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Question 1

The USA Patriot Act (2001)

Answer 1

it increased government power to convict suspected terrorists

Question 2

Carnivore

Answer 2

wire tapping tool used to monitor emails (FBI)

Question 3

Freedom of Information Act

Answer 3

federal agencies must provide the public, access to public records

Question 4

Reed vs. Reed

Answer 4

1st supreme court case to define constitutionality regarding gender discrimination

Question 5

Affirmative action

Answer 5

qualified individuals may lose out on job opportunity, because of race, ethnicity, or gender

Question 6

Brown vs. Board of Education

Answer 6

reversed “Plessy”

separate but equal

Question 7

discrimination

Answer 7

unjustly classifying people, because of race, ethnicity, or gender

Question 8

racial discrimination

Answer 8

classify someone, because of race/ethnicity

Question 9

segregation

Answer 9

separate people from a larger group

Question 10

fundamental rights

Answer 10

basic freedoms of U.S. citizens

Question 11

Suspect classification

Answer 11

to classify people based on race or national origin

Question 12

rational basis test

Answer 12

court uses reasonable standard to judge state laws

Question 13

sit-ins

Answer 13

civil rights protest

Question 14

martin luther king jr.

Answer 14

leader of the civil rights movement in 1954

Question 15

sunshine act

Answer 15

public meetings must be open to the public

Question 16

19th amendment

Answer 16

gives women the right to vote

Question 17

bill of rights and 14th amendment

Answer 17

right to privacy

Question 18

transcript

Answer 18

official summary report

Question 19

security classification system

Answer 19

used to protect secret government documents

Question 20

hate crimes

Answer 20

punished with much more severe consequences

Question 21

reverse discrimination

Answer 21

used to give minorities a chance

Question 22

Roe vs Wade

Answer 22

supreme court case that made abortion legal