Civil Rights American Government Unit Review
Why was assimilation a challenge for Native Americans?
Native Americans were segregated to reservations.
Which of the following are ways that lobbyists can influence judicial decision making? Select all that apply.
Submitting amicus curiae briefs Bringing lawsuits to the courts
Which of the following best explain the disparity between equal protection in the Fourteenth Amendment and women's rights in the military? Select all that apply.
Customs and traditions Gender stereotypes
Which of the following are ways that citizens can influence governmental decision making? Select all that apply.
Joining a political party Lobbying on behalf of an interest group Voting in local elections
Which of the following discrimination cases would require the courts to apply the strict scrutiny test? Select all that apply.
A case where a landlord refuses to rent property to immigrants A case where a student is denied entry into a school based on her religion
What is fact, and what is opinion? Is propaganda being used? Are issues oversimplified or generalized? These three questions can help you do which of the following?
Analyze the political news media
Which of the following statements summarizes the history of discrimination against Asian Americans?
Asian Americans have been victims of discriminatory legislation and executive action.
In the opinion, Warren conceded that the Fourteenth Amendment was not originally intended to prohibit school segregation. In the 1860s, public schools did not exist throughout the country, and many children received little or no education. However, Warren wrote, by the middle of the twentieth century, public education had become an essential part of each child's personal, civic, and professional development. The court declared that under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, segregated public schools are inherently unequal and therefore forbidden by the Constitution. Use the summary of the ruling in the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education to answer the question.Which of the following reasons does Chief Justice Warren cite for the changing interpretation of the Equal Protection Clause?
Changes in the role of public education
Some states have passed which specific type of legislation to counter this image?
Designation of English as the official language
Statement 1 - Immigrants should make every effort to adapt to their new country, including adopting cultural norms and traditions. Statement 2 - Diversity in backgrounds and experience creates a society that teaches tolerance and respect. Statement 3 - The government should establish programs that require new immigrants to pass language proficiency exams. Statement 4 - When immigrants refuse to adopt the cultural norms of their new country, it can lead to conflict. Use the statements to answer the question.Which of the four statements aligns most closely with assimilation?
Statement 1 - Immigrants should make every effort to adapt to their new country, including adopting cultural norms and traditions.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. . . .The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations [seizures] on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid [fair] world.He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise.He has compelled her to submit to law in the formation of which she had no voice. . . .-excerpt from Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions Use the excerpt to answer the question. The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions advocated for which of the following?
Suffrage
We are much surprised to learn that opposition is being made to the proposition of General Miles to remove portions of the Apache Indians from their present reservation in Arizona. ...For 200 years they (the Apaches) have been traditional enemies and at constant war with the white race. It is true there are but few of them, less than 500 all told, but there are enough, owing to the generally rugged and inaccessible character of the country they infest and raid, and the isolated nature of the settlements, to keep a very large scope of country in a state of ferment, and thereby to retard the development of valuable mining, ranching and grazing properties upon which this country largely depends for its prosperity....The boys of today are the outlaws and the bandits—...the Geronimos—of tomorrow. It has been so for generations and will continue so, if they remain here, till they are exterminated; all the interests of these territories, in the meantime languishing and their development paralyzed, by the presence of an element that momentarily threatens destruction to our most important industries.-excerpt from a letter to President Cleveland from Edmund G. Ross, governor of New Mexico Territory, 1886 Use the excerpt to answer the question.What points does the writer make in his letter about the Apache? Select all that apply.
The Apache need to be exterminated. The Apache interfere with money-making interests. Apache boys will grow up to be outlaws.
Green chalkboard with hello from multiple languages Use the image to answer the questions. Which of the following statements does the image support?
The United States is a nation of immigrants.
"Another day, another 80 cents." Use the cartoon to answer the question.Which statement best expresses the cartoon's message?
Women are not paid the same as men.