Gov 14.5 Quiz MMHS

What Supreme Court case decided that classification based on gender must be reasonable and not arbitrary?

Reed v. Reed

What term describes awarding government jobs to minorities and women to make up for past discrimination?

Affirmative Action

What system does the United States government use to rate documents in terms of national security?

Security classification system

Where is the guarantee to the right to privacy found in the Constitution?

A combination of the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment

What term describes the idea that mental health professionals cannot be required to disclose the content of therapy sessions?

Confidentiality

What is an example of a court ruling allowing gender discrimination?

A state may give widows a property tax exemption that they do not give widowers

What Supreme Court case decided that affirmative action was legal under the Constitution, but strict racial quotas were not?

Regents of University of California v. Bakke

What is an example of a court ruling prohibiting gender discrimination?

All answers are correct

What term describes the argument that more qualified individuals lose out to individuals who are chosen simply because of their race, ethnicity, or gender?

Reverse discrimination

What term describes the written record of closed-door government meetings?

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