Question 1 The
Supreme Court decision that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson was:
1) Sweatt v.
Painter
2) Missouri v.
Gaines
3) McCulloch v.
Maryland
4) Brown v. Board of Education
Question 2 The
following amendment is also known as "dual citizenship" amendment:
1) 1
2) 5
3) 14
4) 19
Question 3 The
Constitution was silent on the issue of equality until the addition of Civil
War amendments.
1) True
2) False
Question 4 The
Equal Rights Amendment was not ratified by enough states and did not become
part of the Constitution.
1) True
2) False
Question 5 The
decision in Mendez v. Westminster case led to desegregation in the entire USA,
not just California.
1) True
2) False
Question 6 The
doctrine of "separate but equal" was pronounced by the following
court case:
1) Dred Scott
v. Sandford
2) Brown v.
Board of Education
3) Plessy v. Ferguson
4) All of the
above
Question 7 The
Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board was influenced by:
1) The average
income of African Americans
2) Dred Scott
v. Sandford
3) Mendez v. Westminster
4) McCulloch v.
Maryland
Question 8 The
19th amendment establishes:
1) Social
justice
2) Social
Security
3) Universal
suffrage for everyone who is 18
4) Women's suffrage
Question 9 The
wage gap between men and women has shrunk during the last four decades to the
point where it is barely noticeable.
1) True
2) False
Question 10 In Dred
Scott v. Sandford (1857), the US Supreme Court rules that slaves were US
citizens.
1) True
2) False
