Chapter 5 Court Cases

Question 0

McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents

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1950 Plublic institution of higher learning could not treat a student differently because of race

Question 1

Scott v. Sanford

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1857 A black man is “chattel” and had no rights under a white man’s government and Congress has no power in Western territories

Question 2

Guinn v. U.S.

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1870 Made grandfather clause unconstitutional

Question 3

Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez

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1978 Strengthened the tribal power of individual tribal members and furthered tribal self-government

Question 4

Hernandez v. Texas

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1954 Hispanic Americans and other racial groups had 14th Amendment equal protection

Question 5

Korematsu v. U.S.

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1944 Upheld use of Japanese interment camps during WWII

Question 6

Craig v. Boren

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1976 Women being able to buy beer before men unconstitutional, defined “intermediate scrutiny”

Question 7

Dothard v. Rawlinson

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Barred gender discrimination through height and weight requirements

Question 8

Harris v. Forklift Systems

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1993 Definition of sexual harassment reinforced

Question 9

Reeves v. Sanderson

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2000 Easier for the elderly to win cases of job bias

Question 10

Bower v. Hardwick

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1986 States could ban sexual relations, overturned in Lawrence v. Texas 2003

Question 11

Romer v. Evans

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1996 Colorado amendment denying gays protection against discrimination unconstitutional

Question 12

Adarand Constructors v. Pena

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Overturned Bakke

Question 13

Grutter v. Bollinger

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2003 Race a valid factor in U of Michigan admissions