Civics Unit 2
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- Q1The ___________ are the major guardians of civil rights in the United States today.legislative bodiescourtsexecutive agenciespeople30s
- Q2The exact meaning of the various civil rights guaranteed in the Constitution is determined by......The StatesThe Supreme CourtThe PresidentCongress30s
- Q3One may do as he/she pleases in this country.....excecpt that no person has the right to criticize the governmentbecause the Constitution gives them that rightbecause the Supreme Court has ruled it as a rightso long as they do not impede on the rights of others30s
- Q4A full, complete listing of the civil rights held by the American people......can be found in the textbook and many other placesis in the Constitutioncan be found in the textbook and many other placesdoes not exist30s
- Q5De Facto segregationis caused by housing patternscannot be found in this country todayexists only in the Northexists only in the South30s
- Q6The Civil rights Act of 1964 does not forbid an employer to discriminate in hiring on the basis ofpolitical beliefsreligious beliefssexrace30s
- Q7In Miranda v. Arizona the Supreme Court ruled that, before they may be questioned by police, criminal suspects must be.....All of thesetold that they have a right to an attorneywarned that anything they say may be used against them in a court of lawadvised that they have a right to an attorney30s
- Q8A grand jury....is seldom used todayindicts those persons against whom it finds there is sufficient evidencedecides the guilt or innocence of defendantsis the same as a trial jury30s
- Q9In Brown v. Board the Supreme Court held that the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause forbids....forced busing to achieve racial balanceState laws which bar interracial marriagesegregation by race in public educationdiscrimination on the basis of race in access to public accommodations such as restaurants and hotels30s
- Q10An ugly example of racism is found in the Birmingham Sixteenth St. Baptist Church andthe graffiti painted on the buildingthe destruction of the sanctuarythe kidnapping of a ministerthe bomb which killed 4 young girls30s
- Q11The case of New Jersey vs TLO was in regard to.....none of thesea student's right to symbolic free speecha student's rights to smokea student's right to privacy30s
- Q12The film, "Crisis at Central High,".......takes place in little Rock Arkansas in 1957-58deals with funding private schoolsillustrates how Miranda Rule applies to individualsis a fictional story30s
- Q13A person accused of a crime has all the rights described below except which one?the right to refuse to testify against himselfthe right to confront witnesses against themthe right to choose which judge will hear the casethe right to a speedy trial30s
- Q14A civil rights leader who led the fight for justice in Mississippi wasRobert ChamblissEmmett TillMedgar EversByron De La Beckwith30s
- Q15Affirmative action programs often require preferences in hiring, promotion, and other job-related matters be given to females and/or nonwhites (that is, on the basis of sex or race). Critics of those programs say that they are....involuntary servitudede facto segregationreverse discriminationde jure segregation30s