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Worksheet time: 5mins
SS.7.C.3.6
Which statement best defines "due process" of law?
Decisions affecting individuals are made by a jury of peers.
Procedures used to enforce the law are fair, reasonable and just.
People have guaranteed rights that can only be taken away in emergencies.
Government decisions affecting individuals are made in secret to avoid publicity.
SS.7.C.3.6
Why is freedom of the press so important to democratic government?
It keeps talented and creative writers employed.
It helps government officials keep track of public opinion.
It keeps citizens informed about the acts of their government leaders.
It provides a place where candidates can advertise in election campaigns.
SS.7.C.3.6
Which statement describes an impact of the "due process" and "equal protection" clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment?
Women were guaranteed the right to vote in all states.
African-American freedmen were guaranteed the right to vote.
Americans were protected against abuses by state governments.
Opponents of the government no longer feared forced internment.
SS.7.C.3.7
The newspaper headline pictured announces an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. What was the impact of the passage of this amendment to the U.S. Constitution on the American political process?
Women were allowed to vote in elections in all states.
Citizens from 18 to 20 years of age were allowed to vote in elections.
Those who could not afford to pay poll taxes could still vote in federal electinos.
Restaurants and hotels could not practice discrimination against Vietnam veterans.
SS.7.C.3.6
The list above includes some of the rights of American citizens in legal proceedings.
Which term is used to describe these rights?
Equal Protection rights
Arraignment rights
Due Process rights
Eminent domain rights
SS.7.C.3.7
How did passage of the Twenty-sixth Amendment affect the U.S. political process?
Women were guaranteed the right to vote in all states.
Poll taxes were no longer permitted for voting in federal elections.
Citizens from 18 to 20 years old were given the right to vote.
The federal government took over the regulation of statewide elections.
SS.7.C.3.12
Which statement describes the significance of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
It overturned racial segregation in public schools.
It overturned the earlier decision of Gideon v. Wainwright.
It upheld state laws requiring the payment of poll taxes to vote.
It upheld state laws requiring racial segregation on railroad cars.
SS.7.C.3.12
The passage below is from the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896).
"We consider the underlying fallacy of the plaintiff's argument to consist in the assumption that the enforced separation of the two races stamps the colored race with a badge of inferiority. If this be so, it is not by reason of anything found in the act, but solely because the colored race chooses to put that construction upon it....
If the civil and political rights of both races be equal, one cannot be inferior to the other civilly or politically. If one race be inferior to the other socially, the constitution of the United States cannot put them upon the same plane."
What was the impact of the reasoning in the pictured excerpt?
Racial segregation remained in place in the South for another half century.
Southern state governments were forced to end their practice of racial segregation.
State governments had to ensure the economic and social equality of their residents.
State governments no longer had to provide equal facilities to members of different races.
SS.7.C.3.12
The passage below is from the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954).
"Segregation of white and colored children in public schools has a detrimental effect upon the colored children. The impact is greater when it has the sanction of the law, for the policy of separating the races is usually interpreted as
denoting the inferiority of the [African-American] group.... We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place."
What was the impact of the reasoning in the pictured excerpt?
Racial segregation was discontinued in public elementary schools but continued in higher grades.
Southern states were forced to end all racial segregation in public schools.
Southern states were required to ensure the economic and social equality of all races.
Southern states could maintain separate schools for African-Americans and white children if they were of equal quality.
SS.7.C.3.12
Which statement summarizes the outcome of the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education?
Students had the right to protest government policies by wearing armbands in school.
Amish parents could not be forced to send their children to public high schools.
Mexican-American children were entitled to protection from
discrimination.
States could not maintain segregated schools since racial segregation in public education is "inherently unequal."
