A voice vote is just one form of voting in legislative branches. What happens when a voice vote is occurs?
a. The representatives vote one at a time as their names are announced.
b. Representatives read the bills themselves then announce one at a time what their vote is.
c. The legislative members vote orally as a group, usually yea or nay.
d. The members vote yea or nay out loud after their name is read.
Question -2-The Supreme Court in the Reagan/Bush era
a. accepted affirmative action in cases where there was evidence of specific discrimination and the program was narrowly tailored to that offense.
b. ruled against all forms of affirmative action as being unfair discrimination against whites.
c. refused to accept any more affirmative action cases.
d. accepted all affirmative action cases appealed.
e. sent all affirmative action cases back to the federal courts for decision.
Question -3-Suffrage is defined as
a. the right to a speedy trial.
b. the right to privacy.
c. the right to vote.
d. the right to equal opportunity.
e. the right to discriminate against women.
Question -4-The idea that people should have equal rights and opportunities to develop their talents, that all people should begin at the same starting point in a race is termed
a. affirmative action.
b. peonage.
c. equality of result.
d. quota system.
e. equality of opportunity.
Question -5-In the Bakke case, the Supreme Court ruled that
a. set quotas in university admissions based solely on race were unconstitutional.
b. set quotas of any kind were unconstitutional.
c. quotas were acceptable if the applicants from majority groups did not protest.
d. quotas were required in some circumstances.
e. quotas could not be used when making admissions decisions at public universities.
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