5 Written Questions

1. policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by government officials or individuals
2. 1944 Supreme Court decision that upheld as constitutional the internment of more than 100,000 Americans of Japanese descent in encampments during World War II
3. law designed to help end formal and informal barriers to African American suffrage; under the law, hundreds of thousands of African Americans were registered, and the number of African American elected officials increased dramatically
4. constitutional amendment adopted in 1870 to extend suffrage to African Americans
5. constitutional amendment adopted in 1920 that guarantees women the right to vote

5 Matching Questions

1. Twenty-fourth Amendment
2. Plessy v. Ferguson
3. Reed v. Reed
4. Thirteenth Amendment
5. affirmative action

1. a 1896 Supreme Court decision that provided a constitutional justification for segregation by ruling that a Louisiana law requiring "equal but separate accommodations for the White and colored races" was constitutional
2. b constitutional amendment passed in 1964 that declared poll taxes void in federal elections
3. c landmark case in 1971 in which the Supreme Court for the first time upheld a claim of gender discrimination
4. d policy designed to give special attention to or compensatory treatment for members of some previously disadvantaged group
5. e the constitutional amendment ratified after the Civil War that forbade slavery and involuntary servitude

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. the constitutional amendment adopted after the Civil War that states, "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
   1. Fourteenth Amendment
   2. Fifteenth Amendment
   3. Nineteenth Amendment
   4. Thirteenth Amendment
2. 1954 Supreme Court decision holding that school segregation in Topeka, Kansas, was inherently unconstitutional because it violated the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection; this case marked the end of legal segregation in the United States
   1. Craig v. Boren
   2. Reed v. Reed
   3. Brown v. Board of Education
   4. Scott v. Sandford
3. the 1857 Supreme Court decision ruling that a slave enjoyed no rights as a citizen and that Congress had no authority to ban slavery in the territories
   1. White primary
   2. Reed v. Reed
   3. Craig v. Boren
   4. Scott v. Sandford
4. 1978 Supreme Court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race
   1. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
   2. Adarand Constructors v. Pena
   3. Scott v. Sandford
   4. equal protection of the laws
5. issue raised when women who hold traditionally female jobs are paid less than men for working at jobs requiring comparable skill
   1. poll taxes
   2. comparable worth
   3. Craig v. Boren
   4. suffrage

5 True/False Questions

1. equal protection of the laws → part of the Fourteenth Amendment emphasizing that the laws must provide equivalent "protection" to all people

   True        False

2. Equal Rights Amendment → constitutional amendment originally introduced in Congress in 1923 and passed by Congress in 1972, stating that "equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex"; despite public support, the amendment failed to acquire the necessary support form three-fourths of the state legislatures

   True        False

3. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 → law passed in 1990 that requires employers and public facilities to make "reasonable accommodations" for people with disabilities and prohibits discrimination against these individuals in employment

   True        False

4. Civil Rights Act of 1964 → law that made racial discrimination against any group in hotels, motels, and restaurants illegal and forbade many forms of job discrimination

   True        False

5. White primary → policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by government officials or individuals

   True        False