Chapter 5 Exam

. Which of the following is a group designation?

Race

Gender

Ethnicity

All of the above

. The classification of people based on physical characteristics, especially skin color, is known as

race.

gender.

ethnicity.

All of the above

. In which Supreme Court case was it found that Congress had no authority to regulate slavery in the territories, and Blacks could not sue in court because they were not citizens and therefore enjoyed no rights?

Plessy v. Ferguson.

Dred Scott v. Sandford

Brown v. Board of Education

Prigg v. Pennsylvania

. Which of the following is an example of intersectionality?

Black men being more likely to be the victims of police violence than all other groups

The contributions of Black women to the civil rights movement being ignored or minimized

LGBTQ+ Latinos/Latinas being treated differently than heterosexual Latinos/Latinas

All of the above

. A form of inequality in which laws or official actions deny specific groups social, political, or economic benefits that are available to other groups is inequality of

opportunity.

outcome.

citizenship.

culture.

. A form of inequality in which social and demographic forces, not official laws or policies, cause one group to enjoy more political, social, or economic benefits than another group is inequality of

opportunity.

outcome.

citizenship.

culture.

. Minimum voting ages that varied by state prior to enaction of the Twenty-sixth Amendment is an example of

de jure segregation.

de facto segregation.

inequality of opportunity.

inequality of outcome.

. The decreased likelihood of a person to be hired for a position when his or her name "sounds Black" and all other aspects are equal is an example of

de jure segregation.

de facto segregation.

inequality of opportunity.

inequality of outcome.

. Grandfather clauses are

a form of disenfranchisement in which potential voters must demonstrate the ability to read as a condition for registering to vote.

fees charged as a condition of registering to vote, which disenfranchises the impoverished, especially African Americans.

a policy designed to disenfranchise Blacks by exempting Whites, but not Blacks, from literacy tests.

None of the above

. Poll taxes are

a form of disenfranchisement in which potential voters must demonstrate the ability to read as a condition for registering to vote.

fees charged as a condition of registering to vote, which disenfranchises the impoverished, especially African Americans.

a policy designed to disenfranchise Blacks by exempting Whites, but not Blacks, from literacy tests.

None of the above

. Literacy tests are

a form of disenfranchisement in which potential voters must demonstrate the ability to read as a condition for registering to vote.

fees charged as a condition of registering to vote, which disenfranchises the impoverished, especially African Americans.

a policy designed to disenfranchise Blacks by exempting Whites, but not Blacks, from literacy tests.

None of the above

. Which of the following prevents states from passing laws that treat people differently on account of race or ethnicity?

The Equal Protection Clause

The Thirteenth Amendment

The Fifteenth Amendment

None of the above

. The term "reparations" is used to describe compensation to

minority communities for past discrimination.

women for past discrimination.

African nations for America's role in the international slave trade.

African Americans for past discrimination.

. Which amendment prevents racial discrimination in voting?

Thirteenth

Fourteenth

Fifteenth

Sixteenth

. What is the current status of same-sex marriage in the United States?

Same-sex marriages are protected by the Constitution.

States can decide whether they want to allow same-sex marriage.

States are allowed to create bans on same-sex marriage, as long as these are amendments to state constitutions.

None of the above

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