chapter 6

Chapter 5: Civil Rights 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? Strict scrutiny 2.The equal protection clause became part of the Constitution as a result of The Fourteenth Amendment. 3.Which of the following types of discrimination would be subject to the rational basis test?A law that treats 10- year- olds differently from 28-year-olds 4.The Supreme Court decision ruling that "separate but equal” was constitutional and allowed racial segregation to take place was Plessy v Ferguson. 5.The 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march was an important milestone in the civil rights movement because it Vividly illustrated the continued resistance to black civil rights in the Deep South, 6.At the world's first women's right convention in 1848, the most contentious issue proved to be Suffrage for women. 7.How did NAWSA differ from the NWP? The NWP favored more confrontational tactics like protests and picketing while NAWSA circulated petitions and lobbied politicians. 8.The doctrine that people who do jobs that require the same level of skill, training or education are this entitled to equal pay is known as Comparable worth. 9.The Trail of Tears is the name given to the forced removal of this tribe from Georgia to Oklahoma.Cherokee 10. AIM was A radical gsroup of Native American activists who occupied the settlement of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation 11.Mexican American farm workers in California organized _to demand higher pay from their employers - The United Farm Workers union 12.Which of the following best describes attitudes toward Asian immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? - Asian immigrants were disliked by whites who feared competition for jobs. and several acts of Congress sought to restrict immigration and naturalization of Asians. 13.The modern basis against employment discrimination is found in The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Chapter 6: The Politics of Public Opinion 1.Which of the following is not an agent of political socialization? A U.S senator 2.How are most attitudes formed? In childhood. based on early childhood experiences 3.Overt Political content is given by a media source that lets the reader or viewer know upfront there is a political bias or position. 4.The Bradley effect occurs when people Say they will vote for a candidate but then vote against him or her 5.Which of the following is not part of a scientific poll design? A leading question 6.A poll states that Hillary Clinton will receive 43 percent of the vote. There is an 8 percent margin of error. What do you think of the poll? It is a non-representative poll and the margin or error is too high.