Class 11 Political Science Chapter 5 Rights Quiz 1 (25 MCQs)

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1. Key part of The Voting Rights Act of 1965 that says no new elections laws are allowed to be passed by states and localities with a history of discrimination in voting, unless they are approved by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, DC.
2. What percentage of a man's earnings did women typically make for the same job in the 1960s?
3. What was one reason the Equal Rights Amendment failed to be ratified?
4. The ..... cannot withhold information for a very long period.
5. In the court case Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled-
6. At the national level RTI was passed by the parliament in the year .....
7. Fundamental Rights are those which are given to us by .....
8. Inspired by Rosa Park, Dr. Martin Luther King-
9. Which statement described how the GI Bill affected the United States during the 1950s?
10. During the Civil Rights Era, Rosa Parks is most remembered for-
11. Who is Telangana Chief Information Commissioner?
12. In Brown v. Board of Education, schools were required to desegregate. This ruling was achieved-
13. The preclearance provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is put on hold until congress updates the list of places with a "history of discrimination."
14. Court ruled against a state government, saying that their "nuisance" law represented a prior restraint on publication.
15. Discrimination that is not based on laws, but on circumstances, such as patterns in housing, schools, etc.
16. Like the idea of ..... , the idea of human rights gained importancein the world during last 300 years.
17. Providing resources to the ..... by Government is a fundamental right.
18. Use of force and violence to protest and protect is to the Black Panthers As supported civil disobedience is to .....
19. A wing of a large civil rights organization first headed by Thurgood Marshall that raised money for the lengthy legal fight against discrimination toward African Americans.
20. During the Civil Rights movement, the Black Panther Party's tactics differed from those of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. because the Black Panthers called for .....
21. The mandate which states that courts and police must set aside any evidence taken in violation of the 4th amendment.
22. What was the primary goal of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed in the 1960s?
23. During the early 1900s, Booker T. Washington supported a moderate strategy for attaining civil rights for African Americans, while W. E. B. Du Bois called for a more aggressive approach. During the 1960s, a similar difference emerged between-
24. A series of three separate cases of the Supreme Court involving admitting African Americans to law schools. The cases resulted in producing the NAACP LDF and a strategy for dismantling discrimination in k-12 public schools, but never actually overturning the Plessy v. Ferguson decision.
25. Selina voted for Senator Bruce Wayne (D-NY) in 2008 and was unhappy with his performance in office because he didn't fix the economy. So in the 2014 midterm elections, Selina decides to vote for Barbara Kean, a Republican candidate.Which model of voting behavior does this best represent?