Unit 5: Civil Rights

Question 1

(T/F) The separate-but-equal doctrine was struck down by the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Which Civil War Amendment abolished slavery?

Answer 2

13th amendment

Question 3

Which Civil War Amendment provided for the equal protection of the laws?

Answer 3

14th amendment

Question 4

Which Civil War Amendment gave voting rights to African American men?

Answer 4

15th amendment

Question 5

(T/F) Shortly after the Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka schools in the South were desegregated.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

To get around the Fifteenth Amendment, Southern legislatures often turned to discriminatory devices such as __________.

Answer 6

Poll Taxes
Grandfather Clause
White Primary

Question 7

While all explicit __________ barriers to minorities have been eliminated in the United States, some __________ hindrances still exist.

Answer 7

de juro; de facto

Question 8

(T/F) The Equal Rights Amendment, ratified in 1976, had the effect of making gender a “suspect classification.”

Answer 8

False

Question 9

We discussed 3 tests the Supreme Court uses when interpreting the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Name one.

Answer 9

strict scrutiny
mid-tier
heightened scrutiny
rational basis

Question 10

The nation’s fastest growing minority group consists of

Answer 10

Latinos

Question 11

Which of the following statements about American Indians is false?

Answer 11

They live primarily in large urban areas

Question 12

Sexual bias in employment and promotion practices was outlawed by

Answer 12

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act

Question 13

Massive resistance refers to efforts by southern states in the 1950s and 1960s to

Answer 13

defy federal mandates to desegregate public schools

Question 14

The obligation imposed on government to TAKE POSITIVE ACTION to protect citizens from illegal action of government agencies and/or private citizens.

Answer 14

Civil Rights