Unit 3 Review

Question 1

The Constitution and its amendments expressly prohibit all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

sex discrimination in the workplace

Question 2

In which case did the Supreme Court rule that “the doctrine of separate but equal has no place” in the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)

Question 3

Which of the following did the most to expand civil rights in the 1950's?

Accepted Answer

The SC decision declaring state-mandated school segregation to be illegal

Question 4

Which of the following clauses have been used as most relevant to the right to privacy?

Accepted Answer

Due process

Question 5

First true right to privacy case involving the ban on married women being able to purchase contraceptives/birth control

Accepted Answer

Griswold v. Connecticut

Question 6

Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger were both cases dealing with the idea of

Accepted Answer

affirmative action

Question 7

In Brown The Court used which of the following amendments to the United States Constitution to achieve this ruling?

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The Fourteenth Amendment

Question 8

It is legal to establish racial quotas in the areas of hiring and college admissions under affirmative action

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

Which of the following statements about the right to privacy is true?

Accepted Answer

Not explicitly named in Constitution

Question 10

The 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that upheld a woman’s right to secure an abortion was based on the right to

Accepted Answer

privacy implied in the Bill of Rights

Question 11

The doctrine of “separate by equal” had previously been upheld by which of the following Supreme Court

Accepted Answer

Plessy v Ferguson, 1896

Question 12

Which of the following reflects the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade (1973) ?

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A woman’s right to an abortion was a privacy right incorporated to states

Question 13

The passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a significant political event because it

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was vital in increasing the number of African American and other voters

Question 14

Which Supreme Court case establishes that a woman has a due process to obtain an abortion?

Accepted Answer

Roe v. Wade (1973)

Question 15

In Roe v. Wade, the majority of Supreme Court justices determined that

Accepted Answer

Constitution implies a right to privacy and thus made abortions legal

Question 16

Jim Crow laws, still in place in the early 1960s in the South, were outlawed by the

Accepted Answer

passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act

Question 17

Which of the following scenarios best explains the inclusion of Title IX as part of the Education Amendments of 1972 ?

Accepted Answer

Members of Congress create a bill to ensure equality in education for women

Question 18

Case that ended nationwide protection of abortion and returned issue back to the states.

Accepted Answer

Dobbs v. Jackson

Question 19

Which of the following statements presents the most important limitation of the data in the graph?

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There is no information about the total number of state legislators.

Question 20

Discrimination in public accommodations was made illegal in the United States as a direct result of the

Accepted Answer

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 21

Which of the following best explains the trend depicted in the chart above?

Accepted Answer

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

Question 22

It is legal to consider race if all other qualifications are equal under affirmative action

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

Which of the following principles protects a citizen from imprisonment without trial?

Accepted Answer

Due process

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