Ch. 10: Fair Housing Laws

Question 1

Civil Rights Act of 1866

Answer 1

First federal law outlawing discrimination on the basis of race

Question 2

Thirteenth Amendment

Answer 2

Part of the constitution that outlawed slavery and allows Congress to pass laws prohibiting private acts of race discrimination

Question 3

Restrictive Covenant

Answer 3

Clauses in deeds that prohibited The sale of real property to members of certain races or religious groups

Question 4

Fourteenth Amendment

Answer 4

Part of the constitution that includes the due process clause and the equal protection clause

Question 5

Commerce Clause

Answer 5

Provision of the constitution giving Congress the authority to regulate commerce among the several states

Question 6

Jones v. Mayer

Answer 6

Court case that upheld the 1866 civil rights act

Question 7

Civil Rights Act of 1968

Answer 7

Act that expanded protected classes to include no only race but also color, religion, sex, and national origin

Question 8

Protected Class

Answer 8

Group that is guarded from discrimination under federal or state law

Question 9

Fair Housing Act

Answer 9

Title VIII Of the civil rights act of 1968 and the Fair Housing Amendments act of 1988, taken together

Question 10

Familial Status

Answer 10

Relationship of people in a family

Question 11

Redlining

Answer 11

Practice of not making loans for property in certain neighborhoods, or to certain minority groups

Question 12

Steering

Answer 12

Practice of directing members of certain racial or ethnic groups to certain neighborhoods

Question 13

Equal Housing Opportunity Poster

Answer 13

Document that displays the equal housing logo

Question 14

Americans with Disabilities Act

Answer 14

Federal law requiring that persons with handicaps be given equal access to goods and services

Question 15

Public Accommodation

Answer 15

Any private entity that owns, operates, or leases a place open to the public if the operation of that place affects commerce

Question 16

Reasonable Accommodation

Answer 16

Change in a business policies, practices, or procedures if necessary to afford persons with disabilities the enjoyment of goods, services, or accommodations

Question 17

Fair Employment and Housing Act

Answer 17

California law the prohibits discrimination by employers and in real estate sales and rentals

Question 18

Police Power

Answer 18

California legislatures Authority to pass any law that he believes is necessary to protect it’s citizens health, safety, welfare, or morals

Question 19

Unruh Civil Rights Act

Answer 19

California law Pro Weiding that all persons in California are free and equal and entitled to the full and equal accommodations by all business establishments

Question 20

Regulation 2780

Answer 20

Commissioners regulation prohibiting licensees to violate fair housing laws