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Which Amendment seemed to guarantee equal rights to
African-Americans?
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The 14th Amendment
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What is the Latin term for by law?
The Daily Double
De Jure
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Any law which classifies people by
race is subject to what by the courts?
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Strict Scrutiny
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To demonstrate the inequality of segregated bus lines, Civil Rights supporters
began holding what?
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Freedom Rides
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By the 1960’s many white Americans were willing to admit that racism was a problem, but as Dr. King mentions in his “I have a Dream” speech, they also
felt the Civil right’s movement was _______.
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Moving too fast.
What is the Latin term for by fact?
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De Facto
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For much of the 20th century, how did most white
Americans react to African American’s demands for
racial equality?
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They didn’t care.
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To draw attention to the inequality at lunch counters,
supporters of civil rights held _________
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Sit ins
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To draw attention to the suppression of African
American voting rights , supporters of civil rights
began drives to _________________
Register African Americans to
vote.
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Why didn’t civil rights activists begin
electing African Americans to
important federal and state offices?
African Americans were kept from voting by a number of
different measures.
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This case declared that “separate is inherently
unequal”.
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Brown v The Topeka Board of
Education
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This decision said that the 14th Amendment
allowed separate facilities as long as
they were equal.
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Plessy v Ferguson
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This case articulated the Supreme Court’s
right to judicial review.
Marbury v Madison
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One aspect that made Brown v Topeka Board
of Education controversial was that it
was the first time the court relied on what to
make its decision?
Social Science Evidence
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This case stated that the Supreme Court had the right to rule
state laws unconstitutional
McCullough v Maryland
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Name either of the 2 leaders of the Seneca
Falls convention, credited with starting the women’s equality
movement.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott
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What is the common moniker for the oft
proposed amendment guaranteeing women
equal rights?
ERA
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The beginnings of the women’s rights movement
can be traced to the Declaration of Sentiments issued at the end of this
famous meeting.
The Seneca Falls Convention
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Unlike African Americans, supporters of women’s rights have had to deal with a court system which felt it was
________ women.
protecting
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In order for a law to constitutionally
discriminate between men & women, the law must be ______
& not _________.
Reasonable & not arbitrary
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This case decided women have an
unfettered right to an abortion during the first
trimester.
Roe v Wade
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Those who oppose the Court’s decisions in cases like Roe v
Wade & Griswold v Connecticut claim these are
prime examples of _________ __________, the courts’
usurping of the legislative role.
Judicial Activism
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Name the 1965 decision in which the Court stated a zone of
privacy made laws banning the sale of
contraceptives unconstitutional.
Griswold v Connecticut
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Where in the Constitution is the
right to privacy specifically mentioned?
Nowhere, but it is implied.
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The courts began upholding some restrictions on
abortion in the 1980’s after judges appointed by
President _________ began coming to the bench.
Ronald Reagan