(CE.C&G.3.1 & 3.8 ) Upholding Individual Rights

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified following which war?

• Civil War

• Vietnam War

• World War II

• American Revolution

Measures that ensure equal opportunities for women and minorities in employment are called

• work place quotas.

• affirmative action.

• riders to legislative bills.

• full employment and balanced growth.

Which U.S. Supreme Court decision made it illegal to achieve diversity through the use of racial quotas?

• Gregg v. Georgia (1976)

• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)

• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)

• Swann v. Board of Education of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina (1971)

The Equal Rights Amendment was a failed, early-1980s attempt to prevent discrimination against

• women.

• immigrants.

• Native Americans.

• African Americans.

Which best describes the reasoning behind the practice of "affirmative action"?

• allowing people to join labor unions

• providing payments to descendents of slavery

• providing medical benefits for the elderly

• providing aid to groups of people previously discriminated against

Congress may not pass __________ laws, laws that make an act a crime after the act has been committed.

• cloture

• de jure

• filibuster

• ex post facto

t is sometimes necessary to limit the rights of citizens for all these reasons EXCEPT

• to maintain public safety

• to protect the rights of others

• to provide needed services to citizens

• to protect a business from competition

In which situation would a person’s First Amendment right to free speech be limited?

• Concerned citizens sign a petition to change a law.

• A witness lies in court to make sure the defendant is convicted.

• Protesters picket a grocery store for unethical business practices.

• A newspaper publishes a political cartoon criticizing a politician’s decisions.

Which liberty is guaranteed by the First Amendment?

• freedom of speech

• the right to vote

• the right to bear arms

• protection from unreasonable search and seizure

What specific part/clause of the First Amendment prevents our government from designating an official religion or encouraging one religion over another?

• the Due Process Clause

• the Establishment Clause

• the Free Exercise Clause

• the Equal Protection Clause