3.10 Social Movements and Equal Protection

Use of this clause in the Fourteenth Amendment to prevent discrimination

• Due Process Clause

• Free Exercise Clause

• Establishment Clause

• Equal Protection Clause

Term: protections from discrimination based on such characteristics as race, national origin, religion and sex

• Civil liberties

• Equal protection clause

• Strict scrutiny

• Civil rights

In what document can you find the following: "...There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into an abyss of injustice where they experience the bleakness or corroding despair..."?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Majority opinion in Brown v Board

• Letter from a Birmingham Jail

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

What amendment officially granted women the right to vote in all elections?

• 19th

• 14th

• 15th

• 23rd

What was responsible for guaranteeing that women have the same educational opportunities as men in programs receiving federal funding?

• Title IV of the Education Amendments Act of 1972

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972

• Equal Pay Act

Roe v Wade had established that abortion is legal when?

• During the first two weeks of the pregnancy

• During all three trimesters of the pregnancy

• During the first and second trimesters of the pregnancy

• During the first trimester of the pregnancy

The application of laws to treat, such as gender, all groups the same

• Strict scrutiny

• Intermediate scrutiny

• Reasonableness standard

• Equality standard

Which court case overturned a previous ruling that had established states could criminalize same-sex relations?

• Bowers v Hardwick

• Lawrence v Texas

• Obergefell v Hodges

• Regents of the University of California v Bakke

What piece of legislation allowed states to determine for themselves if they recognized same-sex marriage, and barred federal recognition for the purposes of Social Security, federal income tax filings, and federal employee benefits?

• Equal Rights Act

• Freedom-of-Choice Act

• Defense of Marriage Act

• Don't Ask, Don't Tell Act

Which court case officially legalized same-sex marriage nationwide?

• Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg

• Bowers v Hardwick

• Lawerence v Texas

• Obergefell v Hodges