15. economic inequality

Question 1

key term

affirmative action

Answer 1

change in late 1960s
policy of helping AA by a form of positive action and quotas for education and employment
controversial and reduced during republican administration of Ronald Reagen in 1980s

Question 2

Nixon’s Executive order 11578 =

Answer 2

required all employers with federal contracts to draft affirmative action policies to activley promote AA

Question 3

Act of 1972 extends equal employment legislation to

Answer 3

all federal, state and local govs

Question 4

The Civil Rights Act of 1991 (employment) =

Answer 4

businesses have to show any discrimination in employment did not spring from racial discrimination but was based on genuine requirements of the company