What 1955 event launched the modern civil rights movement?
a. Brown v. Board of Education
b. The formation of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
c. The integration of a high school in Little Rock
d. The Montgomery bus boycott
e. the Southern Manifesto
ANS: D
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If people are observed by a researcher who has joined their organization in order to be able to study them, the researcher must
a. consider the possibility that there may be an invasion of privacy even if the people engage in lawful public behavior. b. get informed consent for studying any behavior members engage in while part of the group. c. get approval from an Institutional Review Board even if the people in the group know they are being observed. d. consider whether deceiving participants about his or her membership in the group might put group members at risk if they discovered that a friendship has been based on deception.
How do officials help to ensure fairness in voting in areas with high concentrations of language minorities?
a. Employing translators at the polls b. Going door to door to collect votes c. Offering ballots printed in English as well as the minority language d. Offering ballots printed only in the minority language e. Lowering literacy requirements