Besides eliminating segregation and racial discrimination in public facilities and employment, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 included a provision that
a. banned racial discrimination in the sale and rental of housing units.
b. prohibited sexual as well as racial discrimination.
c. established the principle of affirmative action in college admissions.
d. protected the rights of Latino immigrants to speak Spanish in schools.
e. protected gays against discrimination in employment.
b
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A) timber B) rice C) opium D) weapons E) cotton
Slavery would not have lasted as long as it did EXCEPT
A) for the place it held in the southern economy. B) for the South's lack of moral sensitivity. C) for the willingness of slaves to submit to the system. D) for the North's lack of interest in the problem.
Which statement about the Black Death is true?
a. It was one of many European plagues that inflicted Europe from the eighth century onward. b. It started in northern Europe and moved southward to Italy. c. It recurred in severe outbreaks for centuries. d. It never reached England. e. It was restricted to Christian Europe, with the Arabic Middle East escaping from most of the devastation.
The ruling by the Supreme Court in Bowers v. Hardwick is evidence of which of the following?
a. Despite the conservative mood of the nation, the Supreme Court remained a bastion of liberalism. b. The Court had no sympathy with the concept of affirmative action. c. The Court had taken a decisive turn in the direction of federal power over the concept of states' rights. d. President Reagan's appointments to the Supreme Court made that body more conservative.