Which of the following best describes how to distinguish civil rights from civil liberties?
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Unlike civil liberties, civil rights place positive obligations on the government to take action.
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What was the Seneca Falls Convention?
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the convention that wrote and debated the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions
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The Civil Rights Act of 1875 attempted to
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protect African Americans from discrimination in public accommodations such as hotels and theaters.
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By far the most important piece of legislation passed by Congress fostering equal opportunity in the United States was the
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Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Which constitutional amendment abolished slavery?
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Thirteenth
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For the first hundred years after the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Supreme Court interpreted the equal protection clause to
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permit a system of segregated social facilities.
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The decision in which court case(s) established the principle of separate but equal?
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Plessy v. Ferguson.
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Legal segregation is called ____________ segregation.
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de jure
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To draw voting districts so that one group or party is advantaged is called
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gerrymandering.
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Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. This is the wording of which amendment to the constitution?
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Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. This is the wording of which amendment to the constitution?
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What is the practice of restrictive covenants?
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the seller of a home adding a clause to the sales contract that requires the buyer to agree not to sell the home later to an African American, a Jew, etc.
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Which of the following best summarizes the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education?
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Racially segregated schools can never be equal and therefore violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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In cases of racial discrimination, the Supreme Court uses the ____________ test.
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strict scrutiny
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Brown v. Board of Education (1954) was significant because it required
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all public schools desegregate and used the Fourteenth Amendment in a far-reaching manner
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The practice of financial institutions refusing to lend money for housing mortgages for entire neighborhoods is called
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redlining.
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When hearing gender-related discrimination cases, the Court uses the doctrine of
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intermediate scrutiny.
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In 1990, Congress passed the ____________, which guarantees equal employment rights and access to public businesses for the disabled.
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Americans with Disabilities Act
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When the Supreme Court decided in ____________ that violations of Title IX of the 1972 Education Act could be remedied with monetary damages, schools were forced to take seriously the issue of sexual harassment.
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Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools
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The Supreme Court has ruled that illegal immigrants are eligible for all of the following except
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welfare benefits.
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____________ is defined as compensatory action to overcome the consequences of past discrimination.
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Affirmative action
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The policy of Don't ask, don't tell concerned
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allowing gays and lesbians to serve in the military as long as they do not openly proclaim their sexual orientation or engage in homosexual activity.
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Affirmative action allows companies to
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consider minority status, all other things being equal.
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Against which group is it still legal in most states to discriminate in hiring?
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It is illegal to discriminate against any of these groups in job hiring.
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