Question 1

Explain the nature and significance of "strict scrutiny." For what categories does the Court reserve this level? Why does it do so?

Accepted Answer

Strict scrutiny is a legal standard used

Question 2

Which of the following is synonymous with a device that allowed whites who had failed the literacy test to vote anyway by extending the franchise to anyone whose ancestors had voted prior to 1867.

Accepted Answer

A)  Grandfather clause 
B)  Poll tax 
C)  White primary 
D)  Segregation 
E)  The Thirteenth Amendment 
A)  Grandfather clause 
B)  Poll tax 
C)  White primary 
D)  Segregation 
E)  The Thirteenth Amendment

Question 3

Which of the following was provided by Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) and was an integral component in Roe v. Wade (1973)?

Accepted Answer

A)  The right to privacy 
B)  The right to get an abortion 
C)  The right to health care 
D)  The right to have an abortion if the life or health of the mother is threatened 
E)  The right to receive medical treatment 
A)  The right to privacy 
B)  The right to get an abortion 
C)  The right to health care 
D)  The right to have an abortion if the life or health of the mother is threatened 
E)  The right to receive medical treatment

Question 4

Identify and explain the significance of the Civil War amendments. Why did it take so long for them, in effect, to be enforced by the federal government?

Accepted Answer

The Civil War amendments, which include

Question 5

Literary tests were nullified for all races by grandfather clauses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The case of Smith v. Allwright ruled what to be unconstitutional?

Accepted Answer

A)  The poll tax 
B)  Grandfather clauses 
C)  Segregation 
D)  The white primary 
E)  Desegregation 
A)  The poll tax 
B)  Grandfather clauses 
C)  Segregation 
D)  The white primary 
E)  Desegregation

Question 7

Which of the following statements is true

Accepted Answer

A)  Same-sex marriage is supported by a majority of Americans. 
B)  A majority of states permit same-sex unions. 
C)  Nearly half of the American states have laws that ban same-sex marriage. 
D)  The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex unions are constitutional. 
E)  The U.S. Congress has ratified an amendment to ban same-sex marriage. 
A)  Same-sex marriage is supported by a majority of Americans. 
B)  A majority of states permit same-sex unions. 
C)  Nearly half of the American states have laws that ban same-sex marriage. 
D)  The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex unions are constitutional. 
E)  The U.S. Congress has ratified an amendment to ban same-sex marriage.

Question 8

Concern about civil rights protections for women and racial minorities was a comparatively late development in the United States, and most major advances were not evident until when?

Accepted Answer

Advances were not ev

Question 9

How has the civil rights umbrella been broadened for the elderly? 
Be sure to include relevant congressional statutes and Supreme Court decisions in your answer. How else might the elderly affect their standing in American politics?

Accepted Answer

The civil rights umbrella has been broad

Question 10

Which of the following court cases held that strict scrutiny should be applied to those instances that restricted the democratic process?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) 
B)  The Slaughterhouse Cases (1873) 
C)  Minor v. Happersett (1874) 
D)  Civil Rights Cases (1883) 
E)  U.S. v. Carolene Products (1938) 
A)  Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) 
B)  The Slaughterhouse Cases (1873) 
C)  Minor v. Happersett (1874) 
D)  Civil Rights Cases (1883) 
E)  U.S. v. Carolene Products (1938)

Question 11

What was Justice Harry Blackmun's opinion for the majority in the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling based on?

Accepted Answer

A)  The right to privacy 
B)  The Fifteenth Amendment 
C)  The freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures guaranteed in the Fourth Amendment 
D)  The due process clause 
E)  The equal protection clause 
A)  The right to privacy 
B)  The Fifteenth Amendment 
C)  The freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures guaranteed in the Fourth Amendment 
D)  The due process clause 
E)  The equal protection clause

Question 12

What was the status of civil rights in the original Constitution and the Bill of Rights?

