Regents of the University of California V

question 40

Multiple Choice

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) was a Supreme Court case that

• A) created affirmative action quotas for all medical schools.
• B) rejected the outright use of racial quotas in college admissions but allowed race to be used as one of several factors in admissions.
• C) required that a quota for white students be used if there is also an existing quota for non-whites.
• D) required racial quotas for all college admission procedures.
• E) identified and prohibited the process of "reverse discrimination."

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