Geography Bee - Class Competition

2/2/2017
Objective	Geography Bee - Class Competition 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
Tonight's homework	This Review is NOT due tomorrow. We will have time tomorrow to work on it in class!