5. True/False

Question 1

The original U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights guaranteed the right to vote to all citizens.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The Dred Scott decision established the doctrine of “separate but equal.”

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The Fourteenth Amendment made civil rights a part of the American Constitution.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The equal protection clause is found in the Sixteenth Amendment.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Throughout the history of the United States, citizenship has always been a necessary prerequisite to vote.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

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.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

The doctrine of “separate but equal” was overturned in Brown v. Board of Education.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Civil rights demonstrations began to die out after the pro-civil rights decision in Brown v. Board of Education.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

De facto segregation refers to segregation that takes place because of formal laws.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

The states of the Deep South responded to court-ordered desegregation with a carefully planned delaying tactic known as massive resistance.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

The Supreme Court signaled the lower courts to disengage from desegregation efforts in Missouri v. Jenkins.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

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.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

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.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Congress passed an equal rights amendment, but it fell short on the number of states needed for ratification.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

To prove sexual harassment, one must demonstrate that quid pro quo extortion took place.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Cases of alleged gender discrimination receive the strict scrutiny standard of review.

Answer 16

False

Question 17

Discrimination against Mexican Americans and other Latinos in the Southwest was uncommon prior to World War II.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

Since the 1970s, school districts must provide education for students whose English is limited.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Prior to Lawrence v. Texas, some states criminalized homosexual behavior.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Quota systems are necessarily involved in affirmative action policies.

Answer 20

False

Question 21

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ruled that affirmative action programs were unconstitutional.

Answer 21

False

Question 22

In addition to court cases, challenges to affirmative action have also emerged in state and local politics in the form of ballot initiatives.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

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.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

The Fourteenth Amendment established the doctrine of “separate but equal.”

Answer 24

True