Quiz 3

Question 1

Civil rights

Answer 1

Rights that the gov must provide & protect

Question 2

Civil rights include…

Answer 2

• voting rights
• equal opportunity
• equal protection under law

Question 3

De jure v. De Facto

Answer 3

De jure = discriminatory laws or government actions

De facto = segregation that is not due to law but rather due to social discrimination

Question 4

13th amend

Answer 4

Ended slavery (except in incarceration)

Question 5

14th amend

Answer 5

Mandated equal opportunity and equal protection under law; birthright citizenship (longest in constitution)

Question 6

15th amend

Answer 6

Gave all (male) citizens that right to vote

Question 7

19th amend

Answer 7

Gave women the right to vote

Question 8

24th amend

Answer 8

Prohibited poll taxes

Question 9

26th amend

Answer 9

Gave 18 yr olds right to vote

Question 10

Judicial Actions

Answer 10

Brown cases (1954 and 1955)
- class action suit
- 1954 ruling ordered the desegregation of schools (it overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, which legitimized all forms of segregation in the south after a mixed racial heritage man was arrested for riding a trolley for white ppl)
- additional 1955 ruling ordered desegregation “with all deliberate speed” after noting was done with the 1954 ruling

Question 11

Executive Actions

Answer 11

1. 1948 Pres Truman desegregated the military
2. 1957 Central High, Little Rock

Question 12

Legislative Actions

Answer 12

1. 1964 Civil Rights Act
   - assassination of JFK compels Congress to pass Civil Rights Act (less controversial thatn Voting Rights Act)
   - title 7 against sex discrimantaion
2. 1965 Voting Rights Act
3. 1968 Civil Rights Act
   - Prohibits housing discrimination
4. 1972 Equal Employment Opportunity
   - title 9 (deals with gender equality)