Discrimination

Which "key" Supreme Court case ruling made discrimination, based on race, illegal in public schools?

• Plessy v Fremont School District

• Timbs v Indiana Public Schools

• Solange v BCPS

• Brown v Board of Ed

Which of the following is considered the most controversial method of public school desegregation?

• redrawing neighborhood school boundaries

• transferring teachers

• developing magnet schools

• busing students

When the government takes steps to remedy past and current discriminatory practices, it is said to be involved in...

• Racial Profiling

• Affirmative Action

• Equal Protection

• Due Process

In the "landmark" Supreme Court decision in the Bakke case, the court found that affirmative action...

• overcame the effects of past discrimination

• was a form of "reverse' discrimination

• denied Bakke equal protection of the law

• racial quotas were perfectly legal

The 14th amendment prohibits discriminatory practice by...

• the Federal Government

• private business and industry

• the state governments

• all of these are prohibited from practicing discrimination

Private companies with more than 15 employees may

• may discriminate in employment decisions

• may not discriminate in employment decisions

• are subject to government inspection

• are not subject to government inspection

Age discrimination would be identified under which court "test" used for equal protection cases?

• Potential Limit test

• Substantial Relationship test

• Strict Scrutiny test

• Rational Basis test

Girls are not allowed to try out for the boys baseball team at a public high school would be subject to review under which test?

• Potential Limit test

• Substantial Relationship test

• Strict Scrutiny test

• Rational Basis test

Laws prohibiting non-citizens from becoming lawyers or engineers have been struck down using which test?

• Potential Limit test

• Substantial Relationship test

• Strict Scrutiny test

• Rational Basis test

Segregation was ruled Constitutional and perfectly legal due to the Plessy v Ferguson decision that mandated facilities be...

• "one in the same"

• "too legit to quit"

• "separate but equal"

• "protected with insurance"