How did the decisions of Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger answer the question of whether promoting diversity was grounds enough to support the constitutionality of affirmative action?
a. It was in the government's best interest to promote educational diversity, and race could be heavily weighted in making an admission decision.
b. It was in the government's best interest to equally balance educational diversity with all other factors in making an admission decision.
c. It was in the government's best interest to promote educational diversity, as long as admission decisions were not heavily influenced by race considerations.
d. It was in the government's best interest to make race a predominant factor in making an admission decision.
Question -2-What were the issues in question in the case of Regents of the University of California v. Bakke?
a. Diversity and financial aid
b. Qualifications and diversity
c. Preference and financial aid
d. Qualifications and preferences
Question -3-Quotas are
a. a legal part of affirmative action.
b. not considered a part of lawful affirmative action programs.
c. considered a legal part of affirmative action when applied to anything other than race.
d. considered a legal part of affirmative action only when applied to race.
Question -4-After the findings of the President's Commission on Civil Rights were released, President Truman proposed all of the following to Congress except
a. the desegregation of interstate travel.
b. a federal law to protect against lynching.
c. desegregation of schools.
d. the elimination of the poll tax.
Question -5-What was the first Supreme Court case to challenge the legality of the segregation of the races?
a. Plessy v. Ferguson
b. Brown v. Board of Education
c. Browder v. Gale
d. Dred Scott v. Sandford
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