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Worksheets15.4 - The Fourteenth Amendment
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Judges apply the substantial relationship test when reviewing cases that involve
racial discrimination.
discrimination based on age.
gender discrimination.
descrimination based on employment status.
When do judges apply the strict scrutiny test during judicial review?
whenever the law treats some people differently than others
when the law discriminates based on gender
when the law discriminates based on age
when the law discriminates based on race, national origin, or citizenship status
During judicial review, which test do judges apply when the people being discriminated against are not part of a historically mistreated group?
rational basis
incorporation doctrine
substantial relationship
strict scrutiny
How does the equal protection clause protect individual rights and limit the powers of government?
It ensures that government cannot draw unreasonable distinctions between groups of people.
It requires law enforcement to follow the same procedures in all cases.
It requires a close connection between the laws and their purpose.
It ensures the Bill of Rights applies in all states.
Jim Crow laws were enacted in response to the
Dred Scott decision.
Blaine Amendment.
Fourteenth Amendment.
incorporation doctrine.
In Dred Scott v. Sanford, the Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott could not sue in federal court because
Scott was not a free man.
state, not federal, courts had jurisdiction in cases involving slaves.
African Americans were not U.S. citizens.
Sanford was not a free man.
Native Americans were granted U.S. citizenship in
1868, with the Fourteenth Amendment.
1887, with the Dawes Act.
1896, with the Plessy decision.
1924, with the Indian Citizenship Act.
The Fourteenth Amendment
guarantees equal protection of the laws.
outlaws slavery.
says the right to vote could not be restricted based on race or color.
grants African Americans all the rights enjoyed by white citizens.
Unlike procedural due process, substantive due process requires fairness in
the legal process.
the laws themselves.
discriminating between different groups of people.
the judicial review process.
In Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court overturned a state law that
denied due process to juveniles accused of crimes.
criminalized marriage between people of different races.
established segregation based on race.
criminalized marriage between people of different genders.
