Civil Rights Formative Assessment Review

Term used for positive acts of Gov’t that seek constitutional guarantees for all people

• Civil Rights
• Discrimination
• Title IX
• Integration

In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the “______________” was established.

• “Separate but Equal Doctrine”
• "Reverse Discrimination"
• "Affirmative Action"
• "Quota System"

This Supreme Court decision reversed the separate but equal doctrine by stating that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.

• Baker v. Carr

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board

• Shaw v Reno

(1868) Granted citizenship to all person born in or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves, and guaranteed rights to all citizens.

• 5th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 22nd Amendment

States cannot deny U.S. citizens the protection as granted by state laws or the Constitution

• Free Exercise Clause

• Due Process Clause

• Equal Protection Clause

• Full Faith and Credit Clause

Determined "Separate but Equal" did violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amend.

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• In re Gault
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Gideon v. Wainwright

Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by government officials or individuals

• Civil Liberties

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution

• Civil Rights

What did Homer Plessy do that got him arrested?

• He sat in the whites only part of the bus.

• He took a seat in the whites only car of a train.

• He sat at a whites only section of a lunch counter.

• All of the above

The 14th amendment is meant to give U.S. citizens what?

• Equal protection under the law

• Due process (the right to have the gov't the respect all your rights)

• Citizenship by birth on U.S. land

• all of the above

What famous phrase came out of the Plessy case?

• "Separate but equal"
• "Give me liberty or give me death."
• "May the force be with you."
• "I'll be back."