Module 16 Lesson 40 Flashcards
How did the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson serve as a restriction on individual rights? Select the one correct answer.
A. The ruling allowed for greater equality among different racial groups in the United States.
B. The ruling mandated that segregation was a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
C. The ruling classified who would be considered a person of color in the United States.
D. The ruling allowed for separation based on race in public facilities, which limited what people of color could do and where and how they could travel.
D. The ruling allowed for separation based on race in public facilities, which limited what people of color could do and where and how they could travel.
How does the Court determine if a discriminatory practice is allowed to continue? Select the two correct answers.
A. The Court uses the rational basis test.
B. The Court uses intermediate scrutiny.
C. The Court never allows a discriminatory practice to continue because it is a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
A. The Court uses the rational basis test.
B. The Court uses intermediate scrutiny.
Which of these are examples of Jim Crow Laws aimed to disenfranchise African Americans? Select the three correct answers.
A. Poll taxes
B. Literacy tests
C. Rational basis tests
D. Grandfather clauses
A. Poll taxes
B. Literacy tests
D. Grandfather clauses
Which arguments did the Supreme Court accept in United States v. Windsor about the rights of same-sex married couples? Select the three correct answers.
A. The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) did not discriminate against same-sex married couples because marriage is only between a man and a woman.
B. The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) denied the rights of same-sex married couples by refusing to recognize same-sex marriages in the way it recognized heterosexual marriages.
C. The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) protected the inheritance rights of some married couples while denying the inheritance rights of other married couples.
D. Treating certain married couples differently is a violation of equal protection under the Constitution.
B. The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) denied the rights of same-sex married couples by refusing to recognize same-sex marriages in the way it recognized heterosexual marriages.
C. The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) protected the inheritance rights of some married couples while denying the inheritance rights of other married couples.
D. Treating certain married couples differently is a violation of equal protection under the Constitution.
How did the Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) expand the rights of same-sex couples? Select the three correct answers.
A. The Court ruled that due to the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection clause, states had to recognize the same-sex marriages of other states.
B. The Court’s ruling ended segregation of same-sex couples in religious institutions.
C. The Court’s ruling effectively overturned the use of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) by the individual states.
D. The Court ruled that same-sex couples had a right to be issued marriage licenses in states that issued them to other types of couples.
A. The Court ruled that due to the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection clause, states had to recognize the same-sex marriages of other states.
C. The Court’s ruling effectively overturned the use of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) by the individual states.
D. The Court ruled that same-sex couples had a right to be issued marriage licenses in states that issued them to other types of couples.
