15.5 - Equal Protection and Discrimination

Martin Luther King, Jr., believed in advancing civil rights through

• winning elections and reforming from within the system.

• nonviolent protest.

• educating the public with lectures and media advertising.

• riots and distruction to gain media attention.

In which landmark case did the Supreme Court rule that segregated schools were inherently unequal and therefore unconstitutional?

• Hernandez v. Texas

• Plyler v. Doe

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

Which law prohibits discrimination based on race, gender, religion, and national origin in all forms of employment?

• the Equal Pay Act of 1963

• the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

• the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• the Civil Rights Act of 1964

How did the case Plessy v. Ferguson set the United States on a path of unfair discrimination?

• by estabilshing the separate but equal doctrine

• by establishing the selective incorporation doctrine

• by striking down Jim Crow laws

• by ruling that African Americans are not citizens

What did the Supreme Court's decision in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke do?

• It struck down the use of racial quotas.

• It struck down affirmative action.

• It supported the use of racial quotas.

• It supported the use of affirmative action.

In which case did the Supreme Court rule that undocumented people are protected by the Fourteenth Amendment?

• Plyler v. Doe

• Hernandez v. Texas

• Gratz v. Bollinger

• Lemon v. Kurtzman

Which of these actions is constitutional, based on Supreme Court decisions?

• A university can use a system that automatically gives a certain number of extra admission points to minorities.

• Federal agencies can automatically favor minority-based companies for federal contracts.

• A university can set racial quotas for admitting students.

• A university can use race as a "plus factor" in admitting students.

The rights of gay and lesbian people are protected by

• federal laws.

• most state constitutions.

• some state and local laws.

• the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Unfair treatment of individuals based solely on their race, gender, national origin, age, physical disability, or religion is called

• affirmative action

• discrimination

• integration

• segregation

What established full voting rights for women?

• the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• the Nineteenth Amendment

• the Equal Rights Amendment