Bustard Race

Question 1

Arizona’s S.B. ……..(no.) anti immigration law.

What did it require police to do?

Answer 1

S.B. 1070
It required police to determine the immigration status of someone arrested or detained when there is ‘reasonable suspicion’ they are not in the US legally.
It was up help by SC.

Question 2

Proposition……..(no.) California banned Affirmative Action

Answer 2

209

Question 3

What did the Fair Sentencing Act do?

Answer 3

Reduce disparity in sentencing for crack and powder cocaine.

Difference in racial sentencing because of differences in uses,

Question 4

Plessy V Ferguson ……..(year)

Answer 4

1896

Separate but equal

Question 5

Little Rock Nine - Arkansas 1957 ?

Answer 5

Forced integration of black pupils into white only schools.

Question 6

Civil Rights Act……(year)

What did it do?

Answer 6

1964

Prohibited discrimination of all kinds based on colour, race, religion, nationality.

Question 7

Voting Rights Act …….(year)

What did it do?

Answer 7

1965

Literacy tests, poll taxes and other requirements used to restrict black voting were made illegal.

Question 8

Bakke……..(year)

What did it do?

Answer 8

1978

Quote system was too rigid.

Question 9

Gratz v. Bollinger …….(year)

What did it do?

Answer 9

2003

Couldn’t have mechanistic approach of giving additional marks just due to ethnicity.

Question 10

Grutter v. Bollinger………(year)

What did it do?

Answer 10

2003
‘You can use race as a factor but not the factor’
Couldn’t set aside places.

Question 11

Opinions on Affirmative Action:

Sandra Day O’Connor?

Answer 11

Should be used but it may well be in another 25 years time it may not be needed as it achieved what it set out to do so.

Question 12

Opinions on Affirmative Action:

John Roberts?

Answer 12

“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race of race is to stop discrimination on the basis of race.

Question 13

In the current congress there are …. black house members and ……. black senators.

Answer 13

46 representatives.

3 senators.

Question 14

In 2009, services provided to illegal immigrants, incl. incarceration, cost the state of Arizona an estimated $……billion.

Answer 14

$12.7 billion

Question 15

What are Jim Crow laws?

Answer 15

The collective for any laws which continue to restrict minority rights.

Question 16

In the 115th Congress there is …….% non-white compared to …..% of the population.

Answer 16

19% in Congress compared to 38% population.

Question 17

Who are 3 current African American Senators?

Answer 17

Tim Scott (Republican)
Corey Booker (Democrat)
Kamala Harris (Democrat)