Test Review 1
The three Amendments adopted after the Civil War and the subject of each of them.
-13th- banned slavery -14th- citizenship -15th- right to vote(suffrage)
What is the Equal Protection Clause and where is it found?
-14th amendement section 1 -If a person is citizen by naturalization or born the govt. can't deprive his/her life, liberty, and property without due process.
What were the major factors that underlay the Second Women's Rights Movement (the 1960s)?
-Betty Friedman book- The feminine Masque -President Kennedy -oral contraceptive -The effect of Civil war movement
How did Southern States react to the ruling in the Brown case? What seemed to persuade many school districts to finally integrate?
-Efforts to shut down public schools to prevent integration -98% blacks in the south still attended black schools -Civil Right Act of 1964 cut federal aid to schools that participates in segregation.
laws we discussed that were enacted in the 1960s and 1970s to benefit women.
-Equal Pay Act of 1963 -Education Act Amendments of 1972 -Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 -The Equal Rights Amendment (proposed not ratified)
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.)
-GAINS VS CANADA -Sipuel v. Univ of Oklahoma Regents -McLaurin V. Oklahoma State Regents -Sweatt v. Painter
What are the classification test?
-RATIONAL BASIS EXAM questioning if it is rational? its up to the person -STRICT SCRUTINY TEST dividing citizens based on race. compelling to the govt -HEIGHTEND(INTERMEDIATE) EXAM dividing citizens based on sex important to the govt military draft
We began this topic with music. Who is/was Pete Seeger and what civil rights song is associated with him?
-Singer know as a voice of struggle and hope. -"we shall overcome" -"Where have all the flowers gone" -"If I had a hammer"
When was the equal protection clause applied to women by the Supreme Court?
1971
When and why were Mexican workers invited to come to the U.S. to work?
After WW1 Because of workers shortages
What law is the most important for Americans with disabilities? How does that law relate to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Americans with Disabilities Act became law. The law extends the protections of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to persons with disabilities. The law also requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for employees. Students are also covered by this law.
39. What was a republican mother supposed to do?
An idea linked to republicanism that elevated the role of women. It gave them the prestigious role as the special keepers of the nation's conscience Its roots were from the idea that a citizen should be to his country as a mother is to her child.
In what case did the Supreme Court uphold the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Atlanta Motel v. United States
What was/is the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund?
Began suits states that are against Thurgood Marshal
How did the poll tax in Texas work?
Citizens paid $1.50 every year( Janurary 31)
What law made segregated public accommodations illegal
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What is DACA? What is the common characteristic of persons covered by DACA?
Deferred Action for Childhood Act child separation
What political party appears to be the preference of most Hispanic voters in recent years?
Democratic
Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?
FDR's wife and First Lady
Who is Ruby Bridges?
First child to integrate schools in New Orleans
What do we mean when we say that a distinction is invidious?
Govt. can divide citizens in to harmful and harmless ways. The harmful way is called invidious -nationality -ethnicity -gender -race -religion -political views -sexual orientation
What was the purpose of the lunch counter sit-ins and where did they take place?
Greensboro, North Carolina willingness of young black people to stand up for their rights
Who was Jimmie Lee Jackson?
He was an upcoming leader in the civil rights movement. The police were at the church to break up the meeting of the civil rights activists. His family ran to a nearby diner where in trying to protect his grandfather and mother from abuse by the police, he was shot.
What does the feminization of poverty refer to?
High incidence of poverty in female-headed families
How did the Fourteenth Amendment address the issue in the Dred Scott case?
It gave citizenship to people who are born in the U.S.
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Leader of the civil rights movement
What was Bloody Sunday?
March from Selma to Montgomery with about 600 marchers was broken up by Alabama State Troopers
What is patriarchy? What are some facts that show our society is patriarchal? What are the origins of patriarchy?
Men are seen above women women could not vote, be against slavery, inherit, manage their own money, couldn't devorce Judeo Christian Heritage and English Common Law
How are women affected by poverty? How does that affect children?
Most single parents are ruled by women and that can affect the children.
Other concerns about women inequality?
Not being able to get paid the same as men Getting elected to high office
How did the March from Selma to Montgomery affect voting rights? What did the President do after the March to call attention to the voting issues of black Americans?
President Johnson asked Congress to enact the Voting Rights Act. In his address, he used the phrase, "We shall overcome."
What happened to the Equal Rights Amendment? Who opposed its ratification?
Proposed but not ratified
Romantic Paternalism, Protectionism.
Romantic Paternalism- the man is responsible to take care of the woman from the cruciality of the world. Protectionism- Women could work outside of home and they were protected at work.
Which civil rights act dealt with voting issues? What did it do?
Smith Vs Allwright Letting the Democratic party to decide on who to vote is unconstitutional.
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
The first African American supreme court justice. Was the NAACP Lawyer who won the Brown vs. The Board of Education 1954 trial.
What did the Supreme Court say about the new separate law school that Texas created for black students (Sweatt v. Painter).
They are inferior than the ones that exist
Please review the details of the filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
They now had to pay attention to the minorities and their wants and needs.
Be sure to review the details of internment of Japanese Americans and the legal context of their treatment. What has happened since?
They were sent to internment camp then the gov apologized. give them money and passed Civil Liberties Act
What civil rights law made it illegal to discriminate against people on the basis of race and ethnicity in housing?
Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
What are LULAC and MALDEF?
To protect mexicans
What were white primaries?
a primary election in which only white people were allowed to vote in
Please be sure to review Justice Harlan's dissent in the Plessy case. There are quotes on your slides.
argued about how both races are not equal
What are some important issues of the LGBT community? How did the Supreme Court rule on the issue of same sex marriage?
banned from office by president Eisenhower They were taught as with sociopathic disorder police destroyed stonewall inn in NY SC strick down "homosexual conduct law"
Who was Rosa Parks?
black woman who refused to give up her bus seat to a white man
How did the legal question in Brown v. Board of Education differ from the legal questions in earlier rulings such as Sweatt v. Painter?
can separate ever be equal?
What power did Congress use to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
commerce power
What did the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 do?
demanded equal social status and legal rights for women, including the right to vote.
What were the exceptions to the Equal Pay Act of 1963?
discrimination against women, who had typically received less pay than men doing the same jobs
What is the attitude of a majority of Americans toward same-sex marriage?
it increased by 3 percent. it was 67 at the begining
Why is the cost of child care of concern to many people?
its expensive and unreliable
Why are Hispanics such an important and powerful group in the United States?
larges and most growing minority groups
Why was the case of Plessy v. Ferguson so important?
override separate but equal
What did women do during World War II?
participate in war effort
What is the meaning of the term Hispanic?
place or origin rather than the ethnicity or race
What was the purpose of the Education Act Amendments of 1972 (Title IX)?
prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity.
What were Jim Crow laws?
separate but equal
What important ruling did the SC make in the Brown v. Board of Education case? What was the language used by the Court?
separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."
What happened legally to a woman when she married?
she can't get divorce can't have her wages and inherit
How did the English Common Law view women?
women are looked down "The husband and the Wife are one, the one is the husband"
Who was Betty Friedan and why is she important? What was Friedan's argument about women and life satisfaction?
women finding personal fulfillment outside of their traditional roles. She also helped advance the women's rights movement as one of the founders of the National Organization for Women