kaplan SS211 unit 10 quiz latest 2016 may
.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;”>1. Question : Matching : Affirmative action
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compensatory or preferential treatment of minorities : Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) » : bans
discrimination against people with disabilities in education, employment,
health care, housing, and transportation with regard to all programs and
organizations : Brown v. Board of Education
or Topeka, Kansas » :
landmark Supreme Court decision declaring that segregation itself violates the
equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (1954) : Civil Rights Act of 1964
» :
prohibits discrimination in public accommodations, in programs receiving
federal funds, and in employment, and established the EEOC to enforce its
decisions : Civil Rights Act of 1968
» :
prohibits discrimination in the sale of rental of a dwelling or in advertising
the sale or rental : de jure segregation
» : segregation permitted or required by law : Equal Rights Amendment
(ERA) » : a
proposed amendment to the US Constitution guaranteeing equality of rights of the
sexes : Gender
» :
cultural imposed sex-role stereotypes : Separate-but-equal
doctrine » :
interpreting the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to allow
segregation of races if facilities were equal (1896 –1954)
: Sex
» : whether someone is born male or female