Unit 3 Quizzes AP Gov

Which of the following statements about the defense of marriage act is true?

According to the U.S v Windsor, DOMA violated the constitution under the equal protection clause

Dredd Scott v. Sanford (1857) what is a significant US Supreme Court ruling because it

Denied Scott's claim to freedom based on his lack of standing to sue

Which of the following conclusions about the 19th amendment impact on women suffrage is true

Despite the 14th amendment it took the 19th amendment to fully guarantee the women's right to vote

Both Plessy v Ferguson (1851) and Brown v the Board of Education (1954) are united states supreme court cases that are significant in that they both dealt with

Equal protection

All of the following statements are true about the civil rights act of 1964 except that it

Prohibited employers from paying all women less than men for the same job

The lower court ruling of Mendez V Westminster had significant influence on the United States Supreme Court in the area of

School segregation

Only in more recent years has the federal hate crime legislation been expanded to protect individuals on the basis of

Sexual orientation

In Loving v. Virginia (1967) which legal standard did the US Supreme Court apply in determining whether or not banning interracial marriage violated the Constitution

Strict scrutiny

Which of the following is an example of legal affirmative action policy

a universities use of race as one factor of consideration for admittance to its law school

Southern laws that required strict separation of racial groups in areas of employment, transportation and public restaurants were known as

de jure segregation