Exam 1 - Closed Notes Flashcards
Which protects the right to vote on the basis of race?
15th Amendment
Which Amendment banned slavery?
13th Amendment
Which Amendment is used to challenge race-based discrimination by the federal government and federal government officials?
5th Amendment
Which Amendment is used to challenge race-based discrimination by state and local governments and state and local government officials?
14th Amendment
“White Flight,” in which a large percentage of Whites but not Blacks move away from an area, leaving geographic areas that are either largely White or largely Black, would represent _____
de facto racial segregation
Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race by covered private and public employers?
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race in public accommodations?
Title II of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
The Southern Manifesto objected to ___
Brown v. Board of Education
True or false? All race-based discrimination by the federal government is unconstitutional
False
True or false? A state law violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment simply by having a racially disparate impact?
False
Race-based discrimination by the government is reviewed under which standard of scrutiny?
Strict
It is easiest for the government to discriminate under which level of scrutiny?
Rational basis scrutiny
Identify the 3 “compelling interests” that the U.S. Supreme Court has permitted to justify government discrimination on the basis of race
- Diversity in education
- Past discrimination
- National Security
Procedural due process
The government cannot deny rights of life, liberty, or property
Substantive due process
With 2 conceptualizations the government can’t deny certain fundamental rights no matter what process the government uses
