Chapter 5 Reading Quiz

Instructions: The following quiz will cover Chapter 5. It will consist of ten multiple choice questions each of these questions are worth ten points. You will have a total of thirty minutes to complete this short quiz. Please note that you are required to read the chapter before attempting this quiz. Good luck!

Objectives: 

The quiz is designed to measure the following objectives:
CO 7:   Describe the rights and responsibilities of citizens
CO 8:   Analyze issues and policies in U.S. politics.

5.1: Recall the concept of civil rights
5.1: Identify the standards that courts use when deciding whether a discriminatory law or regulation is unconstitutional
5.1: Identify three core questions for recognizing a civil rights problem

5.2: Identify key events in the history of African American civil rights
5.2: Recall how the courts, Congress, and the executive branch supported the civil rights movement
5.2: Recognize the role of grassroots efforts in the civil rights movement

5.3: Identify early efforts to achieve rights for women
5.3: Recall why the Equal Rights Amendment failed to be ratified
5.3: Recognize the ways in which women acquired greater rights in the twentieth century
5.3: Identify why women continue to experience unequal treatment

5.4: Outline the history of discrimination against Native Americans
5.4: Identify the expansion of Native American civil rights from 1960 to 1990

5.5: Identify the discrimination faced by Hispanic/Latino Americans and Asian Americans
5.5: Recall the influence of the African American civil rights movement on Hispanic/Latino, Asian American, and LGBTQ civil rights movements
5.5: Identify federal actions to improve opportunities for people with disabilities
5.5: Recognize the discrimination faced by religious minorities