WGU C963 Module 13 Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Questions with
Verified Answers (Correct Update)
Question 1: How do civil rights differ from civil
liberties?
Answer: Civil rights are requirements for government action,
while civil liberties are restrictions on government
power.
Question 2: The Thirteenth Amendment prohibits
slavery and involuntary servitude
except when:
Answer: A person is duly convicted of a crime.
Question 3: Which law prohibits discrimination
based on age in programs that
receive assistance from the federal
government?
Answer: The Age Discrimination Act of 1975
Question 4: The requirement in Southern states
that voters first pay a poll tax or else
be denied the right to vote:
Answer: Was made unconstitutional with the Twenty-fourth
Amendment.
Question 5: In what way does Title IX (Education
Amendments of 1972) apply to the
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transsexual
(LGBT) movement?
Answer: The courts have interpreted Title IX's definition of
sex to include gender, which extends its
protections to LGBT persons.
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, Question 6: What are civil rights?
Answer: *Civil rights are a requirement for government to
act in a particular way.
*Civil rights are, by definition, a part of the social
contract.
Question 7: Discrimination is:
Answer: *The differential treatment of groups based on
characteristics they possess.
*Generally allowed by the courts so long as it is
rational.
Question 8: In which Amendment does the
requirement for states to respect the
"privileges or immunities" of your U.S.
citizenship appear?
Answer: Fourteenth Amendment
Question 9: What is protected by the Fifteenth
Amendment?
Answer: The voting rights of racial minorities
Question 10: Which Amendment protects the right
of women to vote?
Answer: The Nineteenth Amendment
Question 11: The Twenty-Sixth Amendment
extends voting rights to:
Answer: Persons 18 years old or older.
Question 12: How does the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act (ADEA) differ from
the Age Discrimination Act of 1975?
Answer: The ADEA prohibits against discrimination in
employment, while the Age Discrimination Act
protects against age discrimination in programs
receiving federal funding.
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Verified Answers (Correct Update)
Question 1: How do civil rights differ from civil
liberties?
Answer: Civil rights are requirements for government action,
while civil liberties are restrictions on government
power.
Question 2: The Thirteenth Amendment prohibits
slavery and involuntary servitude
except when:
Answer: A person is duly convicted of a crime.
Question 3: Which law prohibits discrimination
based on age in programs that
receive assistance from the federal
government?
Answer: The Age Discrimination Act of 1975
Question 4: The requirement in Southern states
that voters first pay a poll tax or else
be denied the right to vote:
Answer: Was made unconstitutional with the Twenty-fourth
Amendment.
Question 5: In what way does Title IX (Education
Amendments of 1972) apply to the
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transsexual
(LGBT) movement?
Answer: The courts have interpreted Title IX's definition of
sex to include gender, which extends its
protections to LGBT persons.
Page 1
, Question 6: What are civil rights?
Answer: *Civil rights are a requirement for government to
act in a particular way.
*Civil rights are, by definition, a part of the social
contract.
Question 7: Discrimination is:
Answer: *The differential treatment of groups based on
characteristics they possess.
*Generally allowed by the courts so long as it is
rational.
Question 8: In which Amendment does the
requirement for states to respect the
"privileges or immunities" of your U.S.
citizenship appear?
Answer: Fourteenth Amendment
Question 9: What is protected by the Fifteenth
Amendment?
Answer: The voting rights of racial minorities
Question 10: Which Amendment protects the right
of women to vote?
Answer: The Nineteenth Amendment
Question 11: The Twenty-Sixth Amendment
extends voting rights to:
Answer: Persons 18 years old or older.
Question 12: How does the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act (ADEA) differ from
the Age Discrimination Act of 1975?
Answer: The ADEA prohibits against discrimination in
employment, while the Age Discrimination Act
protects against age discrimination in programs
receiving federal funding.
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