AP Government Chapter 9.1 & 9.2 Reading Check

Civil rights include the fundamental right of people to be:

• given a trial by jury.

• treated equally under the laws and policies of government.

• given precedence for certain jobs

• treated better than the majority

In the Fourteenth Amendment, the         clause deals with civil rights

• equal protection

• separate but equal

• necessary and proper

• due process

After college, Judith Heumann applied to become a teacher in New York City but was told:

• she would not be able to perform the same tasks as the other teachers.

• she could not be hired because of her disability

• her disability did not make her as smart as the other teachers

• her students would be afraid of her wheelchair.

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was the first federal law to:

• protect minorities from being turned down for jobs based on their race

• prohibit universities and colleges from denying admission to Americans with disabilities

• prohibit discrimination against Americans with disabilities

• protect Americans with disabilities from losing pay for doctor visits

When it was clear that implementation of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 had slowed, Judith Heumann helped to organize:

• sit-ins to demand implementation of section 504.

• debates with members of Congress

• a march to Washington DC

• a government shutdown

The       was passed in 1990 and helped to protect disabled Americans from discrimination at work.

• Rehabilitation Act

• Administrative Procedure Act

• Americans with Disabilities Act

• Occupational Safety and Health Act

The Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sanford that former slaves and the descendants of slaves were:

• unable to obtain land because they were not citizens

• unable to obtain an education because they were not born in the United States

• equired to be segregated in schools based on race

• not U.S. citizens and did not have the same rights as U.S. citizens

The Thirteenth Amendment was created to:

• give African Americans the right to vote

• provide reparations to former slaves

• ensure that African Americans were paid the same wages as Caucasians

• completely end slavery in the United States

The equal protection clause is used to:

• protect only U.S. citizens from discrimination

• protect the states from civil suits

• protect freedom of speech

• protect the civil rights of all citizens

African Americans gained the right to vote after the         Amendment passed in 1870.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 19th