Test your knowledge of hate crimes. Answer key provided at the end.
1) True or False-In its most recent ruling the Supreme Court determined that victims of rape can sue for damages in Federal Court.
2) According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reports how many victims of hate crimes were there reported in 1998 in the United States?
A) almost 1,000
B) almost 5,000
C) almost 10,000
D) more than 100,000
3) What is the most common type of hate crime?
A) Hate crimes based on race.
B) Hate crimes based on sexual orientation.
C) Hate crimes based on disability.
D) Hate crimes based on religion.
4) What is the most common type of racial hate crime?
A) Black on White violence.
B) White on Black violence.
C) White on Asian violence.
D) Asian on Black violence.
5) Which of the following are contributing factors to gay-bashing?
A) A propensity towards violence.
B) A desire to prove masculinity.
C) The fear of backing down or letting one's peers down.
D) All of the above.
6) Billy Jack Gaither was murdered because he was...
A) Gay
B) Black
C) Disabled
D) Jewish
7) How many cases of hate crimes were reported to Connecticut law enforcement in 1999?
A) 6
B) 26
C) 56
D) 136
8) True or False-- On July 24, 1998 the largest judgement ever awarded against a hate group was handed down against the Christian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. The Grand Dragon Horace King and four other Klansmen were ordered to pay $37.8 million for their roles in conspiracy to burn down the Macedonia Baptist Church.
9) True or False-Matt Shepard's killers, Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson are serving life sentences?
10) True or False-- In 1990 the courts ruled that the Boy Scouts of America had the right to dismiss James Dale because he was homosexual.
Answer Key
1) False
2) C) Almost 10,000
3) A) Hate Crimes based on race.
4) B) White on Black violence
5) D) All of the above.
6) A) Gay
7) D) 136
8) True
9) True
10) True |