LAMAR UNIVERSITY POLS 2302 EXAM 1 NEWEST
ACTUAL COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) | ALREADY
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Thomas Jefferson ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Author of the Declaration of
Independence, 3rd president
Virginia Plan ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔representation by population
Three-Fifths Compromise ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔every 5 slaves = 3 free
persons
Supremacy Clause ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔all laws of national government
and constitution is the supreme law of land
selection of federal judges ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔they are nominated by
the president and approved by the senate
strict scrutiny ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔strict test and form of judicial
review that that makes sure that a law isn't discriminated based on race
de facto segregation ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔segregation that results from
the private choices of individuals
,19th Amendment ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔woman can vote
LULAC ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The League of United Latin American
Citizens was a middle-class Mexican American civil rights organization
founded in Texas in 1929. It focused on ending segregation in housing, public
facilities and schools.
what circuit is Texas in
Marbury v. Madison ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔created judicial review; Judge
did not receive commission after being appointed; supreme court ruled that
judiciary act of 1789 and and constitution contradicts itself- marbury loses
and Madison win
Plessey v. Ferguson ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔African American who
challenged jim crow laws in public transportation; separate but equal clause
was created from this case
Shelley v. Kramer ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A 1948 Supreme Court ecision
that outlawed restrictive covenants on the occupancy of josing
developments by African Americans, Asian Americans, and other minorities.
Because the Court decision did not actually prohibit racial discrimination in
housing, unfiar practices against minority groups continued until passafe of
the Fair Housing Act in 1968.
, Elks v. Wilkins ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1868 case in which Supreme Court
decided Fourteenth Amendment did not grant citizenship to Native
Americans
Korematsu v. U. S ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1941--The court upheld the
constitutionality of detention camps for Japanese-Americans during World
War 2.
Dred Scott v. Sandford ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Slave who escaped to
illinois and supreme court ruled that slaves were property, not people
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔(2014) Allowed closely-
held, for-profit corporations to be exempt from a law its owners religiously
object to if there is a less restrictive means of furthering the law's interest.
Harper v. Board of Elections ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1966 case in which
Supreme Court declared that requiring payment of a poll tax in order to vote
in an election on any level was unconstitutional
Mendez v. Westminster ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔outlawed school
segregation and was a precedent for Brown v Board of Education
Obergefell v. Hodges ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔States obligated to recognize
same-sex marriage from other states.
ACTUAL COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) | ALREADY
GRADED A+.
Thomas Jefferson ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Author of the Declaration of
Independence, 3rd president
Virginia Plan ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔representation by population
Three-Fifths Compromise ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔every 5 slaves = 3 free
persons
Supremacy Clause ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔all laws of national government
and constitution is the supreme law of land
selection of federal judges ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔they are nominated by
the president and approved by the senate
strict scrutiny ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔strict test and form of judicial
review that that makes sure that a law isn't discriminated based on race
de facto segregation ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔segregation that results from
the private choices of individuals
,19th Amendment ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔woman can vote
LULAC ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The League of United Latin American
Citizens was a middle-class Mexican American civil rights organization
founded in Texas in 1929. It focused on ending segregation in housing, public
facilities and schools.
what circuit is Texas in
Marbury v. Madison ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔created judicial review; Judge
did not receive commission after being appointed; supreme court ruled that
judiciary act of 1789 and and constitution contradicts itself- marbury loses
and Madison win
Plessey v. Ferguson ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔African American who
challenged jim crow laws in public transportation; separate but equal clause
was created from this case
Shelley v. Kramer ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A 1948 Supreme Court ecision
that outlawed restrictive covenants on the occupancy of josing
developments by African Americans, Asian Americans, and other minorities.
Because the Court decision did not actually prohibit racial discrimination in
housing, unfiar practices against minority groups continued until passafe of
the Fair Housing Act in 1968.
, Elks v. Wilkins ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1868 case in which Supreme Court
decided Fourteenth Amendment did not grant citizenship to Native
Americans
Korematsu v. U. S ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1941--The court upheld the
constitutionality of detention camps for Japanese-Americans during World
War 2.
Dred Scott v. Sandford ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Slave who escaped to
illinois and supreme court ruled that slaves were property, not people
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔(2014) Allowed closely-
held, for-profit corporations to be exempt from a law its owners religiously
object to if there is a less restrictive means of furthering the law's interest.
Harper v. Board of Elections ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1966 case in which
Supreme Court declared that requiring payment of a poll tax in order to vote
in an election on any level was unconstitutional
Mendez v. Westminster ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔outlawed school
segregation and was a precedent for Brown v Board of Education
Obergefell v. Hodges ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔✔States obligated to recognize
same-sex marriage from other states.
