Question 1

Which region of the world has the highest proportion of women serving in its national legislatures?

Accepted Answer

A)  Scandinavia
B)  Latin America
C)  North America
D)  East Asia
E)  Central EuropeF) None of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 2

Women in America obtained the right to vote in national elections in ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  1790
B)  1865
C)  1890
D)  1920
E)  1974F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 3

Asian Americans account for about ________ percent of professionals and technicians in the United States.

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A)  1
B)  5
C)  10
D)  15
E)  25F) B) and C)
G) D) and E)

Question 4

Which of the following is true?

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A)  The Supreme Court justices ruled in 2000 that the Boy Scouts can ban gays.
B)  The Supreme Court justices ruled in 2003 that states cannot ban homosexual relations among consenting adults.
C)  The Supreme Court justices ruled in 1996 that states could not adopt discriminatory policies toward gays and lesbians.
D)  All are true;the Supreme Court ruled states could not adopt discriminatory policies toward gays and lesbians (1996) ,Boy Scouts can ban gays (2000) ,and states cannot ban homosexual relations among consenting adults (2003) .
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 5

How many states ratified the Equal Rights Amendment?

Accepted Answer

A)  none of them
B)  only a few
C)  about half
D)  nearly three-fourths
E)  all but three of themF) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 6

Which of the following is true of discrimination against the disabled in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Americans with Disabilities Act grants protections to the disabled only in the employment sphere.
B)  Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1975.
C)  Before 1975,four million children with disabilities were getting either no education or an inappropriate one.
D)  Through the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975,Congress required that schools receiving federal funding provide all children,however severe their disability,with a free and appropriate education.
E)  Discrimination against the disabled is among the forms of discrimination prohibited by the Constitution,but has also been strengthened through statutes.F) A) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 7

Which of the following statements is true of age discrimination in the United States?

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A)  The courts have not given government and employers much leeway in establishing age-based policies.
B)  Forced retirement for reasons of age is not permissible even if justified by the nature of a particular job or the performance of a particular employee.
C)  Age discrimination is among the forms of discrimination prohibited by the U.S.Constitution.
D)  Mandatory retirement ages for most jobs have been eliminated by law.
E)  Hiring bias on the basis of age is still allowed by all private companies,but has been most abolished in government and public agencies.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 8

The central issue in the Bakke case was

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A)  school desegregation.
B)  sexual harassment.
C)  affirmative action.
D)  Native Americans' civil rights.
E)  comparable worth.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 9

Of the following states,which tends to have larger numbers of Caribbean Hispanics?

Accepted Answer

A)  California
B)  Texas
C)  New Jersey
D)  New Mexico
E)  ArizonaF) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

Native Americans

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A)  have always been legal citizens of the United States.
B)  were not given citizenship status en masse until the twentieth century.
C)  do not today have the full legal rights of other U.S.citizens.
D)  are U.S.citizens unless they choose to live on a reservation.
E)  have numbered roughly ten million in the United States since the 1700s.F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 11

The policy of affirmative action arose when

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A)  it became apparent that disadvantaged Americans would not attain equal employment opportunities through lawsuits that benefited single individuals only.
B)  the Supreme Court declared in Bakke that the Fourteenth Amendment requires government and large firms to hire more women and minorities.
C)  the Supreme Court ruled that de facto discrimination is unlawful.
D)  private firms decided on their own that a more diverse workforce was actually a more productive and effective workforce.
E)  the Supreme Court rendered its Adarand v.Pena decision in 1995.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 12

The movement for women's rights was initially aligned with

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A)  the abolition movement.
B)  the Progressive movement.
C)  the labor movement.
D)  the modern civil rights movement.
E)  the modern environmental movement.F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 13

The modern civil rights movement had a peak moment with the March on Washington in ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  1954
B)  1960
C)  1963
D)  1968
E)  1973F) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 14

Which of the following is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Public schools are becoming more segregated nationally.
B)  Many urban public school districts have ended the use of busing for desegregation purposes.
C)  White flight to suburban schools has made it more difficult to desegregate urban schools.
D)  The Supreme Court,after ordering cutbacks in busing,said that communities were free to use alternatives,such as increased spending on schools in poor neighborhoods.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 15

The Supreme Court's ruling in the Swann case on busing differed from the Brown decision in that Swann

Accepted Answer

A)  addressed the problem of de facto discrimination.
B)  applied to many northern communities in addition to communities in the South.
C)  sanctioned the use of busing in desegregation.
D)  dealt specifically with the issue of busing.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) C) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 16

The average pay for full-time female employees is about ________ percent of that for full-time male employees.

Accepted Answer

A)  93
B)  50
C)  65
D)  80
E)  70F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 17

What event occurred in 1877 in the South that brought about rapid legal discrimination against blacks?

Accepted Answer

A)  a backlash against the civil rights movement
B)  the religious revival movement
C)  the removal of federal troops
D)  several state legislature elections that brought racist leadership into power
E)  a severe depression that reduced the economic power of the black populationF) All of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 18

With regard to affirmative action,the Supreme Court in recent years has

Accepted Answer

A)  moved to outlaw it.
B)  moved to narrow its application.
C)  asked Congress to clarify the policy.
D)  asked the president to clarify the policy.
E)  asked the state legislatures to clarify the policy.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 19

The Supreme Court concept of suspect classifications suggests that

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A)  it is impossible to impose quotas fairly because they require classifications of merit based on race.
B)  it is inherently suspect to classify one school district or public facility reserved for a particular race as inferior or superior to another.
C)  laws that classify people differently on the basis of their race or ethnicity are presumed to have discrimination as their purpose.
D)  any form of classification of people based on race or gender is not a sufficient basis for which to overturn an established federal law.
E)  any law designed to specifically affect members of different genders in different ways is inherently discriminatory.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 20

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was aimed in large part at eliminating discrimination

Accepted Answer

A)  by governments in their conduct of elections (e.g. ,registration,placement of polling booths) .
B)  by private individuals in their social relations-bigoted statements and other acts of prejudice are unlawful under most circumstances.
C)  by governments in their job practices and provision of services (e.g. ,schools,roads) .
D)  by private individuals in their employment practices and in their operation of public accommodations (e.g. ,hotels,restaurants) .
E)  against gays and lesbians.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Exam 5: Equal Rights: Struggling Toward Fairness

Which of the following is true of discrimination against the disabled in the United States?

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What event occurred in 1877 in the South that brought about rapid legal discrimination against blacks?

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The modern civil rights movement had a peak moment with the March on Washington in ________.

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The Supreme Court concept of suspect classifications suggests that

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Which region of the world has the highest proportion of women serving in its national legislatures?

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With regard to affirmative action,the Supreme Court in recent years has

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Which of the following is true?

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Of the following states,which tends to have larger numbers of Caribbean Hispanics?

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Asian Americans account for about ________ percent of professionals and technicians in the United States.

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Which of the following statements is true of age discrimination in the United States?

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was aimed in large part at eliminating discrimination

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How many states ratified the Equal Rights Amendment?

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The movement for women's rights was initially aligned with

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The average pay for full-time female employees is about ________ percent of that for full-time male employees.

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Native Americans

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Which of the following is true?

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The Supreme Court's ruling in the Swann case on busing differed from the Brown decision in that Swann

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Women in America obtained the right to vote in national elections in ________.

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The policy of affirmative action arose when

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