A) they are the fastest-growing minority in the United States.
B) they have made major political gains in terms of electing local officials, particularly in the southwestern states.
C) Hispanics are healthier and have a longer life expectancy than would be expected from their education and income levels.
D) their average annual income is relatively close to the national average.
E) they are one of the nation's oldest ethnic groups.
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A) none of them
B) only a few
C) about half
D) nearly three-fourths
E) all but three of them
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A) school desegregation.
B) sexual harassment.
C) affirmative action.
D) Native Americans' civil rights.
E) comparable worth.
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A) it is impossible to impose quotas fairly because they require classifications of merit based on race.
B) it is inherently suspect to classify one school district or public facility reserved for a particular race as inferior or superior to another.
C) laws that classify people differently on the basis of their race or ethnicity are presumed to have discrimination as their purpose.
D) any form of classification of people based on race or gender is not a sufficient basis for which to overturn an established federal law.
E) any law designed to specifically affect members of different genders in different ways is inherently discriminatory.
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A) moved to outlaw it.
B) moved to narrow its application.
C) asked Congress to clarify the policy.
D) asked the president to clarify the policy.
E) asked the state legislatures to clarify the policy.
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B
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A) Scandinavia
B) Latin America
C) North America
D) East Asia
E) Central Europe
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A) 1
B) 5
C) 10
D) 15
E) 25
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The equal protection clause is part of the Fourteenth Amendment,which reads in part that no state shall "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." This clause has been used by the courts to protect minorities from discrimination.The tests associated with legal discrimination are the reasonable-basis test and the strict-scrutiny test.The first test stipulates that some inequalities (such as unequal tax rates for people of different income levels)are acceptable as long as they are related to legitimate government interests.The second test is premised on the belief that racial and ethnic-based classifications are unconstitutional almost by definition.There is a third form of judgment-an "intermediate" category,which has been used with regard to sex classifications,and is less rigid than the strict-scrutiny test but more rigid than the reasonable-basis test.For example,the exclusion of women from the military draft has been judged by the courts to be constitutional,whereas most other forms of gender discrimination in law have been judged unconstitutional.
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A) Public schools are becoming more segregated nationally.
B) Many urban public school districts have ended the use of busing for desegregation purposes.
C) White flight to suburban schools has made it more difficult to desegregate urban schools.
D) The Supreme Court, after ordering cutbacks in busing, said that communities were free to use alternatives, such as increased spending on schools in poor neighborhoods.
E) All these answers are correct.
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A) vote.
B) hold office.
C) serve on juries.
D) own and dispense property without the husband's consent.
E) All these answers are correct.
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A) brought about greater rights to the disabled.
B) came in response to the passage of the Civil Rights Act.
C) was conducted by women seeking fairer treatment in the workplace.
D) was conducted by women seeking the right to vote.
E) was conducted by African Americans seeking equality of rights.
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A) toward greater integration.
B) toward greater segregation.
C) to rely more and more on busing.
D) to reinstate de jure racial segregation.
E) to retain the gains in racial integration achieved through the 1970s, but not to further them.
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A) 1790
B) 1865
C) 1890
D) 1920
E) 1974
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A) Jesse Jackson.
B) Martin Luther King Jr.
C) Thurgood Marshall.
D) John F. Kennedy.
E) Robert F. Kennedy.
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A) government only.
B) private parties only.
C) both government and private parties.
D) the president specifically.
E) Congress specifically.
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A) Civil Rights Act of 1964
B) Voting Rights Act of 1965
C) 1957 Little Rock riots
D) "I have a dream" speech
E) All these answers are correct.
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A) reasonable basis test.
B) strict scrutiny test.
C) intermediate scrutiny test.
D) precedent basis test.
E) suspect classification test.
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A) greed
B) racial discrimination
C) obesity
D) street violence
E) religious intolerance
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A) by governments in their conduct of elections (e.g., registration, placement of polling booths) .
B) by private individuals in their social relations-bigoted statements and other acts of prejudice are unlawful under most circumstances.
C) by governments in their job practices and provision of services (e.g., schools, roads) .
D) by private individuals in their employment practices and in their operation of public accommodations (e.g., hotels, restaurants) .
E) against gays and lesbians.
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The 1964 Civil Rights Act entitles all p...View Answer
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