Civil Rights

Question 1

According to your textbook, what kinds of distinctions are “suspect classifications” requiring strict scrutiny by the courts?

distinctions based on gender
distinctions based on age
distinctions based on handicap
distinctions based on race and ethnicity

Answer 1

distinctions based on race and ethnicity

Question 2

The requirement, according to your text, that an organization take steps to increase the number or proportion of minorities and/or women in its membership, to compensate for past discrimination, is known as

affirmative action
positive integration
antidiscrimination
none of the above

Answer 2

affirmative action

Question 3

The Supreme Court decision stating that establishing quotas for admission to educational programs was unconstitutional was

United Steelworkers v. Weber
Richmond v. Croson
Plessy v. Ferguson
Regents v. Bakke

Answer 3

Regents v. Bakke

Question 4

The federal agency that has established the “quid pro quo” rule and the “hostile environment” rule in determining whether behavior constitutes sexual harassment is the

Federal Civil Rights Commission
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
the ACLU
none of the above

Answer 4

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Question 5

A state’s police powers involve not only enforcement of criminal laws, but education, and

protection of the health and morality of citizens
economic prosperity of all citizens

Answer 5

protection of the health and morality of citizens

Question 6

The Supreme Court case which determined the right of privacy protected a woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy was

Planned Parenthood v. Webster
Griswold v. Connecticut
Roe v. Wade
none of the above

Answer 6

Roe v. Wade