Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. In its 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that the standing policy of “separate but equal” was inherently unequal.
2. The constitutional basis for the assault on educational segregation in the courts was the equal protection clause of the 15th Amendment.
3. Southern states actively embraced the Court’s order to desegregate their public schools.
4. According to data presented in the textbook, more than 50% of public schools in the South were desegregated within a year of the Brown v. Board decision.
5. The quest for women’s rights was fully achieved once the 19th Amendment was passed.
1. True
2. False
3. False
4. False
5. False
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a. United States b. Botswana c. Columbia d. Denmark
What was a distinctive finding of Kriner and Reeves in their study of the presidency?
A)Districts that support the president's party get more federal dollars. B)Competitive swing districts get more federal dollars. C)Districts that have high proportions of blue-collar workers get more federal dollars. D)Urban districts with large minority populations get more federal dollars.
The most accurate statement about the differences in opinion between party activists and regular voters is
a. there really are no differences in their opinions. b. party activists are less ideological and more pragmatic, whether conservative or liberal, than regular voters. c. party activists are apt to hold more extreme views, whether conservative or liberal, than regular voters. d. regular voters are more likely than party activists to consistently vote for their party.