Question 1

How does de jure segregation differ from de facto segregation? How was Brown v. Board of Education (1954)related to de jure segregation in education? How did later events demonstrate that de facto segregation was alive and well?

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Question 2

Discuss some of the progress that has been made in advancing gay rights. Why have these advances come about now? Where do federal and state laws stand on gay marriage?

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Question 3

Describe the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Why were they necessary,given that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments were enacted decades before?

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Question 4

Contrast the attitudes toward a woman's traditional role in the first and second wave of feminism. How were the attitudes of the second wave reflected in the Supreme Court ruling in Reed v. Reed in 1971? What kinds of women's issues are now being addressed that were not apparent in the first wave of feminism?

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Question 5

Identify the three standards the Supreme Court uses to evaluate whether a classification in a law or regulation is constitutionally permissible. Discuss what test the Court applies for each standard and whether the rule maker or the challenger has the burden of proof. Give an example of a law that could be subject to each standard of review. Do you agree with this three-tiered approach? Why or why not?

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Question 6

What progress has been made in achieving rights for American Indians? What events have helped to improve their status?

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Question 7

How did the U.S. government treat Japanese Americans during World War II and Arab Americans following 9/11? What has the Supreme Court said about these situations? What does this say about the sanctity of civil liberties during wartime? What did the Supreme Court decision in Korematsu v. United States (1944)and the 2004 Supreme Court decision regarding Arab American detainees say about America's willingness to suspend civil rights in times of war or crisis?

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Question 8

In what ways did the discrimination of Hispanic Americans in the past resemble the types of discrimination experienced by African Americans? What tactics of the African American civil rights movement did Hispanic civil rights leaders use? Which of the ongoing problems that Hispanics experience resemble those of African Americans,and which are different?

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Question 9

What did the Supreme Court rule about the male-only draft in the 1981 case of Rostker v. Goldberg? What are the arguments for and against putting women into combat roles in the military?

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Question 10

Why do two of the basic principles of democracy,equality and individual liberty,sometimes conflict with each other? How do civil rights laws promote one of these principles while limiting the other? Provide some concrete examples. How would the Founders of the United States be likely to feel about these issues?

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Question 11

Make an argument for interpreting the Fourteenth Amendment as supporting same-sex marriage.

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Question 12

Compare and contrast the use of civil disobedience and litigation during the civil rights movement. Which was more successful and why?

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Question 13

Describe the strategies used to advance African American civil rights during the civil rights movement. How well would these techniques transfer to current efforts to expand civil rights for gays?

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Question 14

What is age discrimination? Discuss some laws and court cases that have supported civil rights for older people. Why might this issue become more highlighted in the near future?

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Question 15

Outline an affirmative action program for public university admissions that would pass constitutional muster.

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Question 16

What rights are guaranteed to disabled Americans under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)? What infrastructure changes must be made to ensure these rights?

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Question 17

What does the Declaration of Independence say about equality and civil rights? Which parts of the Constitution have been particularly important for groups wishing to expand their rights?

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Quiz 5: Civil Rights and Public Policy