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AP United States Government!& Politics Chapter 6: Civil Rights Directions: Simply identify and describe the important terms, places, events, and people listed below. Race and Civil Rights civil rights
National Urban League National Association for the Advancement of Colored People lobbyist
NAACP
An example of a difference in treatment toward certain groups that qualifies as reasonable is a. classifying people according to race. b. taxing different classes at different rates. c. classifying people according to ethnic group. d. testing for AIDS according to class. e. classifying people according to religion. Which statement best summarizes the pertinent question of civil rights? a. Laws cannot make distinctions among people. b. Laws cannot discriminate. c. Laws must treat everyone equally. d. Laws can treat different people differently, but such differences must be reasonable. e. Laws can discriminate as long as they do not make distinctions. The National Urban League has credited civil rights laws for a. improving the number of blacks enrolled in college. b. decreasing the white-black poverty gap. c. increasing the number of black homeowners. d. failing to decrease the black-white unemployment ratio. e. All of the above are correct. AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 6: Civil Rights
The Campaign in the Courts “equal protection of the laws” Civil Rights Act of 1866
SlaughterHouse Cases
separate-butequal doctrine
The Crisis
Brown v. Board of Education Southern Manifesto
de jure segregation
de facto segregation
suspect classification
strict scrutiny
AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 6: Civil Rights
Green case
Swann case
In the Slaughter-House Cases (1873), the Supreme Court ruled a. that the “privileges and immunities” clause of the Fourteenth Amendment did not protect citizens from discriminatory actions by state governments. b. that separate facilities were acceptable as long as they were equal. c. that segregation is unconstitutional. d. that the literacy test is acceptable. e. that juries cannot be all of one race. One reason the NAACP’s strategy of using the courts to further black civil rights worked was that it a. avoided focusing on the clearest abuses. b. presented broad economic demands to whites. c. avoided direct confrontation with a conservative Supreme Court. d. did not require a broad legislative alliance. e. avoided the complications that often surround appellate processes.
The Campaign in Congress civil rights & political agenda
Rosa Parks
civil disobedience
Eugene “Bull” Connor
March on Washington
“preclearance” formula AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 6: Civil Rights
Shelby County v. Holder
The philosophy of civil disobedience suggests that there is value to a. protesting against laws that are not enforced by civil authorities. b. peacefully violating the law. c. violating all laws with respect to civility. d. protesting in a legal manner, with respect for civil authority. e. using violence when laws are not conducive to civil society. One factor helping to break the deadlock that developed in the civil rights movement during the early 1960s was the a. Democratic landslide of 1964. b. Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. c. centralization of power in the House and Senate. d. civil unrest that shook several northern cities. e. election of Republican presidents. Women and Equal Rights Seneca Falls Convention
19th Amendment
The Feminine Mystique
reasonableness
intermediate scrutiny
strict scrutiny
Civil Rights Act of 1964
AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 6: Civil Rights
Civil Rights Act of 1972
strict liability
negligent
police powers
In their struggle for equal treatment, women, unlike blacks, had to deal with a legal tradition that a. claimed to be protecting them. b. regarded them as chattel. c. had always treated them as equal in theory. d. had consistently ignored them. e. had accorded them special rights and responsibilities. Women were first given the right to vote in states that were a. more highly populated and economically advanced. b. part of the original thirteen colonies. c. in the South. d. in the Midwest. e. in the West.
