Chapter 5

Question 0

Equal Protection Under the Law

Answer 0

Part of the Fourteenth Amendment emphasizing that the laws must provide equivalent “protection” to all people

Question 1

Civil Rights

Answer 1

Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by government officials or individuals

Question 2

Suffrage

Answer 2

The legal right to vote in the United States, gradually extended to virtually all citizens over the age of 18

Question 3

Poll Taxes

Answer 3

Small taxes levied on the right to vote. This method was used by most Southern states to exclude African Americans from voting. Poll taxes were declared void by the Twenty-fourth Amendment in 1964

Question 4

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Answer 4

A 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

Question 5

Affirmative Action

Answer 5

A policy designed to give special attention to or compensatory treatment for members of some previously disadvantaged group