Ch. 7 Review and Essay Practice

2/7/2017
Objective	Ch. 7 Essay Practice for Test Ch. 7 Review Day
Resources to Understand Lesson	CREATE YOUR OWN REVIEW SHEET!!! In your notebook, write out the question and ONLY the answer so you may remember for the day of the test. Example: 1. When did women receive the right to vote: 1920 1. When did women receive the right to vote? 1865 1878 1920 1954 2. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka addressed the issue of slave ownership. school segregation. affirmative action. women's rights. 3. The Fourteenth Amendment extended rights to African Americans by stating that the right to vote is a basic human right. taking the power to grant citizenship away from the states. declaring that all men are created equal. outlawing poll taxes and literacy tests in determining who would be able to vote. 4. The Dred Scott decision involved a slave who traveled to a state where slavery was illegal. a federal compromise between the number of free and slave states. a proposed amendment to the Constitution. the right of African Americans to vote. 5. The principle of equal protection refers to the right of all people to be represented by a competent lawyer. protected from racial discrimination. treated exactly the same way. treated fairly. 6. In general, the amendment process helps the Constitution define the principles of democracy. recognize the changing role of state government. define what is true and good. adjust to changing times and changing thought. 7. In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Court ruled that racial segregation was permitted if separate facilities were equal in quality. racial segregation was illegal. cities were required to bus students to racially mixed schools. railroads were exempt from existing anti-segregation laws. 8. Why is the Fourteenth Amendment sometimes called "the second Bill of Rights"? It clarifies the original Bill of Rights. It requires state governments to respect the rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. It was passed after the Revolutionary War to reinstate rights that had been lost. It outlines ten additional rights that should be protected at the state level. 9. What is the idea underlying affirmative action? All persons, regardless of color or place of birth, should have an equal education. Some positive steps are necessary to make up for past discrimination. Merit, not color or race, must determine access to jobs and schools. Initiative petitions can shape public policy. 10. The "separate but equal" standard was established by which Supreme Court case? Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corporation Plessy v. Ferguson Regents of the University of California v. Bakke 11. The tensions over new states occurring between the North and South as they competed for power in Congress were briefly alleviated by the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment. Missouri Compromise. First Amendment. Great Compromise. 12. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke addressed the issue of slave ownership. school segregation. affirmative action. women's rights. 13. The Constitution has lasted as long as it has because it is very clear. written in a language everyone can understand. very detailed and specific. based on general principles and can be amended. 14. How many amendments to the Constitution have been ratified? 10 107 27 18 15. Which government body decides whether or not an action violates the Constitution? the Senate the House of Representatives the Cabinet the Supreme Court 16. The Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery, was passed as a last-minute compromise to prevent war. only after the Civil War decided the issue. because the South was agricultural. shortly after the Dred Scott decision was found to be unconstitutional. 17. Suffrage is the right to vote. the right of women to vote. freedom from cruel and unusual punishment. the taking of property by illegal search and seizure. 18. Which constitutional principle is at the heart of many civil rights cases? due process equal protection freedom of petition a flexible framework 19. In Philips v. Martin Marietta Corporation, the Court ruled that young children have the right to a mother's undivided attention at all times. companies cannot discriminate on the basis of race in their hiring practices. school districts must provide "separate but equal" facilities for students of all races. companies cannot discriminate on the basis of gender in their hiring practices. 20. What led people to believe that the voting age should be lowered to 18? the civil rights and women's suffrage movements the Civil War and Reconstruction young people serving in wars flag burning and draft-dodging
Tonight's homework	Ch. 7 Test Tomorrow!! Essay: 1. How might history have been different if the original Constitutional had abolished slavery? How would the Constitution be different today? 2. Identify and discuss two Supreme Court decisions that support the description of the Constitution as an enduring document.