Affirmative Action equality of results
affirmative action
reverse discrimination
equality of opportunity
AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 6: Civil Rights
targets/quotas
compensatory action
Supporters of equality of opportunity tend to a. hold views that favor affirmative action policies. b. vote independent in elections. c. live in the New England states. d. have orthodox beliefs on many issues. e. have progressive beliefs on many issues. Unlike the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) considers a. the impact on local communities. b. qualifications and standards. c. quotas. d. reverse discrimination. e. excessive costs and undue hardships. Gay Rights
and
Looking Back And Ahead
Bowers v. Hardwick Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
Proposition 8
In this seminal Supreme Court decision, the Court overturned its decision in Bowers by ruling that state laws may not ban sexual relations between same-sex partners. a. Lawrence v. Texas b. Loving v. Virginia c. Bakke v. California d. Johnson v. Texas e. Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 6: Civil Rights
AP United States Government!& Politics Chapter 6: Civil Rights Directions: Simply identify and describe the important terms, places, events, and people listed below. Race and Civil Rights civil rights
National Urban League National Association for the Advancement of Colored People lobbyist
NAACP
An example of a difference in treatment toward certain groups that qualifies as reasonable is a. classifying people according to race. b. taxing different classes at different rates. c. classifying people according to ethnic group. d. testing for AIDS according to class. e. classifying people according to religion. Which statement best summarizes the pertinent question of civil rights? a. Laws cannot make distinctions among people. b. Laws cannot discriminate. c. Laws must treat everyone equally. d. Laws can treat different people differently, but such differences must be reasonable. e. Laws can discriminate as long as they do not make distinctions. The National Urban League has credited civil rights laws for a. improving the number of blacks enrolled in college. b. decreasing the white-black poverty gap. c. increasing the number of black homeowners. d. failing to decrease the black-white unemployment ratio. e. All of the above are correct. AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 6: Civil Rights
The Campaign in the Courts “equal protection of the laws” Civil Rights Act of 1866
SlaughterHouse Cases
separate-butequal doctrine
The Crisis
Brown v. Board of Education Southern Manifesto
de jure segregation
de facto segregation
suspect classification
strict scrutiny
AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 6: Civil Rights
Green case
Swann case
In the Slaughter-House Cases (1873), the Supreme Court ruled a. that the “privileges and immunities” clause of the Fourteenth Amendment did not protect citizens from discriminatory actions by state governments. b. that separate facilities were acceptable as long as they were equal. c. that segregation is unconstitutional. d. that the literacy test is acceptable. e. that juries cannot be all of one race. One reason the NAACP’s strategy of using the courts to further black civil rights worked was that it a. avoided focusing on the clearest abuses. b. presented broad economic demands to whites. c. avoided direct confrontation with a conservative Supreme Court. d. did not require a broad legislative alliance. e. avoided the complications that often surround appellate processes.
The Campaign in Congress civil rights & political agenda
Rosa Parks
civil disobedience
Eugene “Bull” Connor
March on Washington
“preclearance” formula AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 6: Civil Rights
Shelby County v. Holder
The philosophy of civil disobedience suggests that there is value to a. protesting against laws that are not enforced by civil authorities. b. peacefully violating the law. c. violating all laws with respect to civility. d. protesting in a legal manner, with respect for civil authority. e. using violence when laws are not conducive to civil society. One factor helping to break the deadlock that developed in the civil rights movement during the early 1960s was the a. Democratic landslide of 1964. b. Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. c. centralization of power in the House and Senate. d. civil unrest that shook several northern cities. e. election of Republican presidents. Women and Equal Rights Seneca Falls Convention
19th Amendment
The Feminine Mystique
reasonableness
intermediate scrutiny
strict scrutiny
Civil Rights Act of 1964
AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 6: Civil Rights
Civil Rights Act of 1972
strict liability
negligent
police powers
In their struggle for equal treatment, women, unlike blacks, had to deal with a legal tradition that a. claimed to be protecting them. b. regarded them as chattel. c. had always treated them as equal in theory. d. had consistently ignored them. e. had accorded them special rights and responsibilities. Women were first given the right to vote in states that were a. more highly populated and economically advanced. b. part of the original thirteen colonies. c. in the South. d. in the Midwest. e. in the West.
Affirmative Action equality of results
affirmative action
reverse discrimination
equality of opportunity
AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 6: Civil Rights
targets/quotas
compensatory action
Supporters of equality of opportunity tend to a. hold views that favor affirmative action policies. b. vote independent in elections. c. live in the New England states. d. have orthodox beliefs on many issues. e. have progressive beliefs on many issues. Unlike the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) considers a. the impact on local communities. b. qualifications and standards. c. quotas. d. reverse discrimination. e. excessive costs and undue hardships. Gay Rights
and
Looking Back And Ahead
Bowers v. Hardwick Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
Proposition 8
In this seminal Supreme Court decision, the Court overturned its decision in Bowers by ruling that state laws may not ban sexual relations between same-sex partners. a. Lawrence v. Texas b. Loving v. Virginia c. Bakke v. California d. Johnson v. Texas e. Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 6: Civil Rights
