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A group of African American students believes a college admissions test that is used by a public university discriminates against them. What legal standard would the courts use in deciding their case?

Question 1 options:

intermediate scrutiny

equal protection

strict scrutiny

rational basis test

Question 2 (2.5 points)

The equal protection clause became part of the Constitution as a result of ________.

Question 2 options:

strict scrutiny

the Fourteenth Amendment

intermediate scrutiny

affirmative action

Question 3 (2.5 points)

Which of the following types of discrimination would be subject to the rational basis test?

Question 3 options:

A law that treats 10-year-olds differently from 28-year-olds

An action by a state governor that treats Asian Americans differently from other citizens

A law that treats men differently from women

A law that treats whites differently from other citizens

Question 4 (2.5 points)

The Supreme Court decision ruling that "separate but equal" was constitutional and allowed racial segregation to take place was ________.

Question 4 options:

Brown v. Board of Education

Shelley v. Kraemer

Loving v. Virginia

Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 5 (2.5 points)

The 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march was an important milestone in the civil rights movement because it ________.

Question 5 options:

led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

was the first major protest after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.

did not encounter any violent resistance

vividly illustrated the continued resistance to black civil rights in the Deep South

Question 6 (2.5 points)

At the world's first women's rights convention in 1848, the most contentious issue proved to be _________.

Question 6 options:

the right to education for women

access to the professions for women

suffrage for women

greater property rights for women

Question 7 (2.5 points)

The doctrine that people who do jobs that require the same level of skill, training, or education are thus entitled to equal pay is known as ________.

Question 7 options:

the glass ceiling

comparable worth

affirmative action

substantial compensation

Question 8 (2.5 points)

Beginning in the 1920s, many African Americans left southern agriculture and moved to more lucrative factory jobs in the northern cities—a journey known as the

Question 8 options:

Great Migration.

Northern Migration.

Great Movement.

Extradition.

Question 9 (2.5 points)

Discrimination that is codified in law is known as

Question 9 options:

social discrimination

de facto discrimination

political discrimination

de jure discrimination

Question 10 (2.5 points)

In the _____, Lincoln expressed a view of self-government that the Declaration had not fully embraced and the Constitution had rejected: "Government of the people, by the people, for the people."

Question 10 options:

Fifteenth Amendment

House Divided speech

Gettysburg Address

Emancipation Proclamation

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Here are the answers to your questions:

Question 1: A group of African American students believes a college admissions test that is used by a public university discriminates against them. What legal standard would the courts use in deciding their case?

  • Answer: strict scrutiny

Question 2: The equal protection clause became part of the Constitution as a result of ________.

  • Answer: the Fourteenth Amendment

Question 3: Which of the following types of discrimination would be subject to the rational basis test?

  • Answer: A law that treats 10-year-olds differently from 28-year-olds

Question 4: The Supreme Court decision ruling that "separate but equal" was constitutional and allowed racial segregation to take place was ________.

  • Answer: Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 5: The 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march was an important milestone in the civil rights movement because it ________.

  • Answer: vividly illustrated the continued resistance to black civil rights in the Deep South

Question 6: At the world's first women's rights convention in 1848, the most contentious issue proved to be _________.

  • Answer: suffrage for women

Question 7: The doctrine that people who do jobs that require the same level of skill, training, or education are thus entitled to equal pay is known as ________.

  • Answer: comparable worth

Question 8: Beginning in the 1920s, many African Americans left southern agriculture and moved to more lucrative factory jobs in the northern cities—a journey known as the

  • Answer: Great Migration.

Question 9: Discrimination that is codified in law is known as

  • Answer: de jure discrimination

Question 10: In the _____, Lincoln expressed a view of self-government that the Declaration had not fully embraced and the Constitution had rejected: "Government of the people, by the people, for the people."

  • Answer: Gettysburg Address

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