Policies (Impact on Black Families)

Question 1

After non-violent marches, bloody protests and decades of discrimination, the Voting Rights Act was enacted in this year

Answer 1

1965

Question 2

Pushed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., this law granted African-Americans the right to vote void discriminatory voting practices

Answer 2

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Question 3

Executive Order 10925 was signed by JFK in this date

Answer 3

March 1961

Question 4

This order was one if the first laws that required government contractors to take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and treated equally during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin.

Answer 4

Executive Order 10925

Question 5

California’s Proposition 209 was signed into law this date

Answer 5

November 1996

Question 6

This law banned public institutions from complying with Affirmative Action

Answer 6

Proposition 209

Question 7

The Financial Reform Bill was enacted on this date

Answer 7

July 2010

Question 8

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was enacted on this date

Answer 8

March 2010

Question 9

The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 was enacted on this date

Answer 9

July 2010

Question 10

The Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 was enacted on this date

Answer 10

November 5, 1999

Question 11

This legislation resulted in the deregulation of the financial sector, allowing banks, insurance companies and investment firms to sell each other products

Answer 11

The Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999

Question 12

Known to many as the crack cocaine law, this bill was a breakthrough in a 24-year struggle to lower the sentencing for distributors of the narcotic

Answer 12

The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010

Question 13

This reform bill protects borrowers against abuses in mortgage, credit card and other types of lending

Answer 13

Financial Reform Bill

Question 14

Proponents of this bill were: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Rep. John Lewis, Pres. George W. Bush, Sen. Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi

Answer 14

1965 Voting Rights Act

Question 15

John F. Kennedy was a proponent of this bill

Answer 15

Executive Order 10925

Question 16

Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Charles Rangel, Kendrick Meek, and Linda Sanchez were proponents for this bill

Answer 16

Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act

Question 17

This act was reauthorized for 25 more years by Pres. George W. Bush

Answer 17

1965 Voting Rights Act

Question 18

Ward Connerly was a proponent of this bill

Answer 18

Proposition 209

Question 19

This reform was praised for its bipartisan sweep promising “free markets and consumer protection”

Answer 19

Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999

Question 20

This law allowed for all minorities to get an equal opportunity for job prospects, where, prior to the act, qualified Blacks were barred from working at certain establishments without legitimate reasoning

Answer 20

Executive Order 10925

Question 21

With 19.6% of African Americans not being insured and many suffering from “pre-existing conditions”, this bill allows for millions to get the medical care they deserve

Answer 21

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Question 22

Proponents of this bill were Pres. Barack Obama, Sen. Chris Dodd, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Nancy Pelosi

Answer 22

Financial Reform Bill

Question 23

This bipartisan act narrows the divide between crack and powder cocaine bust to 18-1

Answer 23

The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010

Question 24

Due to this proposition, African American enrollment at the prestigious University of California system dropped significantly and the long terms effects have yet to be seen

Answer 24

Proposition 209

Question 25

Proponents of this bill were Bill Clinton, James Clayburn, Harold Ford, William Jefferson, Shelia Lee and Charles Rangel

Answer 25

Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999

Question 26

This bill allows for more protection against unlawful lenders and more diversity in financial institutions including Wall Street and banking companies

Answer 26

Financial Reform Bill

Question 27

This controversial policy set the national stage for other states to adopt similar bans, including Michigan, Nebraska, Washington and Connecticut

Answer 27

Proposition 209

Question 28

Because of relaxed lending practices, a pervasive lending environment was created in which mortgage brokers geo-targeted sub-prime mortgages, which will cause Black borrowers to lose between $71 billion and $92 billion, and they will be disproportionately affected by home foreclosures throughout the nation

Answer 28

Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999

Question 29

This percentage of the 5,669 crack offenders were Black in 2009

Answer 29

79%

Question 30

This ratio was the average months of a crack cocaine offense to powder cocaine offense

Answer 30

115 months to 87 months

Question 31

This legislation provided tax cuts for middle class families, ends discrimination of those with preexisting conditions and promises to lower the nation’s deficit

Answer 31

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act