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Civil Rights and Public Policy
Multiple-Choice Quiz

1 .       Civil rights [Hint]



2 .       American society tends to emphasize [Hint]



3 .       Equal protection of the law [Hint]



4 .       The Thirteenth Amendment [Hint]



5 .       Jim Crow laws [Hint]



6 .       In Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court [Hint]



7 .       Racial discrimination in public places became illegal under the [Hint]



8 .       The Voting Rights Act of 1965 resulted in [Hint]



9 .       Which of the following statements is FALSE? [Hint]



10 .       In the case of Korematsu v. United States (1944), the Supreme Court upheld [Hint]



11 .       Suffrage for women was achieved with the passage of the [Hint]



12 .       After women received the right to vote, public policy toward women was dominated by the idea of [Hint]



13 .       The Supreme Court case of Craig v. Boren (1976) [Hint]



14 .       The Civil Rights and Women's Equity in Employment Act of 1991 [Hint]



15 .       Dothard v. Rawlinson, 1977, voided laws and rules barring women from jobs based upon [Hint]



16 .       The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 [Hint]



17 .       The one group that probably faces the toughest battle for equality is [Hint]



18 .       Which of the following statements about affirmative action is FALSE? [Hint]



19 .       Opposition to affirmative action is especially strong when people view it as [Hint]



20 .       Which of the following statements is FALSE? [Hint]



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