Am. Gov't Unit II Review

An individual has the right to freedom until

• they use their rights to promote patriotism
• their freedom effects someone else
• they gain too much power
• the government intervenes

Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

• Sweatt v. Painter
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Mendez v. Kirby ISD

Court case that ruled that segregated schools are inherently unequal, ending the separate but equal doctrine.

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Sweatt v. Painter
• Delgado v. Bastrop ISD

Outlawed gender discrimination in schools and the government.

• Civil Rights Act of 1957
• Affirmative Action
• Title IX
• 14th Amendment

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

• prohibited literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting
• prohibited racial discrimination in employment and public accommodations
• attempted to prevent racial gerrymandering
• ended an FBI program (COINTELPRO) used to spy on and break up citizen organizations

Which clause of the 14th Amendment is used as the basis for selective incorporation?

• Citizenship
• Equal Protection
• Due Process
• Privileges and Immunities

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?

• attempted to ensure African American votes would not be diluted through gerrymandering
• prohibited state governments from denying citizens the right to vote
• required some states to get changes to their voting laws approved by Congress
• all of these answers are correct

The First Amendment includes the freedoms of

• speech and the right to bear arms
• religion, press, and right to counsel
• petition, assembly, press, speech, and religion
• press, petition, and the right to vote

This amendment gives states the powers that the federal government does not identify in the Constitution. It eliminated the fears by the anti-federalists of an all too powerful government. 

• 1st
• 14th
• 10th
• 9th

What are civil liberties?

• make up the unwritten Constitution
• the rights to vote and participate in the political process
• laws that provide and set limits on one's freedoms
• individual legal and constitutional protections against the government