NSL MCAP Review: Units 3-4

Law that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin in public places and employment.

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Fair Rights Act of 1975

• 15th Amendment

• Affirmative Action

Also known as the "Fair Housing Act" because it outlawed discrimination in housing, and other situations.

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Civil Rights Act of 1968

• 8th Amendment

• Affirmative Action

Law that outlawed discriminatory voting practices including literacy tests.

• 10th Amendment

• Literacy Test Ban

• Equal Protection

• The Voting Rights Act

Law prohibiting discrimination based on sex (gender) in any education program or activity that receives federal funds

• Judicial Review

• Voting Rights Act

• Title IX

• 14th Amendment

The main reason the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution

• to limit the power of the government

• to make the power of the national government stronger

• to declare independence as a nation

• to make laws for the United States

Principle of government established by Marbury v. Madison - the Courts can declare laws unconstitutional

• Judicial Review

• Supremacy Clause

• Title IX

• Supreme Court

Contains the equal protection clause; extends the Bill of Rights to state governments

• 8th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• Protection Act

Supreme Court case that made "separate but equal" and segregation the law of the land.

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Marbury v. Madison

• Tockman v. Gorgian

• Plessy v. Ferguson

Supreme Court case that overturned Plessy and outlawed segregation in public places

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Marbury v. Madison

Supreme Court case which said students have free speech in school if it is not disruptive.

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Gideon v. Wainwright