PLS 101 EXAM 2 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves, passes by
southern states following the civil war.
Answer: Black Codes
◉ guaranteed equal protection and due process of the law to all US
citizens.
Answer: fourteenth amendment
◉ section of the fourteenth amendment the guarantees all citizens
receive equal protection of the law.
Answer: equal protection clause
◉ guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race or color.
Answer: fifteenth amendment
◉ granted equal access to public accommodations.
Answer: civil rights act of 1875
,◉ court case challenging separate but equal, about a man on a train
sitting in white section.
Answer: plessy v ferguson
◉ guaranteed women the right to vote.
Answer: nineteenth amendment
◉ court case that determined that segregation in schools was
unconstitutional and violates the fourteenth amendment.
Answer: brown v board of education
◉ law that outlaws discrimination based on sex, race, color or
religion.
Answer: civil rights act of 1964
◉ outlawed discriminatory voting practices mainly used in the
south.
Answer: voting rights act of 1965
◉ what were the three key events that helped womens rights.
Answer: Mrs Roosevelts release of "american women", "the feminine
Mystique", and civil rights act of 1964
, ◉ guaranteed equality no matter what sex.
Answer: equal rights amendment
◉ category or class such as race, that triggers the highest standard
of scrutiny from the supreme court.
Answer: suspect classification
◉ a heightened standard of review used by the supreme court to
determine the constitutional validity of a challenged practice..
Answer: strict scrutiny
◉ act requiring employers to pay men and women equally.
Answer: equal pay act of 1963
◉ policies designed to give special attention or compensatory
treatment to members of a previously disadvantaged group.
Answer: affirmative action
◉ organized group with shared goals and ideals that join together to
run candidates for office and exercise power politically and
electorally.
Answer: political party
WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves, passes by
southern states following the civil war.
Answer: Black Codes
◉ guaranteed equal protection and due process of the law to all US
citizens.
Answer: fourteenth amendment
◉ section of the fourteenth amendment the guarantees all citizens
receive equal protection of the law.
Answer: equal protection clause
◉ guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race or color.
Answer: fifteenth amendment
◉ granted equal access to public accommodations.
Answer: civil rights act of 1875
,◉ court case challenging separate but equal, about a man on a train
sitting in white section.
Answer: plessy v ferguson
◉ guaranteed women the right to vote.
Answer: nineteenth amendment
◉ court case that determined that segregation in schools was
unconstitutional and violates the fourteenth amendment.
Answer: brown v board of education
◉ law that outlaws discrimination based on sex, race, color or
religion.
Answer: civil rights act of 1964
◉ outlawed discriminatory voting practices mainly used in the
south.
Answer: voting rights act of 1965
◉ what were the three key events that helped womens rights.
Answer: Mrs Roosevelts release of "american women", "the feminine
Mystique", and civil rights act of 1964
, ◉ guaranteed equality no matter what sex.
Answer: equal rights amendment
◉ category or class such as race, that triggers the highest standard
of scrutiny from the supreme court.
Answer: suspect classification
◉ a heightened standard of review used by the supreme court to
determine the constitutional validity of a challenged practice..
Answer: strict scrutiny
◉ act requiring employers to pay men and women equally.
Answer: equal pay act of 1963
◉ policies designed to give special attention or compensatory
treatment to members of a previously disadvantaged group.
Answer: affirmative action
◉ organized group with shared goals and ideals that join together to
run candidates for office and exercise power politically and
electorally.
Answer: political party
