MATCHING Match Each Description with the Item Below

question 65

Multiple Choice

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-George B.McClellan

• A)a candidate for the presidency in the 1860 election
• B)led the Pottawatomie Massacre
• C)elected president of the Confederate States of America
• D)died in July 1850
• E)caned Charles Sumner
• F)the "Little Giant" who succeeded in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed by breaking it into separate proposals
• G)argued that Congress needed to protect the right of slave owners to take their "property" into the territories
• H)the chief justice for the Dred Scott case
• I)the 1848 Free-Soil presidential candidate
• J)the president who supported the Compromise of 1850

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Definitions:

Reverse Discrimination

Situations where affirmative action or similar measures result in perceived or actual discrimination against a dominant or majority group.

Preferential Treatment

The act of giving unfair advantage or benefits to certain employees over others without justifiable reasons.

Four-Fifths Rule

The four-fifths rule suggests that disparate impact exists if a selection criterion (e.g., a test score) results in a selection rate for a protected class that is less than four-fifths (80 percent) of that for the majority group.

Protected Class

A protected class consists of all individuals who share one or more common characteristics as indicated by that law.