Affirmative Action: Crash Course Government #32

The point of affirmative action is...

• to use reverse discrimination.

• to redress historic injustice.

• help lazy people get jobs.

• take opportunity away from white people.

Americans tend to be in favor of equal ______, but not equal ______.

• outcomes; opportunity

• access; opportunity

• outcomes; access

• opportunity; outcomes

The key component of affirmative action (and what makes it controversial) is the provision of ________ to jobs and education for historically marginalized groups

• special access

• equal access

• no access

• open access

In Bakke, the Supreme Court ruled that _____ were discriminatory (and not ok), but that race could be considered as a factor in admissions to promote diversity.

• admissions

• diverse viewpoints

• quotas

• compelling interests

Many affirmative action programs have been struck down because they fail tests of _____ scrutiny.

• serious

• strict

• intermediate

• medium

When polling public opinion on a topic (like affirmative action), it's important to remember that answers will change based on how questions are ______.

• ordered

• spelled

• highlighted

• framed