3A.4.4 Race and rights in contemporary US politics Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Politics, Unit 3

The 20 questions

1. Which amendment abolished slavery?

   • Nineteenth Amendment
   • Fifteenth Amendment
   • Thirteenth Amendment
   • Fourteenth Amendment

2. Which amendment's equal protection clause became central to later civil rights litigation?

   • Fourteenth Amendment
   • Twenty-Second Amendment
   • Tenth Amendment
   • First Amendment

3. What ground of voting discrimination is explicitly prohibited by the Fifteenth Amendment?

   • Gender
   • Age
   • Wealth
   • Race

4. Which amendment granted women the right to vote in 1920?

   • Twenty-Sixth Amendment
   • Nineteenth Amendment
   • Fifteenth Amendment
   • Twenty-Second Amendment

5. Which barrier to voting in federal elections was banned by the Twenty-Fourth Amendment?

   • Literacy tests
   • Property qualifications
   • Poll taxes
   • Grandfather clauses

6. Which Supreme Court case struck down the preclearance formula of the Voting Rights Act?

   • Brown v Board
   • Roe v Wade
   • Plessy v Ferguson
   • Shelby County v Holder

7. What did the Supreme Court declare unconstitutional in university admissions in Bakke (1978)?

   • Holistic review
   • Rigid racial quotas
   • Standardised testing
   • In-state tuition

8. Which policy aims to increase opportunities for historically disadvantaged groups in education and employment?

   • Gerrymandering
   • Filibustering
   • Preclearance
   • Affirmative action

9. What process involves redrawing electoral boundaries to favour particular political or demographic groups?

   • Cloture
   • Filibustering
   • Gerrymandering
   • Preclearance

10. Which major federal law outlawed discrimination based on race, colour, religion, sex or national origin?

    • Patriot Act
    • Civil Rights Act
    • Clean Air Act
    • Voting Rights Act

11. Which Supreme Court ruling ended the separate but equal doctrine in American public education?

    • Shelby County v Holder
    • Plessy v Ferguson
    • Brown v Board
    • Regents v Bakke

12. What was a primary goal of the US Voting Rights Act of 1965?

    • Ban literacy tests
    • Lower voting age
    • Abolish Electoral College
    • Introduce voter ID

13. Which 2023 Supreme Court ruling ended race-conscious admissions in US higher education?

    • Grutter v Bollinger
    • Fisher v Texas
    • Regents v Bakke
    • SFFA v Harvard

14. Which right is explicitly protected by the First Amendment of the US Constitution?

    • Protection from search
    • Freedom of speech
    • Right to trial
    • Right to arms

15. Which amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures?

    • Sixth Amendment
    • Fourth Amendment
    • Fifth Amendment
    • Eighth Amendment

16. Which protection is guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution?

    • Cruel punishment
    • Excessive bail
    • No self-incrimination
    • Unreasonable searches

17. Which power allows the US Supreme Court to strike down unconstitutional federal laws?

    • Executive privilege
    • Judicial review
    • Judicial restraint
    • Congressional oversight

18. The Twenty-Sixth Amendment (1971) set the voting age at

    • twenty-one
    • twenty-five
    • sixteen
    • eighteen

19. Which US constitutional clause is most frequently cited by critics opposing strict voter ID laws?

    • Equal Protection Clause
    • Commerce Clause
    • Necessary and Proper
    • Free Exercise Clause

20. What collective name is given to the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth US Amendments?

    • Bill of Rights
    • Progressive Amendments
    • Civil War Treaties
    • Reconstruction Amendments

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