Civil Rights Movement Part 2

Under affirmative action, businesses with federal contracts are required to --

• A. pay employees for job training.

• B. provide employee benefits for health care.

• C. guarantee equal opportunities for employees.

• D. require photographs for employee applications.

Access to higher education has been affected by court cases such as Hopwood v. State of Texas because the decisions -

• F. raise minority admission standards

• G. strengthen affirmative action programs

• H. require university scholarships for minority students

• J. question the fairness of quota systems in university admissions

Since its establishment in 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People seeks to improve racial equality for African Americans by -

• A. regulating integration for residential areas.

• B. controlling minority quotas in public schools.

• C. advocating lower income taxes for minorities

• D. supporting increased participation in the political process.

Which of the following was a result of the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas?

• F affirmative action programs were implemented

• G sports teams were federally funded

• H public schools were racially integrated

• J private universities were denied government financing

Which of the following policies were affected by the Supreme Court's 1978 ruling in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke?

• A economic access to private hospitals.

• B racial integration of Southern schools.

• C affirmative action within public institutions.

• D equal compensation in large corporations.

Which of the following occurred as a result of the Supreme Court's 1971, decision in Swann v. Charlotte-Meckenburg Board of Education?

• F Public schools hired more African American teachers.

• G School districts increased pay for African American teachers.

• H African American students were bused to mostly white schools.

• J African American student athletes were given equal opportunities.

What was the importance of the Supreme Court ruling in Hernandez v. Texas?

• A Farm workers were given amnesty and allowed to apply for citizenship in the United States.

• B Laws that enforced the security of the border with Mexico were ruled as constitutional.

• C The Supreme Court gave voting rights to all ethnicities living in the United States.

• D It was decided that all racial groups in the United States were protected under the 14th Amendment.

What was the importance of the Supreme Court case of Tinker v. Des Moines?

• F All religions are banned from freely expressing themselves within the confines of the public school.

• G Students and teachers kept their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression in public schools.

• H Public school students will be exempt from first amendment rights if policies are passed by Boards of Education.

• J No discrimination among the various ethnicities in the student body will be tolerated in classrooms.

The passage of legislation to end these practices resulted in

• A an increase in political participation by minorities

• B the adoption of electronic ballots in federal elections

• C a reduced number of congressional districts

• D the implementation of limits on lobbying

Which of the following evidence to support President Obama's assertion that "America become more free and more fair".

• F The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• G The ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment

• H The passage of the USA PATRIOT Act

• J The establishment of the Socialist Party