AP Gov Civil Rights

What amendment banned slavery?

• 12th

• 13th

• 18th

• 24th

Where is "equality" mentioned in the Republic's founding documents?

• A. 14th amendment

• B. Preamble to the Constitution

• C. Preamble to the Declaration of Independence

• A & C

Which of these is not a consensus part of US political culture?

• Equality of rights

• Equality before the laws

• Equal distribution of income

• Equality of opportunity

What amendment banned racial limits on voting?

• 19th

• 21st

• 15th

• 14th

What amendment was the basis of selective incorporation?

• 10th

• 14th

• 17th

• 15th

What amendment protects citizens from their state governments infringing on their due process rights?

• 14th

• 10th

• 22nd

• 23rd

What clause has been cited as the basis of many civil rights-related Supreme Court rulings?

• Free Exercise

• Establishment

• Elastic / Necessary and Proper

• Equal protection

What court case established the doctrine of "separate but equal"?

• Slaughterhouse cases

• Korematsu v. US

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board

The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education is NOT an example of what?

• Stare Decisis

• Judicial Activism

• Applying the 14th amendment

• A Unanimous Decision

After the ratification of the Amendment that gave African Americans the right to vote, how long did it take for all to *de facto* (actually) have the right to vote?

• About ten years

• About one hundred years

• About thirty years

• Almost immediately