InQuizitive for We the People, 14th edition: Chapter 05. Civil Rights

Identify whether each of these describes civil liberties or civil rights.

Civil rights

-students rights to attend desegregated schools

-guarantees of equal opportunity and protection for all citizens

Civil liberties

-protection from government infringement upon an individual's right to burn the American flag in protest

-limitations on what the government can do

Which amendment formally guaranteed all women in the United States the right to vote?

19th

In the 1960s, the federal government proposed...programs, but in the 1970s the government proposed...programs.

desegregation;integration

Which amendment provides the most substantial grounding for modern civil rights legislation?

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14th

What congressional action did the Supreme Court use as their foundation for opposing sexual harassment?

Title VII of the The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Put these major moments from civil rights history in order from earliest to most recent.

The Fourteenth Amendment is ratified.

Plessy v. Ferguson is decided by the Supreme Court.

Brown v. Board of Education is decided by the Supreme Court

The Twenty-Fourth Amendment is ratified.

The Voting Rights Act is passed.

Match each amendment to its specific goal.

Thirteenth: abolished slavery

Fourteenth: guaranteed equal protection of the laws

Fifteenth: guaranteed voting rights for Black men

Place the following affirmative action policy changes in order from oldest to most recent.

President Johnson promotes minority employment among the federal civil service and companies doing business with the U.S. government.

The federal government makes affirmative action a prominent goal.

The Supreme Court subjects affirmative action policies to strict scrutiny.

What effect did the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 have?

Correct:

It called for making all public businesses accessible to those with disabilities.

It prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, and healthcare.

incorrect:

It imposed quotas on the number of individuals with disabilities in a company.

It was the first law on the books to end discrimination against individuals on the basis of disabilities.

Why was Brown v. Board of Education a significant case?

Correct:

It signaled that the Court was willing to apply the strict scrutiny test in cases involving racial discrimination.

It overturned the separate but equal doctrine established by Plessy v. Ferguson.

Incorrect:

The Court's decision was not simply confined to public education but also discrimination in employment, public accommodations, juries, and voting.

Schools and public facilities throughout the nation were immediately integrated.

The Equal Rights Amendment was added to the Constitution in 1972.

false

Since the 1970s, what have been the three tracks of the Latino political strategy for achieving equality?

Correct:

a legal strategy using civil rights laws designed to ensure fair access to the political system

mass mobilization

voter registration and voting along ethnic lines

Incorrect:

establishing various super PACS to run negative advertisements against candidates hostile to immigrants

The Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause requires that everyone be treated equally.

False

Study the graph presenting the occurrences of civil rights demonstrations. Which statements are supported by the graph?

Correct:

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 addressed many concerns related to public accommodations.

Increasing demonstrations and protests heightened public pressure for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1960 led to a wave of new protests.

Incorrect:

After the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, protests shifted to focusing on public accommodations.

Most of the civil rights protests were about voting rights.

How are cases on affirmative action different from those such as Brown v. Board of Education and Loving v. Virginia?

Correct:

Affirmative action programs are designed to assist victims of past injustices.

Affirmative action programs disadvantage those in dominant majority groups.

Incorrect:

Affirmative action programs are designed to prevent harm to minority groups.

They are motivated by a desire to promote civil rights.

The civil rights movement's success was the result of both formal actions by various branches of the federal government (political and legal action) and the actions of various groups in society putting pressure on government officials to strengthen civil rights protections for African Americans (social movement action).

Identify the political and legal actions and social movement actions below.

Political and Legal Action:

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

President Eisenhower sending 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce the integration of Central High School

Social Movement Action:

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycotts (1955)

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee formed to organize protests, sit-ins, freedom rides

How did each of the following federal actions contribute to the expansion of civil rights in the United States?

Fourteenth Amendment: guaranteed equal protection under the law

Fair Housing Act: allowed the government to initiate legal action in cases of housing discrimination

Brown v. Board of Education: ended the era of "separate but equal" schools

Civil Rights Act of 1964: outlawed job discrimination based on gender and race

In affirmative action cases, which of the following represent the Supreme Court's position?

Correct Answer(s)

The Supreme Court has ruled that minority status may be considered as one of many factors in university admissions.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the government does have a compelling interest in promoting diversity.

Incorrect Answer(s)

The Supreme Court has ruled that all affirmative action policies violate the equal protection clause and therefore are unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court has ruled that universities may use racial quotas in admissions decisions to promote diversity in higher education.

After the Civil War, three amendments to the Constitution...civil rights for African Americans. Once Reconstruction ended, however,...severely restricted the rights of African Americans, with...states taking the lead in segregating many public facilities.

expanded

Jim Crow laws

southern

Which of the following statements are true regarding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program?

The Trump administration sought to dismantle the DACA program, and the Biden administration has sought to secure the program through litigation.

DACA is a temporary shield that allows undocumented immigrants to remain in the U.S. to work or study.