Plsi Exam 2
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1. - The Patriot Act 1. Examples of civil rights and liberties violations by the US
- Roving Wiretaps government include
- National Security Surveillance
Agency
- Defense of Marriage Act
2. - Civil Rights 2. The activist court of Chief Justice Earl Warren was pri-
- Civil Liberties marily concerned with expanding
- Judicial Power
- Federal power
3. Gideon vs Wainright 3.The right to counsel (representation by attorney) is
guaranteed by which court decision?
4. Furman vs Georgia 4. Practice of Capital Punishment was ruled "cruel and
unusual" due to arbitrary application on the basis of race,
in which decision?
5. Civil Rights Act Amendment 13 5.Policies designed to enforce civil rights for all Americans
,14, ,19, 26 include
6. Roe vs Wade ruling 1973 6. The right to privacy is informed through
7. 13th Amendment 7. The institutional practice of slavery was outlawed by
8. 19th Amendment 8. Women were given the right to vote following ratifica-
tion of the
9. De Jure Segregation 9.Segregation by the use of law or administrative deci-
sions by public agencies is known as
10. 14th Amendment 10. Civil rights for African-American (and by extension
everyone else) were enforced by
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11. segregation schools . Declare it as 11. The Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, K.S deci-
unconstitutional sions effectively overturned which ruling
12. Freedom of speech , religion as- 12. Civil Rights includes
sembly , equal protection under
the law , voting rights
13. Held that Bakke had to be ad- 13. The Regents of the University of California v Bakke
mitted to the UC Davis Medical (1978) ruling demonstrated
School because of its admissions
policy had used race as the sole
criterion for the sixteen "minori-
ty" positions
14. Constitutional Doctrine through 14. The Doctrine of Selective Incorporation is
which selected provisions of the
Bill of Rights are made applica-
ble to the states through the Due
Process Clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment
15. True 15. The USA-PORTRAIT Act of 2001 makes even unknow-
ing association with suspected terrorists a deportable of-
fense, potentially violating 1st Amendment freedom of
association rights ( Tor F)
16. Class-Action Suit 16. A lawsuit filed by an individual seeking damages for
"all persons similarly situated" is known as a
17. John G. Roberts Jr. (2005) 17. The current Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court is
18. Sandra Day O' Connor 18. The first woman appointed to serve on the US
Supreme Court by President Reagan in 1983 was
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_5d9gvt
1. - The Patriot Act 1. Examples of civil rights and liberties violations by the US
- Roving Wiretaps government include
- National Security Surveillance
Agency
- Defense of Marriage Act
2. - Civil Rights 2. The activist court of Chief Justice Earl Warren was pri-
- Civil Liberties marily concerned with expanding
- Judicial Power
- Federal power
3. Gideon vs Wainright 3.The right to counsel (representation by attorney) is
guaranteed by which court decision?
4. Furman vs Georgia 4. Practice of Capital Punishment was ruled "cruel and
unusual" due to arbitrary application on the basis of race,
in which decision?
5. Civil Rights Act Amendment 13 5.Policies designed to enforce civil rights for all Americans
,14, ,19, 26 include
6. Roe vs Wade ruling 1973 6. The right to privacy is informed through
7. 13th Amendment 7. The institutional practice of slavery was outlawed by
8. 19th Amendment 8. Women were given the right to vote following ratifica-
tion of the
9. De Jure Segregation 9.Segregation by the use of law or administrative deci-
sions by public agencies is known as
10. 14th Amendment 10. Civil rights for African-American (and by extension
everyone else) were enforced by
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_5d9gvt
11. segregation schools . Declare it as 11. The Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, K.S deci-
unconstitutional sions effectively overturned which ruling
12. Freedom of speech , religion as- 12. Civil Rights includes
sembly , equal protection under
the law , voting rights
13. Held that Bakke had to be ad- 13. The Regents of the University of California v Bakke
mitted to the UC Davis Medical (1978) ruling demonstrated
School because of its admissions
policy had used race as the sole
criterion for the sixteen "minori-
ty" positions
14. Constitutional Doctrine through 14. The Doctrine of Selective Incorporation is
which selected provisions of the
Bill of Rights are made applica-
ble to the states through the Due
Process Clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment
15. True 15. The USA-PORTRAIT Act of 2001 makes even unknow-
ing association with suspected terrorists a deportable of-
fense, potentially violating 1st Amendment freedom of
association rights ( Tor F)
16. Class-Action Suit 16. A lawsuit filed by an individual seeking damages for
"all persons similarly situated" is known as a
17. John G. Roberts Jr. (2005) 17. The current Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court is
18. Sandra Day O' Connor 18. The first woman appointed to serve on the US
Supreme Court by President Reagan in 1983 was
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