5. True/False Flashcards
The original U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights guaranteed the right to vote to all citizens.
False
The Dred Scott decision established the doctrine of “separate but equal.”
False
The Fourteenth Amendment made civil rights a part of the American Constitution.
True
The equal protection clause is found in the Sixteenth Amendment.
False
Throughout the history of the United States, citizenship has always been a necessary prerequisite to vote.
False
Brown v. Board of Education required school districts to bus some black children into white neighborhoods (and some white children into black neighborhoods) to attend school so as to achieve desegregation.
False
The doctrine of “separate but equal” was overturned in Brown v. Board of Education.
True
Civil rights demonstrations began to die out after the pro-civil rights decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
False
De facto segregation refers to segregation that takes place because of formal laws.
False
The states of the Deep South responded to court-ordered desegregation with a carefully planned delaying tactic known as massive resistance.
True
The Supreme Court signaled the lower courts to disengage from desegregation efforts in Missouri v. Jenkins.
True
A possible problem with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is that the complaining party has to show that deliberate discrimination was the cause of the failure to get a job or a training opportunity.
True
The Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 states that a complaint of gender discrimination must be brought within 180 days of the time the discrimination was alleged to have occurred.
False
Congress passed an equal rights amendment, but it fell short on the number of states needed for ratification.
True
To prove sexual harassment, one must demonstrate that quid pro quo extortion took place.
False
Cases of alleged gender discrimination receive the strict scrutiny standard of review.
False
Discrimination against Mexican Americans and other Latinos in the Southwest was uncommon prior to World War II.
False
Since the 1970s, school districts must provide education for students whose English is limited.
True
Prior to Lawrence v. Texas, some states criminalized homosexual behavior.
True
Quota systems are necessarily involved in affirmative action policies.
False
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ruled that affirmative action programs were unconstitutional.
False
In addition to court cases, challenges to affirmative action have also emerged in state and local politics in the form of ballot initiatives.
True
The original U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights guaranteed the right to vote to some citizens, depending on gender, race, and land status.
True
The Fourteenth Amendment established the doctrine of “separate but equal.”
True
