Chapter 3.11

Question 1

Fourteenth Amendment

Answer 1

Natural born citizenship and states have to give privileges and immunities to all US citizens. Due process clause.

Question 2

Equal Protection Clause

Answer 2

State government can’t deny people in their jurisdiction equal protection of the laws.

Question 3

Fifteenth Amendment

Answer 3

You can’t not be able to vote based on race.

Question 4

Literacy Test

Answer 4

Test of literacy requirements to be able to vote.

Question 5

Poll Tax

Answer 5

You had to pay a fee to vote.

Question 6

Grandfather Clause

Answer 6

You can vote if your grandfather could.

Question 7

White Primary

Answer 7

Primary where only white men could vote.

Question 8

Jim Crow Laws

Answer 8

Separated the races everywhere. Segregation.

Question 9

Give background for Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Answer 9

Earlier ruled that “separate but equal” was legal. Brown was a collection of cases petitioned against this, saying it was psychologically damaging.

Question 10

What was the question in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?

Answer 10

Do state school segregation laws violate the 14th amendment?

Question 11

What was the ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?

Answer 11

9:0 for Brown. Schools aren’t normally equal and it violates the Due Process Clause.

Question 12

Title II

Answer 12

You can’t refuse service to someone because of race.

Question 13

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Answer 13

Rights discrimination. Gets rid of “separate but equal” and removes second-class citizenship. Basis for lots of modern laws.

Question 14

Title IX

Answer 14

Women have the same education opportunities in federally funded programs.

Question 15

Twenty-Fourth Amendment

Answer 15

Outlaws poll tax in any elections.

Question 16

Voting Rights Act

Answer 16

Federal government can oversee southern elections. Effectively ended literacy tests. States have to ask to create voting requirements.