Exam 5: Civil Rights

What were the Civil Rights Amendments, and what impact did they have on the lives of African Americans? Discuss at least one way in which states pushed back against the implementation of the Civil Rights Amendments.

If legislators want to create a law that will pass strict scrutiny, they must be certain that the law does which of the following?

What did the Equal Pay Act of 1963 do?

Compare and contrast different racial and ethnic groups when it comes to historical restrictions on civil rights. What challenges were unique to each group? What challenges were similar across groups?

Which of the following did the Fifteenth Amendment do?

The white primary was in effect until the Supreme Court ruled it a constitutional violation in what year?

Discuss the decisions made by the Supreme Court in both hindering and expanding the civil rights of racial minorities.

In what case did the Court rule that the section of DOMA that limited spousal recognition under federal law to a man and a woman is unconstitutional?

Which of the following terms refers specifically to the rights of all Americans to equal treatment under the law?

An individual has committed a serious crime and was sentenced to five years in prison. Which of the following did this individual commit?

What did the Twenty-Sixth Amendment do?

A university uses an admissions policy that gives special consideration to traditionally disadvantaged groups to overcome the present effects of past discrimination. The university is applying which of the following?

Which of the following was a major outcome of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

In what case did the Supreme Court declare that states could not prohibit sexual activity between people of the same sex, reversing a 1986 decision that asserted homosexual activity was not a fundamental right?

What were the tests commonly administered as a precondition for voting called?

Which of the following best describes what happens when someone reaches the age of majority?

What did the Supreme Court conclude in the case In re Gault?

Discuss the role the Supreme Court has had in the expansion of civil rights for gay people. Discuss at least two cases regarding this issue and their implications and impact.

Explain the arguments both for and against affirmative action.

An individual who has not yet reached the age of majority would face justice in what court?