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Chapter 5 Political Science

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The term civil rights refers to
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the rights of all Americans provided for in the Fourteenth Amendment and what the government must do to ensure freedom from discrimination.
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The provision that states that all persons born in the United States are citizens can be found in the
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the Fourteenth Amendment.
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The Fifteenth Amendment
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stated that the right to vote shall not be abridged on account of race.
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The Civil Rights Acts passed by Congress between 1865 and1875
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ALL THESE CHOICES ARE TRUE= were designed to enforce the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. implemented the extension of citizenship to anyone born in the United States. made it illegal to use law or custom to deprive anyone of rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution. declared that everyone is entitled to full and equal enjoyment of public accommodations.
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In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the U.S. Supreme Court
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​agreed that separation of races is not a violation of the Constitution.
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The white primary in southern states allowed
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whites to exclude African Americans from voting in Democratic primaries.
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The tests commonly administered as a precondition for voting were called
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literacy tests.
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A poll tax was used to
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dissuade African Americans and poor whites from voting.
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In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), the U.S. Supreme Court held that
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​public school segregation of races violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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De facto segregation means
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segregation because of residential racial patterns and concentration of populations, not because of laws.
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. advocated __________ as a means to achieve racial justice.
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nonviolent civil disobedience
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All of the following are true of the 1964 and 1968 Civil Rights Acts EXCEPT
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state governments to control school integration were allowed.
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The Civil and Voting Rights Acts of the 1960s did all of the following EXCEPT
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instituted a nation-wide system of urban bussing.
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A major outcome of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was
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ALL THESE CHOICES ARE TRUE= the elimination of discriminatory voter registration tests. the establishment of federal voter registrars. the establishment of federally administered voter registration procedures. limitations on the abilities of counties in the South to change voter registration procedures without federal approval.
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All of the following are true of the Supreme Court's opinions on affirmative action EXCEPT
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affirmative action programs may continue indefinitely, even after achieving their goals.
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​A century ago, most immigrants came to the United States from __________, while today most come from ___________.
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​Europe; Latin American and Asia
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​Though the civil rights movement focused primarily on the rights of ___________, it had the effect of ____________.
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​African Americans; benefiting nearly all minority groups
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​The population of unauthorized immigrants in the United States is
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about 11 million and stable.
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​All of the following are true of the history of Asian Americans EXCEPT
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​they are currently among the poorest racial minority groups.
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The Nineteenth Amendment
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expanded the right to vote to women.
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The amending of the Constitution to include an Equal Rights Amendment for women
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​has passed through Congress, but failed ratification in the states.
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All of the following are major events in the women's equality movement EXCEPT
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the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
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On the issue of sexual harassment, the Supreme Court has ruled that
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it is considered sexual harassment when words or actions of a sexual nature interfere with the employee's work or create a "hostile environment."
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The Equal Pay Act of 1963
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requires employers to provide equal pay for substantially equal work.
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The riot at the Stonewall Inn that began the modern movement for equality for gay males and lesbians was sparked by
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a raid by police on a bar popular with gay men and lesbians, and by a feeling in the gay and lesbian community that the police were targeting them for harassment.
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In the 2003 decision of Lawrence v. Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court
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overturned laws against sodomy between consenting adults in private to be unconstitutional.
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Nationwide recognition of same-sex marriage was the result of
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a 2015 Supreme Court decision.
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​The Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution
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​effectively established the national voting age at eighteen years.
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Suing someone because they have violated a business contract is an example of
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civil law.