Chapter 5

Question 1

Americans with Disabilities

Answer 1

Prohibits those with disabilities from being discriminated towards

Question 2

Brown v. Board of Education

Answer 2

Overturns separate but equal

Question 3

Civil Rights Act of 1994

Answer 3

outlawed discrimination in the United States based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

Question 4

Civil Rights

Answer 4

Protections by the government rom any illegal action

Question 5

Civil War Amendment 13

Answer 5

Abolished Slavery

Question 6

Civil War Amendment 14

Answer 6

Guaranteed equal protection to all Americans no matter race

Question 7

Civil War Amendment 15

Answer 7

Right to vote given to all citizens

Question 8

De facto discrimination

Answer 8

discrimination continues to take place even if prohibited

Question 9

De jure discrimination

Answer 9

based on separating people by specific traits as enforced by law

Question 10

Dred Scott v. Stanford

Answer 10

case deemed slaves as non citizens

Question 11

Education Act of 1972

Answer 11

prohibited the discrimination of sex based in federal or public institutions

Question 12

Equal Rights Amendment

Answer 12

guaranteed equal rights to all citizens, regardless of sex

Question 13

Fair Housing Act (1968 & 1988)

Answer 13

All have equal right to housing

Question 14

Gideon v. Wainwright

Answer 14

Guaranteed the right of a legal counsel to anyone accused of a crime

Question 15

Jim Crow Laws

Answer 15

Mandated segregation of public spaces “whites only” “colored”

Question 16

Lawrence v Texas

Answer 16

Same sexual activity now legal in all states

Question 17

Obergefell v. Hodges

Answer 17

States must recognize and license same sex marriage

Question 18

Plessly v. Ferguson

Answer 18

coined the seperate but equal rule. Stated all facilities could be separated as long as they were equal

Question 19

Poll taxes

Answer 19

pay to vote

Question 20

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Answer 20

prevents discrimination while voting