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Government Chapter 7- Beyond the Bill of Rights

Government Chapter 7- Beyond the Bill of Rights. GGGG Review. Terms. segregation Separation, as in separation of one racial group from another affirmative action Steps to counteract past racial discrimination and discrimination against women suffrage the right to vote.

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Government Chapter 7- Beyond the Bill of Rights

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  1. GovernmentChapter 7- Beyond the Bill of Rights GGGG Review

  2. Terms • segregation • Separation, as in separation of one racial group from another • affirmative action • Steps to counteract past racial discrimination and discrimination against women • suffrage • the right to vote

  3. Why is the Constitution considered a living document? • It can respond to the needs of a growing and changing society • Amendments • Interpretation

  4. How many Amendments have been added to the Constitution since the Bill of Rights? • 17, bringing the total to 27

  5. Originally, how was U.S. citizenship determined? • by each individual state

  6. What group was the first to be considered citizens? • White males who owned a certain amount of property

  7. Who has the final say over what the Constitution means? • SCOTUS (The Supreme Court of the United States)

  8. How does the Constitution change with the times? • Amendments • Court interpretation

  9. How can a Supreme Court decision be overturned? • By a later Supreme Court decision • By a Constitutional Amendment

  10. How are Amendments proposed? Ratified?

  11. List the Amendment that matches the description below: • The right to vote shall not be denied on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude • 15th Amendment

  12. List the Amendment that matches the description below: • The right to vote shall not be denied on account sex • 19th Amendment

  13. List the Amendment that matches the description below: • The right to vote shall not be denied by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax • 24th Amendment

  14. List the Amendment that matches the description below: • The right to vote shall not be denied on account of age • 26th Amendment

  15. List the Amendment that matches the description below: • Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist in the United States • 13th Amendment

  16. List the Amendment that matches the description below: • No state shall deprive any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws • 14th Amendment

  17. List the Amendment that matches the description below: • The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes • 16th Amendment

  18. List the Amendment that matches the description below: • This Amendment repealed the Prohibition Amendment • 21st Amendment

  19. List the Supreme Court case that resulted in the following opinion • Owning slaves is not unconstitutional • Dred Scott v. Sanford- 1857

  20. List the Supreme Court case that resulted in the following opinion • Separate but equal facilities are not unconstitutional • Plessey v. Ferguson- 1896

  21. List the Supreme Court case that resulted in the following opinion • Separate but equal facilities is unconstitutional • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas- 1954

  22. List the Supreme Court case that resulted in the following opinion • Discriminating against whites only because of their race is unconstitutional • Regents of the University of California v. Bakke- 1978

  23. List the Supreme Court case that resulted in the following opinion • Separate hiring policies for women and men are unconstitutional • Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp.- 1971

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