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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