The American Democracy, 10th Edition (Patterson)

Chapter 5: Equal Rights: Struggling Toward Fairness

True or False Quiz

1
The reasonable-basis test applies to all laws except those that prescribe differential treatment on the basis of suspect classifications.
A)True
B)False
2
Passage of the Fourteenth Amendment did not immediately affect the right of private employers to discriminate in their hiring practices.
A)True
B)False
3
All forms of discrimination on the basis of gender are unconstitutional.
A)True
B)False
4
Since passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, segregation of neighborhood housing has all but disappeared in the United States.
A)True
B)False
5
In the Bakke case, the Supreme Court ruled that Bakke’s right to equal protection had not been violated.
A)True
B)False
6
In terms of incomes, jobs, and similar economic indicators, the gap between African Americans and white Americans has diminished steadily since the 1960s.
A)True
B)False
7
Affirmative action is intended to help achieve equality of result for African Americans, women, Hispanic Americans, and other disadvantaged groups.
A)True
B)False
8
Hispanic Americans are becoming an increasingly smaller and less politically influential population group in the U.S.
A)True
B)False
9
Civil rights refers to specific individual rights, and civil liberties deals with the issue of whether or not different groups are treated equally by the government (and sometimes private parties).
A)True
B)False
10
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 allows election districts to be created for the purpose of giving control to a minority group.
A)True
B)False
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