Civil rights legislation adopted in 1960s did NOT prohibit discrimination based on:

Sexual orientation and gender identity

In 2022, Supreme Court made _____ in college admissions illegal

Racial preference (affirmative action)

What is NOT true about women's civil rights?

No state allowed women to vote before 1920

What was NOT the content of Reconstruction amendments (1865-69)

Prohibited racial discrimination by most private businesses

What was NOT the content of Jim Crow laws?

Creation of a separate "Black citizenship" in the South

Since 2012, DACA program has given given legal status to ___.

Unauthorized immigrants who arrived in the US as children

Religious school not hiring lesbian teacher due to her sexual orientation

In Plessy v. Fergusson (1896), Supreme Court ruled that:

Racial segregation was OK as long as separate facilities were equal

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1
Which group has the highest income?
Indian Americans
Korean Americans
Jewish Americans
Irish Americans
2
Civil rights legislation adopted in 1960s did NOT prohibit discrimination based on:
Race and color
Sexual orientation and gender identity
National origin
Religion and gender
3
In 2022, Supreme Court made _____ in college admissions illegal
Reasonable accommodations due to disability
Racial preference (affirmative action)
Legacy preference
Veteran preference
4
Jim Crow Laws were established in ____ and abolished in ___
1880s and 1890s, 1960s
1860s, 1960s
1880s and 1890s, 1930s
1870s, 1960s
5
Nowadays, most immigrants come to the US from
Latin America
Asia
Europe
Africa
6
What is NOT true about women's civil rights?
It was legal to fire a women due to pregnancy before 1978
No state allowed women to vote before 1920
It was legal to refuse a loan to married women till 1978
Women have been allowed to serve in military combat units since 2013
7
What was NOT a tool that prevented Blacks from voting in the South till 1960s?
Violence and intimidation, if legal tricks failed
Poll taxes
Literacy (civic) tests
All-white Republican primaries
8
What was NOT the content of Reconstruction amendments (1865-69)
Prohibited racial discrimination by most private businesses
Forced states to treat their citizens equally
Forced states to ensure constitutional rights to their citizens
Proclaimed all people born in US citizens and gave suffrage to Black men
9
Homosexual sex has been legal in the entire US since ____ while same-sex marriage since _____.
1973, 1998
1965, 2010
1995, 2004
2003, 2015
10
If White and denied voting due to failed literacy test or inability to pay poll tax, you could usually still vote ____
Claiming the "white privilege"
Claiming the "custom of the land"
Using the "grandfather clause"
11
When did the majority of Black men vote in the US for the first time?
In 1870s
In late 1960s
In 1850s
In 1930s
12
What was NOT the content of Jim Crow laws?
Creation of a separate "Black citizenship" in the South
Prohibition of interracial marriage or sexual relations
Racial segregation in public places and private businesses
Denial of voting rights to Blacks
13
Since 2012, DACA program has given given legal status to ___.
Unauthorized immigrants whose children are US citizens
Unauthorized immigrants who arrived in the US as children
Unauthorized immigrants from the poorest countries
Unauthorized immigrants performing critical jobs (e.g. nurses or engineers)
14
What is LEGAL?
Not hiring someone just because they are older than 40
Religious school not hiring lesbian teacher due to her sexual orientation
Paying men less money for the same work than women
Firing a women when she gets pregnant
15
In Plessy v. Fergusson (1896), Supreme Court ruled that:
Racial segregation was OK in private businesses only
Poll taxes were unconstitutional
White-only primaries were unconstitutional
Racial segregation was OK as long as separate facilities were equal

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