3.10-3.11 practice

What is the primary purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment's 'equal protection' clause?

• To safeguard civil rights and ensure equal treatment for groups.

• To protect individual civil liberties.

• To promote segregation and racial division.

• To limit the powers of the federal government.

Which landmark case overturned the precedent set by Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade

• Marbury v. Madison

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

What was the main goal of the National Organization of Women (NOW) founded in 1966?

• To bring women into full participation in American society in equal partnership with men.

• To promote segregation based on gender.

• To advocate for racial equality.

• To oppose the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

What does the term 'de jure segregation' refer to?

• Segregation enforced by law.

• Segregation by private choices.

• Integration of schools.

• Voluntary racial separation.

What was the significance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• It outlawed segregation, discrimination, and prejudice.

• It legalized segregation in schools.

• It restricted voting rights for minorities.

• It promoted racial division.

Which constitutional clauses were used as the rationale for the Brown v. Board of Education decision?

• Due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.

• Commerce clause and supremacy clause.

• First Amendment and Second Amendment.

• Tenth Amendment and Eleventh Amendment.

What challenge does federalism pose to the extension of civil rights?

• It delays and complicates dramatic changes.

• It promotes segregation and discrimination.

• It eliminates minority rights.

• It centralizes all power in the federal government.

What did Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 achieve?

• It prohibited discrimination based on gender in education programs.

• It legalized gender-based discrimination.

• It restricted women's access to education.

• It promoted segregation in schools.

What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s perspective on injustice as expressed in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail?

• Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

• Injustice is acceptable if it affects only minorities.

• Justice is irrelevant to social movements.

• Injustice strengthens social cohesion.

What role did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 play in advancing civil rights?

• It protected voting rights and outlawed literacy tests.

• It restricted voting rights for minorities.

• It legalized racial discrimination in voting.

• It promoted segregation in elections.