PSCI 2306 EXAM 3 CIVIL RIGHTS (UNT-COX)
QUESTIONS
A voice of struggle and hope with songs like "we shall overcome" - Answer -· We
began this topic with music. Who is/was Pete Seeger and what civil rights song is
associated with him?
In the 14thAmendment grants citizenships to those born or naturalized in the U.S and
former slaves. - Answer -· What is the Equal Protection Clauseand where is it found?
To whom does it apply?
Harmful discrimination (race, gender, ethnicity) - Answer -· What do we mean when we
say that a distinction is invidious?
Rational basis test: court determines whether a law is rationally related to legitimate
government interest, social security, voting age
Strict scrutiny: divide people by race, constitutional equal protection
Heightened (Intermediate) Scrutiny Test: discriminated based on gender or sex (gay -
Answer -· Please review these three tests including when they are used: rational basis
test, strict scrutiny, and heightened (intermediate) scrutiny.
Overturned the case and granted citizenship to those born in the U.S, no matter the
race - Answer -· How did the Fourteenth Amendment address the issue in the Dred
Scott case?
13th, 14th, and 15thamendment designed to ensure equality for emancipated slaves -
Answer -· Be sure to know the three Amendments adopted after the Civil War and the
subject of each of them.
To segregate society with facilities and other - Answer -· What were Jim Crowlaws?
Contracts that if you break, you go to jail - Answer -· What were Black Codes?
Case that says "separate but equal" and segregated - Answer -· Why was the case of
Plessy v. Fergusonso important?
Justice Harlan said that constitution knows no color, in favor of NO segregation -
Answer -· Please be sure to review Justice Harlan's dissent in the Plessy case. There
are quotes on your slides.
Brought suits against the states for segregations under Thurgood Marshall - Answer -·
What was/is the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund?
, Head of the fund and a great lawyer, first black justice on the Supreme Court - Answer
-· Who was Thurgood Marshall?
Segregated schools bad, SC ruled yes need own facilities for black students - Answer -
· Please review the cases that went to the Supreme Court before the Brown case and
know how the SC ruled on them. You should know concepts but you need not know the
name of each case. (All had to do with college segregation.)
Equal protection clause requires admissions to black students and UT created new
school for black students but was not as nice - Answer -· What did the Supreme Court
say about the new separate law school that Texas created for black students (Sweatt v.
Painter).
· Brown was testing "separate but equal" and Sweatt was testing building higher
facilities for black students - Answer -· How did the legal question in Brown v. Board of
Educationdiffer from the legal questions in earlier rulings such as Sweatt v. Painter?
Ruled that segregated systems be dismantled - Answer -· What important ruling did the
SC make in the Brown v. Board of Education case? What was the language used by the
Court?
Civil rights activist, little girl at school - Answer -· Who is Ruby Bridges?
Participated in peaceful protests - Answer -· Who was Jimmie Lee Jackson?
Bus, civil rights activist - Answer -· Who was Rosa Parks?
Civil rights activist - Answer -· Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Many did not integrated, and federal government withheld highway funds unless they
desegregated - Answer -· How did Southern States react to the ruling in the Brown
case? What seemed to persuade many school districts to finally integrate?
Texas said no black person can participate in Democratic Primary - Answer -· What
were white primaries?
Pay tax to vote. Abolished by Congress and for state elections by Supreme Court -
Answer -· How did the poll tax in Texas work?
Voting Rights Act, it banned literacy tests and other barriers to black voting - Answer -·
Which civil rights act dealt with voting issues? What did it do?
March from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama - Answer -· What was Bloody Sunday?
QUESTIONS
A voice of struggle and hope with songs like "we shall overcome" - Answer -· We
began this topic with music. Who is/was Pete Seeger and what civil rights song is
associated with him?
In the 14thAmendment grants citizenships to those born or naturalized in the U.S and
former slaves. - Answer -· What is the Equal Protection Clauseand where is it found?
To whom does it apply?
Harmful discrimination (race, gender, ethnicity) - Answer -· What do we mean when we
say that a distinction is invidious?
Rational basis test: court determines whether a law is rationally related to legitimate
government interest, social security, voting age
Strict scrutiny: divide people by race, constitutional equal protection
Heightened (Intermediate) Scrutiny Test: discriminated based on gender or sex (gay -
Answer -· Please review these three tests including when they are used: rational basis
test, strict scrutiny, and heightened (intermediate) scrutiny.
Overturned the case and granted citizenship to those born in the U.S, no matter the
race - Answer -· How did the Fourteenth Amendment address the issue in the Dred
Scott case?
13th, 14th, and 15thamendment designed to ensure equality for emancipated slaves -
Answer -· Be sure to know the three Amendments adopted after the Civil War and the
subject of each of them.
To segregate society with facilities and other - Answer -· What were Jim Crowlaws?
Contracts that if you break, you go to jail - Answer -· What were Black Codes?
Case that says "separate but equal" and segregated - Answer -· Why was the case of
Plessy v. Fergusonso important?
Justice Harlan said that constitution knows no color, in favor of NO segregation -
Answer -· Please be sure to review Justice Harlan's dissent in the Plessy case. There
are quotes on your slides.
Brought suits against the states for segregations under Thurgood Marshall - Answer -·
What was/is the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund?
, Head of the fund and a great lawyer, first black justice on the Supreme Court - Answer
-· Who was Thurgood Marshall?
Segregated schools bad, SC ruled yes need own facilities for black students - Answer -
· Please review the cases that went to the Supreme Court before the Brown case and
know how the SC ruled on them. You should know concepts but you need not know the
name of each case. (All had to do with college segregation.)
Equal protection clause requires admissions to black students and UT created new
school for black students but was not as nice - Answer -· What did the Supreme Court
say about the new separate law school that Texas created for black students (Sweatt v.
Painter).
· Brown was testing "separate but equal" and Sweatt was testing building higher
facilities for black students - Answer -· How did the legal question in Brown v. Board of
Educationdiffer from the legal questions in earlier rulings such as Sweatt v. Painter?
Ruled that segregated systems be dismantled - Answer -· What important ruling did the
SC make in the Brown v. Board of Education case? What was the language used by the
Court?
Civil rights activist, little girl at school - Answer -· Who is Ruby Bridges?
Participated in peaceful protests - Answer -· Who was Jimmie Lee Jackson?
Bus, civil rights activist - Answer -· Who was Rosa Parks?
Civil rights activist - Answer -· Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Many did not integrated, and federal government withheld highway funds unless they
desegregated - Answer -· How did Southern States react to the ruling in the Brown
case? What seemed to persuade many school districts to finally integrate?
Texas said no black person can participate in Democratic Primary - Answer -· What
were white primaries?
Pay tax to vote. Abolished by Congress and for state elections by Supreme Court -
Answer -· How did the poll tax in Texas work?
Voting Rights Act, it banned literacy tests and other barriers to black voting - Answer -·
Which civil rights act dealt with voting issues? What did it do?
March from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama - Answer -· What was Bloody Sunday?