Accepted Answer

Neither the original Constitut

Question 13

Advocates for rights of the disabled were worried after the Supreme Court ruled that state employees cannot sue states for damages arising from violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 because

Accepted Answer

A)  the rights guaranteed under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 would expand to all citizens. 
B)  other sections of the Disabilities Act may be destined to fail. 
C)  states would adhere to all sections of the Disabilities Act. 
D)  additional sections added to the Disabilities Act would only be obeyed by certain states. 
E)  the Disabilities Act would be enforceable by law. 
A)  the rights guaranteed under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 would expand to all citizens. 
B)  other sections of the Disabilities Act may be destined to fail. 
C)  states would adhere to all sections of the Disabilities Act. 
D)  additional sections added to the Disabilities Act would only be obeyed by certain states. 
E)  the Disabilities Act would be enforceable by law.

Question 14

The popular term for the system of legal racial segregation that existed in the American South until the middle of the twentieth century is

Accepted Answer

A)  Jim Crow segregation. 
B)  de facto segregation. 
C)  de jure segregation. 
D)  second generation discrimination. 
E)  ex post facto segregation. 
A)  Jim Crow segregation. 
B)  de facto segregation. 
C)  de jure segregation. 
D)  second generation discrimination. 
E)  ex post facto segregation.

Question 15

Suspect classification is the

Accepted Answer

A)  invidious, arbitrary, or irrational designation of a group for special treatment by government. 
B)  method by which African Americans were sentenced to prison. 
C)  way to define whites from all other races. 
D)  method of legally understanding race, which was deemed constitutional in 1944. 
E)  All of the above 
A)  invidious, arbitrary, or irrational designation of a group for special treatment by government. 
B)  method by which African Americans were sentenced to prison. 
C)  way to define whites from all other races. 
D)  method of legally understanding race, which was deemed constitutional in 1944. 
E)  All of the above

Question 16

The "white primary" was a device that allowed whites who had failed the literacy test to vote; it allowed all to vote whose grandfathers had voted in the past.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" was constitutional.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The Civil War amendments to the Constitution, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments,

Accepted Answer

A)  overturned Plessy and forever banished the concept of separate but equal. 
B)  upheld the institution of slavery and laws to force Northerners to return runaway slaves. 
C)  guaranteed voting rights for all citizens over twenty-one years of age and declared slavery immoral. 
D)  outlawed slavery, extended civil rights protection to the states, and formally guaranteed the franchise for black males. 
E)  made unconstitutional poll taxes, which were designed to limit voting by former slaves. 
A)  overturned Plessy and forever banished the concept of separate but equal. 
B)  upheld the institution of slavery and laws to force Northerners to return runaway slaves. 
C)  guaranteed voting rights for all citizens over twenty-one years of age and declared slavery immoral. 
D)  outlawed slavery, extended civil rights protection to the states, and formally guaranteed the franchise for black males. 
E)  made unconstitutional poll taxes, which were designed to limit voting by former slaves.

Question 19

Which of the following is a concern of civil rights advocates with the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor?

Accepted Answer

A)  The justifications for affirmative action put forth in the University of Michigan case will be furthered. 
B)  The justifications for affirmative action put forth in the University of Michigan case will not hold. 
C)  The new Chief Justice will seek to revise affirmative action policy by requiring medium scrutiny. 
D)  The new, liberal majority on the Court will seek to apply strict scrutiny to affirmative action programs. 
E)  None of the above 
A)  The justifications for affirmative action put forth in the University of Michigan case will be furthered. 
B)  The justifications for affirmative action put forth in the University of Michigan case will not hold. 
C)  The new Chief Justice will seek to revise affirmative action policy by requiring medium scrutiny. 
D)  The new, liberal majority on the Court will seek to apply strict scrutiny to affirmative action programs. 
E)  None of the above

Question 20

The ________ Amendment outlawed slavery.

