general of the United States.
D)  She was the first woman to hold the top position in the U.S.House of Representatives.
E)  She was the first person to hold the top position in the U.S.Senate.F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 14

Housing in America

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A)  falls largely outside the scope of the law-people are free to rent or sell property to whomever they want.
B)  is an area where equality in practice is now nearly a reality;people of similar incomes,regardless of race or color,find it equally easy to qualify for home mortgages.
C)  is an unimportant civil rights issue,since housing patterns almost completely reflect the personal preferences of people and are not substantially influenced by past or present racial bias.
D)  continues to evidence a high degree of racial segregation.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 15

The 1996 Defense of Marriage Act

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A)  authorizes states to grant marital rights to a same-sex couple that has been granted these rights by another state.
B)  authorizes states to deny marital rights to a same-sex couple that has been granted these rights by another state.
C)  invalidated,through federal legislation,the marriages of same-sex couples that had become married in states that allow same-sex unions.
D)  established a timeline by which all states must legally allow same-sex marriages.
E)  invalided state laws that had mandated that marriage be defined only as a union between a man and a woman.F) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 16

All of the following statements about Asian American rights are true EXCEPT that

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A)  they have not attained a proportionate share of top business positions.
B)  Asian Americans are an upwardly mobile group but are underrepresented in top positions in society due to past and present discrimination.
C)  Asian Americans have the highest percentage of two-parent families of any racial group.
D)  Asian Americans have made notable educational advancements.
E)  Asian Americans have the second highest median family income of any group.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 17

When the United States first came into being,married women were not permitted to

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A)  vote.
B)  hold office.
C)  serve on juries.
D)  own and dispense property without the husband's consent.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) None of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 18

Which statement about women's rights is correct?

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A)  The Equal Rights Amendment (ER
A)  was ratified by the necessary 38 states in 1982.
B)  The women's rights movement began in the era of World War I and within a few years achieved voting rights for women.
C)  Women have made clear gains in the areas of appointive and elective offices.
D)  Women tend to cast their votes for Republican candidates.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) D) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 19

Discuss the racial problems addressed by the Brown v.Board of Education of Topeka,Kansas decision and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.What provisions of the Constitution provided the basis for each of these policy decisions?

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In Brown v.Board of Education of Topeka,...

Question 20

In 2004,by order of the state's Supreme Court,________ instituted same-sex marriage.

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A)  California
B)  Texas
C)  Vermont
D)  Massachusetts
E)  AlabamaF) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Exam 5: Equal Rights: Struggling Toward Fairness

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Native Americans were made "official" citizens of the United States in ________.

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According to Gunnar Myrdal,what is America's curse?

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Which one of the following occurred after the Brown decision?

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