Exam 16: Civil Rights: the Struggle for Political Equality

For which of the following would the Supreme Court most likely apply intermediate scrutiny to determine whether the policy is an unconstitutional violation of the equal protection clause?

The Supreme Court has affirmed the right of consenting adults to engage in private sexual activity.

What was the Supreme Court's justification for overturning the separate-but-equal doctrine?

What three amendments to the Constitution were passed following the Civil War that created a foundation for civil rights as we understand them today? What did the amendments say? Which of these amendments applied to women as well as men, and which did not? How did women finally achieve the rights denied to them under these amendments?

What are the two main reasons why public schools have partially resegregated in recent years? Do you find this trend troubling? Why or why not?

In a city where many people with children have moved to the suburbs, the city might have difficulty in achieving __________ without some kind of student assignment strategy.

According to the "Using the Framework" feature box, the Roberts Court is less supportive of affirmative action programs than was the Rehnquist Court.

Jim Crow laws required __________ of African Americans and whites.

__________ programs are designed to help remedy continued inequality by giving special treatment to members of previously discriminated-against groups.

Experiences of racial profiling by the police have been reported by a fairly large percentage of African American men, but very rarely by Latino or Asian men.

What was the rationale for rejecting the claim that the federal government needed to abolish Jim Crow laws because they conflicted with the equal protection clause?

The focus of the __________ was to establish women's right to vote.

Which of the following laws would be the most likely to draw strict scrutiny from the Supreme Court when determining its constitutionality?

What are civil rights? What does the Constitution say about them? Why did the idea of civil rights appear comparatively late in the development of the United States?

What did Jim Crow laws mandate?

How does de facto segregation differ from de jure segregation? In Plessy v. Ferguson, what did the Supreme Court say about the relationship between de jure segregation and equality? What did the Supreme Court say about this relationship in Brown v. Board of Education? Evaluate the extent to which de facto segregation leads to inequality, and illustrate your answer with two examples.

Describe the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Why were they necessary, given that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments were enacted decades beforehand?

__________ are government guarantees of equality for people in the United States regarding the courts, political participation, treatment by public officials, and access to benefits accorded to other citizens.

The due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits states from doing which of the following?

What provision of the Fourteenth Amendment serves as a cornerstone of our understanding of civil rights?