Chapter 5

Question 1

Suspect classifications

Answer 1

Distinctions among persons that must be justified on the basis of a compelling government interest that cannot be achieved in a less restrictive fashion

Question 2

Jim Crow law

Answer 2

Legal provisions requiring the social segregation of African Americans in separate and generally unequal facilities.

Question 3

Separate but equal

Answer 3

The judicial doctrine holding that separate facilities for whites and African Americans satisfy the equal protection requirement of the 14th amendment

Question 4

Test case

Answer 4

A lawsuit initiated to assess the constitutionality of a legislative or executive act

Question 5

Suffrage

Answer 5

The right to vote

Question 6

Disfranchisement

Answer 6

The denial of voting rights

Question 7

White primary

Answer 7

An electoral system used in the south to prevent the participation of African Americans in the Democratic Party

Question 8

Civil rights

Answer 8

The protection of individual from arbitrary or discriminatory acts by govt or by individuals based on that persons group status

Question 9

Test case

Answer 9

A lawsuit initiated to assess the constitutionality of a legislative or executive act