final

Question 1

Commerece Clause

Answer 1

Artricle 1, Section 8

-Responsible for giving congress the authority to pass laws

Question 2

Dred Scott v Stanford (1857)

Answer 2

1857
Slavery was affirmed
- 7-2 vote

Question 3

Texas v Johnson (1984)

Answer 3

1984

- Flag burning

Question 4

Barclay v Florida

Answer 4

83

- racially motivated killings

Question 5

Dawson v DE

Answer 5

91

- white suprimiscist escaped from pirosn and killed a lady

Question 6

Brown v Board of Education

Answer 6

May 17th, 54 in Topeka, Kansas

-Seperate but equal over turned

Question 7

When was the bill of rights ratified ?

Answer 7

Dec. 15th 1791

Question 8

RAV v St Paul

Answer 8

92

-Teenage skin head burned crosses

Question 9

Wisconsin vs Mitchell

Answer 9

93

• Intentionally select a victim because of race
• Sentence inhancement statue

Question 10

what did the 13th amendment do ?

Answer 10

Abolished slavery in 1865

Question 11

what did the 14th amendment do ?

Answer 11

protects citizens in 1868

Question 12

Which case overturned cross burning ?

Answer 12

RAV

Question 13

What are 3 types of speech that are NOT protected by the 1st amendment ?

Answer 13

Obscenity, deformation, fighting words, threats, incitement and commercial Speech.

Question 14

What is strict scrutiny ?

Answer 14

The government has to establish a compelling govn. interest, and it has to be narrowly tailored

Question 15

what do Sentence Inhancement Laws do ?

Answer 15

Hightens the punishment for a crime under certain circumstances

Question 16

what are some hate groups ?

Answer 16

• Christian Identity - white supreme religion
• Nat’l alliance - now splintered with VA founded hate groups
• Aryan Nations

Question 17

Types of Prejiduce ?

Answer 17

Xenophobia 
Anti-Semitism
Islamphobia 
Homophobia
Racism
Misogyny

Question 18

Xenophobia ?

Answer 18

Fear or hatred of foreingers

Question 19

Anti-Semitism

Answer 19

Hostility towards jews

Question 20

Islamophobia

Answer 20

Hostility towards muslims

Question 21

Stereotypes ?

Answer 21

Overgeneralizations about groups and their characteristics

Question 22

Attitudes and their compounds

Answer 22

1. Affective (emotional)
2. Cognitive (belief) - the way people develop awareness or knowledge of someone or thing
3. Conative (behavior)

Question 23

Pyramid of Prejudice

Answer 23

Acts of indirect prejudice > Acts of Prejudice > Acts of Discrimination > Acts of Violence > Life Threatening Acts

Question 24

Prejudice

Answer 24

an attitude toward a socially recognized group based on faulty beliefs

Question 25

Attitude

Answer 25

the way people evaluate information and then respond

Question 26

Discrimination

Answer 26

he act of treating similar groups of people differently

Question 27

Group level of prejudice

Answer 27

Two group level factors of prejudice are historical and sociocultural

Question 28

Individual levels of prejudice

Answer 28

focuses on the persons personality and attitude

Question 29

American Population

Answer 29

US approx. 300 million - Af am 13% - Hispanic/Latinos 16% - Cali has more Latinos and Asians but fewer whites and blacks as a whole percentage

Question 30

Where do immigrants come from today ?

Answer 30

Most come from Latin America and Asia while last century they were more likely to come from Europe and Canada

Question 31

Purpose and goal of criminal justice

Answer 31

Deterrence, rehabilitation, retribution, incapacitation

Question 32

Balancing criminal justice

Answer 32

Social order vs Morality

Question 33

Types of Hate Offenders

Answer 33

1. Thrill offender (the most common type 60%+) 2. Defense offender 3. Mission offender least common 5-10%

Question 34

What percentage of attacks are against people ?

Answer 34

70%

Question 35

What are the Abrahamic faiths oldest to newest ?

Answer 35

Judiasm, christianity, and Islam

Question 36

Shepard-Bryd hate crime act

Answer 36

signed in by Obama - Extende dthe memebers covered under the law - includes gender, sexual orientation, disability, and gender identity - extends the cover of hate crime law - does NOT include the homeless

Question 37

Fatsest growing religions ?

Answer 37

Islam and Mormonism

Question 38

Islam holy book? 5 pillars?

Answer 38

Islam is the fastest growing religion in the US - Holy book is kuran - Hajj (pilgrimage) , zakat, proclamation of faith, prayer 5 times a day, fasting

Question 39

what percentage of crimes are against property ?

Answer 39

90%

Question 40

what is the largest muslim country ?

Answer 40

Indonesia

Question 41

Catholicism

Answer 41

Oldest christian faith, Largest in the US,

Question 42

Judiasm

Answer 42

Oldest Abrahamic faith - started between iraq and modern day palestine - jews were blamed for crucifixation of christ, the bubonic plague, alien bloodline, planning to take over the world

Question 43

Hindus

Answer 43

From Inda, a million plus in the US but are still more in India