Exam 3

Question 1

REGRESS:
Roberts V Boston

Answer 1

Supreme court case that established “Separate but Equal”; based off of the girl who lived next door to a school, and was not allowed to go there due to race

Question 2

REGRESS:
Voting rights

Answer 2

many states that required people to own property or have wealth to vote

Question 3

REGRESS:
Trail of Tears

Answer 3

marched native americans to Oklahoma, over 1k people died.

Question 4

REGRESS:
Naturalization act of 1790

Answer 4

stated that naturalization was open exclusively to whites. Barred non white immigrants from becoming citizens

Question 5

PROGRESS:
13th Amendment

Answer 5

abolished slavery and involuntary servitude

Question 6

PROGRESS:
14th Amendment

Answer 6

established citizenship to those born IN the U.S (Overturned Dred Scott Decision)
-established Citizenship, due process, equal protection

Question 7

PROGRESS:
15th Amendment

Answer 7

Prohibits states taking away the right to vote from african american males

Question 8

PROGRESS:
Civil rights act

Answer 8

1866- prohibits states from denying individuals right to own property due to race
1875- prohibits racial segregation; this was shot down

Question 9

REGRESS:
Bradwell V Illinois

Answer 9

barred women from practicing law, even if they passed bar exams.

Question 10

REGRESS:
Miner V Happersett

Answer 10

allowed states to arrest women for voting

Question 11

REGRESS:
Plessy V Ferguson

Answer 11

rediscovered separate but equal; state level racial segregation (racially segregated railroad cars)

Question 12

REGRESS:
Supreme court allowed southern states to deny right to vote by providing these tests

Answer 12

Poll taxes, literacy tests, character tests, felon status

Question 13

PROGRESS:
Civil rights act of 1964

Answer 13

prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, nationality, religion, and sex

Question 14

PROGRESS:
Voting rights act 1965

Answer 14

prevent voting aged citizens from voting (50% test, federal government would go in and register people to vote if only 50% of the area was registered).

Question 15

PROGRESS:
Title 7

Answer 15

Prohibits employers from discriminating employees based on race, nationality, sex, religion

Question 16

PROGRESS:
Title 9

Answer 16

sex based discrimination in educational programs; impacts universities and public schools (all that receive funds)

Question 17

PROGRESS:
Frontiero V Richardson

Answer 17

gender discrimination, denying benefits to women officers of Air force.

Question 18

PROGRESS:
Roe V Wade

Answer 18

Reproductive Rights

Question 19

PROGRESS:
Obergefell V Hodges

Answer 19

prohibits states from denying same sex couples the right to marry.

Question 20

PROGRESS:
Loving V Virginia

Answer 20

established rights for interracial marriage

Question 21

PROGRESS:
1965 Immigration & Naturalization Act

Question 22

EEOC: Equal employment opportunity commision

Answer 22

Established to implement title 7, has authority to investigate case based on race, nationality, religion, and sex

Question 23

Dobbs v jackson

Answer 23

overturned Roe v Wade

Question 24

Ruth Bader Ginsberg

Answer 24

supreme court justice, argued several major cases pertaining to women’s rights

Question 25

19th amendment

Answer 25

Prohibits states from denying women the right to vote

Question 26

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Answer 26

Seneca Falls, women's movement, abolishment

Question 27

Lucrecia Mott

Answer 27

Seneca Falls, women's movement, abolishment

Question 28

Disenfranchised

Answer 28

Taking away the right to vote

Question 29

Tillman Act 1907

Answer 29

Prohibited corporations from giving money to candidates

Question 30

Citizens united- 2010

Answer 30

Defines corporations as people, claims prohibiting corporations from giving candidates money is not right (money is speech, denying them from giving money is denying them free speech)

Question 31

Functions of political parties

Answer 31

-select candidates for political office -establish party platforms -mobilize to get candidates elected -hold candidates accountable and pass laws consistent with party platform

Question 32

Lawrence V Texas

Answer 32

Struck down Texas Sodomy law

Question 33

closed primaries

Answer 33

must vote democrat if registered as democrat and republican if registered as republican.

Question 34

open primaries

Answer 34

voters vote for either party