PLSC Worksheet 5 Questions With Complete Solutions
_____ occurs when an employee is subjected to sexual conduct
or comments that interefere with the employee's job
performance Correct Answers hostile-environment harassment
______ forbade discrimination on the basis of race, color,
religion, gender, or national origin Correct Answers the civil
rights act of 1964
a nonviolent, public refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws is
called Correct Answers civil disobedience
a poll tax was used to Correct Answers exclude poor african
americans as well as poor whites from voting
a practice, policy, or procedure that denies equality of treatment
to an individual or to a group because of gender Correct
Answers is gender discrimination
according to the thirteenth amendment Correct Answers neither
slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist within the united
states
all of the following are true except that Correct Answers civil
liberties and civil rights are the same thing
all of the following are true regarding the aftermath of brown v
board of education except Correct Answers almost all schools
achieved racial balance within a decade
, all of the following regarding women's rights is false except
Correct Answers women have had to struggle for equality just
like african americans and other minorities
an attempt to maintain white supremacy included Correct
Answers lynching
Betty Friedan's The feminine mystique Correct Answers
focused national attention on the unequal status of women in
american life
discrimination against individuals who are not members of a
minority group is called Correct Answers reverse
discrimination
enacted in 1963, the ________ requires employers to provide
equal pay for substantially equal work Correct Answers equal
pay act
immigrants who are not yet citizens possess Correct Answers
fewer civil rights than any other identifiable group in the US
in 2003, the united states supreme court considered two different
admissions policies adopted at the university of michigan and
Correct Answers approved affirmative action plans that took
race into consideration as part of a complete examination of the
applicant's background
in brown v board of education of topeka (1954), the US supreme
court Correct Answers ruled that segregation of races in the
public schools is unconstitutional
_____ occurs when an employee is subjected to sexual conduct
or comments that interefere with the employee's job
performance Correct Answers hostile-environment harassment
______ forbade discrimination on the basis of race, color,
religion, gender, or national origin Correct Answers the civil
rights act of 1964
a nonviolent, public refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws is
called Correct Answers civil disobedience
a poll tax was used to Correct Answers exclude poor african
americans as well as poor whites from voting
a practice, policy, or procedure that denies equality of treatment
to an individual or to a group because of gender Correct
Answers is gender discrimination
according to the thirteenth amendment Correct Answers neither
slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist within the united
states
all of the following are true except that Correct Answers civil
liberties and civil rights are the same thing
all of the following are true regarding the aftermath of brown v
board of education except Correct Answers almost all schools
achieved racial balance within a decade
, all of the following regarding women's rights is false except
Correct Answers women have had to struggle for equality just
like african americans and other minorities
an attempt to maintain white supremacy included Correct
Answers lynching
Betty Friedan's The feminine mystique Correct Answers
focused national attention on the unequal status of women in
american life
discrimination against individuals who are not members of a
minority group is called Correct Answers reverse
discrimination
enacted in 1963, the ________ requires employers to provide
equal pay for substantially equal work Correct Answers equal
pay act
immigrants who are not yet citizens possess Correct Answers
fewer civil rights than any other identifiable group in the US
in 2003, the united states supreme court considered two different
admissions policies adopted at the university of michigan and
Correct Answers approved affirmative action plans that took
race into consideration as part of a complete examination of the
applicant's background
in brown v board of education of topeka (1954), the US supreme
court Correct Answers ruled that segregation of races in the
public schools is unconstitutional
