What do we call programs designed to enhance opportunities for groups that have suffered discrimination in the past?
A) Affirmative action programs
B) Civil rights programs
C) Reverse-discrimination programs
D) Quota programs
E) Racial profiling programs
Question -2-Living-constitution theory, espoused by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., is
A) based on writings such as the Federalist Papers.
B) practical and adapts to modern circumstances.
C) based on the actual wording of the Constitution.
D) based on the personal experiences of the Founding Fathers.
E) based on the idea that judges should be elected.
Question -3-As president, Ronald Reagan worked to
A) alleviate allegations of an imperial presidency.
B) involve himself in the efficient aspects of government.
C) restore the grandeur and pageantry of the presidency.
D) increase informality at the White House.
E) increase the legislative power of the presidency.
Question -4-Why was segregation in the North different from that in the South?
A) It was considered to have occurred as the result of private decisions made by individuals.
B) It was more strictly enforced in the North.
C) It was part of the legal system since the Revolution, whereas the South only instituted it after the Civil War.
D) It occurred much less frequently.
E) It never took place in the schools.
Question -5-The Supreme Court decision that declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional in 1857 was
A) Milligan v. Adams. B) Taney v. Missouri. C) Marbury v. Madison.
D) Dred Scott v. Sandford. E) Lochner v. New York.
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