AP Gov Chapter 5 Test

Why did Congress pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

In the 1857 Scot v. Sandford decision, an important milestone on the road to Civil War, the Supreme Court held which of the following?

If you thought you were getting an inferior public education because of your ethnicity, which part of the Constitution would you rely on most heavily to justify your case?

What strategy did the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) use most effectively to advance civil rights for African Americans?

Which of these does the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ban?

For which of the following would the Supreme Court most likely apply an "intermediate scrutiny" standard of review to determine whether the policy is an unconstitutional violation of the equal protection clause?

What provision of the Fourteenth amendment serves as a cornerstone of our understanding of civil rights?

What is the source of de facto segregation and discrimination?

How has the Equal Rights Amendment affected women's civil rights?

What did the Supreme Court determine was unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education?

Which of the following accommodations would an employer most likely have to make to be in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act?

Why do two equally important basic principles of democracy, individual liberty and equality, sometimes conflict with each other?

In Adarand Constructors v. Pena, the Supreme Court determined the standard by which affirmative action policies should be evaluated. What standard did they use?

Which of the following affirmative action programs would be a clear violation of the Supreme Court's decision in Regents of the UC v. Bakke (1978)?

Which of the following was a common critique given by opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment?

If a group of people were systematically discriminated against in the past, which of the following would constitute an affirmative action policy designed as a remedy to help the members of this group overcome the legacy of discrimination?

The history of which of the following groups demonstrates that politically and socially powerful minorities can suppress majorities as well as other minorities?

Which of the following is an accurate statement about the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy?

In Regents of the UC v. Bakke, the Supreme Court determined that ___ were unconstitutional.

Which of the following situations would most likely be a violation of Title IX?