Question 1

Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities have moved from taboo to mainstream. Nevertheless, the conflict over marriage and childrearing remains a flash point of contemporary culture wars. Why do you think this is the case?

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Question 2

Same-sex marriage rights are an important issue for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities. What are the reasons for the demand for these rights? For those against these marriage rights, what are the reasons to deny them and allow only civil unions?

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Question 3

How do groups define themselves?

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Question 4

How does federalism come into play with equality?

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Question 5

Which branch is usually the ice breaker for civil rights?

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Question 6

What role did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 play in slavery?

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Question 7

How did the Fifteenth Amendment affect voting?

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Question 8

What were Black codes?

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Question 9

What role did the Freedmen's Bureau play?

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Question 10

Discuss Jim Crow laws.

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Question 11

Has the United States marched toward greater civil rights for all? Or has the progress been unsteady?

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Question 12

Elaborate on the seven steps to gaining political rights.

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Question 13

Most Americans preferred to ignore the issue of slavery, but a group of abolitionists fought to end it. Describe the abolition movement in the context of its times. Are there equivalent movements today? Could they be as successful as the abolitionists were?

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Question 14

Elaborate on the 1857 Supreme Court ruling in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case. What was its impact on American history? Was the Civil War an inevitable result?

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Question 15

The Fourteenth Amendment (1868) made anyone born in the United States an American citizen. Today, the provision is at the heart of the immigration debate; even the children of undocumented immigrants, born on American soil, are American citizens. Some feel that these children should not be citizens, since their parents were here illegally. What is your view on this matter? Is there an alternative to the current interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment that is still in keeping with American values of equality and inclusion?

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Question 16

In 1909, the NAACP began fighting segregation. In 1941, it finally won the first executive order on race since Reconstruction. What was this landmark decision, and what pushed President Roosevelt to act?

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Question 17

Many of the remedies for past discrimination have appeared to guarantee equality of outcome: reserving jobs or opportunities for individuals based on their race or gender. Is this necessary to right past wrongs? If so, for how long? And are these remedies-extended to minorities and women-unfair to white men?

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Question 18

Despite the recent rise in the percentage of women in Congress, the United States ranks eighty-second in this regard. Why? Should the government do anything to change this? What could be done?

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Question 19

Discuss at length the purpose of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Has it been effective?

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Question 20

Elaborate on the history and purpose of the National Organization for Women (NOW), formed in 1966.

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Quiz 6: The Struggle for Civil Rights