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Question 1.
Martin Luther King, Jr. advocated violent disobedience to unjust laws.


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Question 2.
2. At the end of a march on Washington, D.C. held on August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.


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Question 3.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed by a very slim margin in both the House and the Senate.

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Question 4.
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 dealt with discrimination in the area of "fair housing."

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Question 5.
Preferential or compensatory treatment to assist black applications for university admissions and scholarships, job hiring and promotion, would be called affirmative admittance.


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Question 6.
Strict scrutiny means that disparate treatment of the races by federal, state, or local public agencies must be evaluated for and found necessary to remedy past proven discrimination.


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Question 7.
The California Civil Rights Initiative which banned preferential treatment to any individual or group was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.


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Question 8.
The Indian Reorganization Act of 1964 restored Native American tribal land ownership.

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Question 9.
Americans with disabilities are protected from discrimination regardless of cost, just like women.

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Question 10.
The Equal Rights Amendment was ratified in 1972.

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