Chapter 6 - Civil Rights #1
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- 1.The _________________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution appeared to guarantee equal rights for blacks.
- A.
First
- B.
Fourteenth
- C.
Twenty-first
- D.
Twenty-fifth
- E.
Twenty-sixth
- 2.In the ________________ decision, the Supreme Court ruled that "separate-but-equal" facilities were constitutional.
- A.
Plessy v. Ferguson
- B.
Brown v. Board of Education
- C.
Loving v. Virginia
- D.
Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education
- E.
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
- 3.In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court
- A.
Declared unconstitutional laws creating schools that were separate but obviously unequal.
- B.
Declared unconstitutional laws supporting schools that were separate but unequal in subtle ways.
- C.
Ruled that racially separate schools were inherently unequal and therefore unconstitutional.
- D.
Ruled that schools discriminating on the basis of race could be denied access to federal funds.
- E.
Ruled that segregation was lawful if mandated by a state constitution.
- 4.The difference between de facto and de jure segregation is that
- A.
The former results from private choices, the latter from public law.
- B.
The former results from public law, the latter from private choices.
- C.
The former existed in the past, the latter continues in the present.
- D.
The former continues in the present, the latter existed in the past.
- E.
The former deals with perceptions, the latter deals with verified facts.
- 5.In the Dred Scott Case (Scott v. Sanford), the Supreme Court ruled
- A.
That the separate-but-equal facilities were constitutional.
- B.
That busing to mandate integration was constitutional.
- C.
That Congress had no authority to ban slavery in a territory and that a slave was considered a piece of property.
- D.
That states could not ban interracial marriage.
- E.
None of the above is true.
- 6.One factor helping to break the deadlock that developed in the civil rights movement during the early 1960s was the
- A.
Democratic landslide of 1964.
- B.
Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education.
- C.
Centralization of power in the House and Senate.
- D.
Civil unrest that shook several northern cities.
- E.
Election of Republican presidents.
- 7.The origin of the movement to give more rights to women was probably the
- A.
Rights Manifesto.
- B.
Seneca Falls Convention.
- C.
Nineteenth Amendment.
- D.
"Rosie the Riveter" worker.
- E.
Equal Rights Amendment.
- 8.The __________________ Amendment made clear that no state may deny the right to vote on the basis of sex.
- A.
Fifteenth
- B.
Nineteenth
- C.
Twentieth
- D.
Twenty-first
- E.
Twenty-second
- 9.Which of the following statements concerning the "right to privacy" is correct?
- A.
It is said to emanate from provisions in the Fourteenth Amendment.
- B.
It is not mentioned in the Constitution.
- C.
It is explicitly mentioned in the First and Fifth Amendments.
- D.
It is explicitly mentioned in the First, Second, and Fifth Amendments.
- E.
It is explicitly mentioned in the Preamble of the Constitution.
- 10.In this seminal decision, the Supreme Court held that a "right to privacy" is "broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate a pregnancy."
- A.
Griswold v. Connecticut
- B.
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
- C.
Planned Parenthood v. Casey
- D.
Roe v. Wade
- E.
Gonzales v. Carhart
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