Which of the Following Statements About the Civil Rights Act

question 121

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is most accurate? The Civil Rights Act:

• A)was very controversial when first enacted, but a series of court rulings has largely eliminated its influence on businesses and their treatment of employees.
• B)explicitly protects whites and males from reverse discrimination.
• C)is the law that led to direct government involvement in human resource practices that involved discrimination due to sex, color, race, or religion.
• D)attracted a great deal of attention, but had a limited impact because it only deals with discrimination based on race and ignores other discriminatory practices related to sex, religion, or national origin.

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Definitions:

Movement

The act or process of changing physical location or position, often referring to the capability of organisms or parts of organisms to do so.

Representation

The act of standing for or symbolizing something else, or an accurate depiction of something in a particular medium.

Mental Picture

A visual representation formed in the mind, which can be recalled or imagined without the physical presence of the object.

Object

In general usage, any material thing that can be seen and touched. In psychological contexts, an object can refer to a target of attention or affection.