of EEO UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
(definition) The 5th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - No person shall be compelled
to be a witness against themselves, be subject to double jeopardy for the same offense, nor be
deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process
(date) The 5th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - December 15th, 1791
(definition) 13th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - Abolished slavery
(date) 13th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - December 6th, 1865
(definition) The 14th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - Afforded citizenship to
former slaves or people in previous conditions of servitude
(date) The 14th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - July 9th, 1868
(definition) The 15th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - Allowed citizens to vote
without regard to race, color, or previous condition of servitude
(date) The 15th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - February 3rd, 1870
(definition) The 19th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - Women were granted the
right to vote
(date) The 19th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - August 18th, 1920
, Where can you find the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1871? - CORRECT ANSWER - In
Title 42 of the United States Code
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 - CORRECT ANSWER - All persons born in the US could
make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell,
hold, and convey real and personal property
Which Civil Rights Act was passed as a counterattack against the Black Codes in the South? -
CORRECT ANSWER - The Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Civil Rights Act of 1871 - CORRECT ANSWER - When one person causes another
person to be denied of their rights guaranteed by the Constitution, federal law, is liable to that
person injured in an action of law, suit of equity, or other proper proceeding for redress
Executive Order 9980 - CORRECT ANSWER - No discrimination in the Federal
government based on race
Executive Order 9981 - CORRECT ANSWER - Integrated the military (in the idea of no
discrimination in the Federal government based on race)
When did the DoD cover the Executive Orders of 1948? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1972
When did the Executive Orders 9980/9981 go into affect? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1948
What year did the Equal Pay Act go into affect? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1963
The Equal Pat Act of 1963 - CORRECT ANSWER - Intended to eliminate sex
discrimination in the payment of wages when employees perform equal work with equal skill,
effort and responsibility