SSCG Midterm Review

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What Supreme Court decision ended segregation in public schools?

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Brown v. Board of Education

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What does this statement illustrate: "that governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"

Back

the Social Contract theory.

Front

Which of the following best defines Social Contract Theory?

Back

People give up some freedom for protection of rights.

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Which amendment prohibited denying voting rights to people based on race or color?

Back

Fifteenth Amendment.

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What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?

Back

protect the rights of people from the government.

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What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 end?

Back

Jim Crow Laws

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Which best defines checks and balances?

Back

Each branch can limit the powers of the others.

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What is a benefit of checks and balances?

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It requires the different branches of the federal government to work together to seek the common good.

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Which best describes the Federalists?

Back

Supported the Constitution and a strong central government.

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Which best describes the Anti-Federalists?

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Feared central power and demanded a Bill of Rights.