FRQ Test questions and answers
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A) Describe an action that was taken that deprived African Americans of their right to vote. -
correct answer ✔✔State and local governments used discriminatory tactics such as poll taxes
and literacy tests making it difficult for them to register to vote.
B) In the context of voting rights, explain how either Congress or the president responded to
groups that protested on behalf of African Americans' right to vote. - correct answer
✔✔President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, prohibiting the use of discriminatory
practices and mandated federal oversight of elections in areas with a history of discrimination.
Congress also passed the CIvil Rights Act of 1964, prohibiting discrimination in voting,
education, employment, and public accommodations.
C) Explain how federalism slowed the expansion of civil rights throughout the United States. -
correct answer ✔✔Federalism slowed the expansion because it allowed states to have
significant autonomy in determining their own laws and policies. Meaning some states could
resist the implementation of federal civil laws, taking up time for the federal government to use
its power to enforce the laws.
A) Identify a common constitutional principle that was used to make a ruling in both Betts v.
Brady (1942) and Gideon v. Wainwright (1968). - correct answer ✔✔A common constitutional
principal used in both was the 6th amendment right to counsel in criminal cases.
B) Explain how the rationale of Betts v. Brady (1942) and Gideon v. Wainwright (1968) led to a
different holding in the cases. - correct answer ✔✔The rationale in Betts v. Brady was that the
6th amendment did not require states to provide counsel for defendants in criminal
cases.While, in Gideon v. Wainwright the Court ruled that the states were required to provide
the counsel for indigent defendents in all felony cases.
graded A+ passed
A) Describe an action that was taken that deprived African Americans of their right to vote. -
correct answer ✔✔State and local governments used discriminatory tactics such as poll taxes
and literacy tests making it difficult for them to register to vote.
B) In the context of voting rights, explain how either Congress or the president responded to
groups that protested on behalf of African Americans' right to vote. - correct answer
✔✔President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, prohibiting the use of discriminatory
practices and mandated federal oversight of elections in areas with a history of discrimination.
Congress also passed the CIvil Rights Act of 1964, prohibiting discrimination in voting,
education, employment, and public accommodations.
C) Explain how federalism slowed the expansion of civil rights throughout the United States. -
correct answer ✔✔Federalism slowed the expansion because it allowed states to have
significant autonomy in determining their own laws and policies. Meaning some states could
resist the implementation of federal civil laws, taking up time for the federal government to use
its power to enforce the laws.
A) Identify a common constitutional principle that was used to make a ruling in both Betts v.
Brady (1942) and Gideon v. Wainwright (1968). - correct answer ✔✔A common constitutional
principal used in both was the 6th amendment right to counsel in criminal cases.
B) Explain how the rationale of Betts v. Brady (1942) and Gideon v. Wainwright (1968) led to a
different holding in the cases. - correct answer ✔✔The rationale in Betts v. Brady was that the
6th amendment did not require states to provide counsel for defendants in criminal
cases.While, in Gideon v. Wainwright the Court ruled that the states were required to provide
the counsel for indigent defendents in all felony cases.