Accepted Answer

A)  Thirteenth 
B)  Fourteenth 
C)  Fifteenth 
D)  Sixteenth 
E)  Seventeenth 
A)  Thirteenth 
B)  Fourteenth 
C)  Fifteenth 
D)  Sixteenth 
E)  Seventeenth

Explain the nature and significance of "strict scrutiny." For what categories does the Court reserve this level? Why does it do so?

Which of the following is synonymous with a device that allowed whites who had failed the literacy test to vote anyway by extending the franchise to anyone whose ancestors had voted prior to 1867.

Which of the following was provided by Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) and was an integral component in Roe v. Wade (1973)?

Identify and explain the significance of the Civil War amendments. Why did it take so long for them, in effect, to be enforced by the federal government?

Literary tests were nullified for all races by grandfather clauses.

The case of Smith v. Allwright ruled what to be unconstitutional?

Which of the following statements is true

Concern about civil rights protections for women and racial minorities was a comparatively late development in the United States, and most major advances were not evident until when?

How has the civil rights umbrella been broadened for the elderly? Be sure to include relevant congressional statutes and Supreme Court decisions in your answer. How else might the elderly affect their standing in American politics?

Which of the following court cases held that strict scrutiny should be applied to those instances that restricted the democratic process?

What was Justice Harry Blackmun's opinion for the majority in the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling based on?

What was the status of civil rights in the original Constitution and the Bill of Rights?

Advocates for rights of the disabled were worried after the Supreme Court ruled that state employees cannot sue states for damages arising from violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 because

The popular term for the system of legal racial segregation that existed in the American South until the middle of the twentieth century is

Suspect classification is the

The "white primary" was a device that allowed whites who had failed the literacy test to vote; it allowed all to vote whose grandfathers had voted in the past.

In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" was constitutional.

The Civil War amendments to the Constitution, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments,

Which of the following is a concern of civil rights advocates with the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor?

The ________ Amendment outlawed slavery.

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Exam 16: Civil Rights: the Struggle for Political Equality

Explain the nature and significance of "strict scrutiny." For what categories does the Court reserve this level? Why does it do so?

Which of the following is synonymous with a device that allowed whites who had failed the literacy test to vote anyway by extending the franchise to anyone whose ancestors had voted prior to 1867.

Which of the following was provided by Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) and was an integral component in Roe v. Wade (1973)?

Identify and explain the significance of the Civil War amendments. Why did it take so long for them, in effect, to be enforced by the federal government?

Literary tests were nullified for all races by grandfather clauses.

The case of Smith v. Allwright ruled what to be unconstitutional?

Which of the following statements is true

Concern about civil rights protections for women and racial minorities was a comparatively late development in the United States, and most major advances were not evident until when?

How has the civil rights umbrella been broadened for the elderly? Be sure to include relevant congressional statutes and Supreme Court decisions in your answer. How else might the elderly affect their standing in American politics?

Which of the following court cases held that strict scrutiny should be applied to those instances that restricted the democratic process?

What was Justice Harry Blackmun's opinion for the majority in the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling based on?

What was the status of civil rights in the original Constitution and the Bill of Rights?

Advocates for rights of the disabled were worried after the Supreme Court ruled that state employees cannot sue states for damages arising from violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 because

The popular term for the system of legal racial segregation that existed in the American South until the middle of the twentieth century is

Suspect classification is the

The "white primary" was a device that allowed whites who had failed the literacy test to vote; it allowed all to vote whose grandfathers had voted in the past.

In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" was constitutional.

The Civil War amendments to the Constitution, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments,

Which of the following is a concern of civil rights advocates with the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor?

The ________ Amendment outlawed slavery.

Democracy and American Politics

The Constitution

Federalism States and Nations

Structural Foundations of the American Government

Public Opinion

News Media

Interest Groups and Business Corporations

Social Movements

Political Parties

Participation Voting, and Elections

Congress

The President

The Executive Branch

The Courts

Freedom: the Struggle for Civil Liberties

The Budget and Economic Policies

Social Safety Nets

Foreign Policy and National Defense

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