UNIT 2 Flashcards
The Fifteenth Amendment
states that the right to vote shall not be abridged on account of race
African American leader Malcolm X
believed in “black power” and racial separation
All of the following are true of Supreme Court rulings before the Civil War except that they
had little impact on the issue of slavery.
With regard to child custody and visitation rights,
most states do not deny custody solely on the basis of sexual orientation.
Some criticism of the Patriot Act’s strengthening of governmental investigatory powers reflects
the fear that the increased powers may be used to silence government critics.
Which of the following is (are) true?
a. The Supreme Court has ruled that certain jobs cannot establish arbitrary rules on weight and height requirements that would keep women out of the professions.
b. Title IX guaranteed women’s participation in high schools and collegiate athletics.
c. Women have been allowed to serve as combat pilots.
d. State-financed military academies cannot exclude women students.
e. All the above
All of the following statements about “partial birth abortion” are true except that
individual states have not tried to ban the practice
A major consequence of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was
the elimination of discriminatory voter registration tests.
Following Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health,
living wills became common
All of the following are true of civil rights of immigrants except that
protections in the Bill of Rights are limited to only those who are U.S. citizens.
All of the following are true of the 1964 and 1968 Civil Rights Acts except that
discrimination in public accommodations was banned.
With regard to physician-assisted suicide, the Supreme Court has said that
the liberty interest does not include a right to commit suicide.
To be considered obscene, a wok
b. must lack serious redeeming literary, artistic, political, or scientific merit.
Which of the following is true?
Major issues include debate about whether illegal immigrants should be given amnesty and be allowed to become U.S. citizens
The Supreme Court began applying the Bill of Rights to state governments
only in 1925, in Gitlow v. New York, a case dealing with free speech.
The Court has based the right to privacy on
a. the First Amendment.
b. the Third and Fourth Amendments.
c. the Fifth Amendment.
d. the Ninth Amendment.
The Communications Decency Act of 1996 and the Children’s Online Protection Act of 1998
have been blocked on constitutional grounds.
A search by a police officer
can only be conducted legally with a warrant or probable cause.
The 8th Amendment
prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.
The exclusionary rule
prevents the admission of illegally seized evidence at trial.
The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments
a. were passed after the Civil War to guarantee equal rights to the former slaves and free black Americans
Amicus curiae briefs
are filed in Supreme Court cases by groups with an interest in a case who are not actually named in the case.
The right to privacy is
not explicitly referenced anywhere in the Constitution.
A person’s right to be brought before a court and have the reasons for his or her detention explained is known as
habeas corpus.
