Trebla unit 3: 3.12: Balancing minority and majority rights (24)
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- Q1The "separate but equal" standard reflected in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) was partially struck down byEngel v. Vitale (1962).Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954).Gideon v. Wainwright (1963).Baker v. Carr (1962).120s
- Q2Which of the following most clearly states the outcome of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Louisiana statute which created "separate but equal" seating but limited its application to public transit only.The Supreme Court ruled that the federal government had no jurisdiction over the case via the Commerce Clause because it involved local public transit.The Supreme Court agreed that the Louisiana statute which created "separate but equal" public transit seating did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.The Supreme Court agreed that the plaintiff's rights under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments had been violated.120s
- Q3The concurring opinion in Plessy v. Ferguson is most closely associated with which political belief?The federal government should not intervene in state affairs unless state sanctioned racial discrimination is the issue.Any issues involving intrastate commerce are out of the purview of the federal government.The federal government should actively eliminate prejudice in the U.S.The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments dealt with issues of the Civil War and should not be applied to events during peacetime.120s
- Q4Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) most likely resulted in a majority decision becausea number of precedents upheld the separation of the races in other southern states.racist sentiments were confined to the South at this time.a majority of the Supreme Court justices were southerners.the Court could not find any difference in quality between the whites-only and blacks-only passenger cars.120s
- Q5The concurring opinion in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) relied on which political themes present in the U.S. Constitution?Popular sovereignty.Checks and balances,Separation of powers.Limited government.120s
- Q6In Plessy v. Ferguson, the main argument of the dissenting opinion rested upon which of the following ideas of the Constitution?The Free Exercise Clause.The Commerce Clause.The Free Assembly Clause.The Equal Protection Clause.120s
- Q7Which of the following best summarizes the debate reflected in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?Are states compelled by the Sixth Amendment to provide legal counsel to indigent defendants?Are "separate but equal" provisions for private services authorized by state governments constitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?Are states prohibited from curbing all forms of free speech by the Fourteenth Amendment?Does the segregation of public school students violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?120s
- Q8The point of view expressed in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, I (1954) is indicative of a continuation of which of the following national trends at the time?Civil rights organizations like the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) lacked the political skill to affect real change in the U.S.The Supreme Court was hesitant to intervene in issues like education that had been under the jurisdiction of the states.The issue of civil rights was beginning to take center stage in the U.S. as Jim Crow segregation laws regarding education in the South were chipped away.The Federal Government was moving towards total control over secondary education in the states.120s
- Q9Justice John Harlan's Dissent of Plessy v. Feguson (1896) But in view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here. Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. The humblest is the peer of the most powerful. The law regards man as man, and takes no account of his surroundings or of his color when his civil rights as guarantied by the supreme law of the land are involved. Justice Harlan’s Dissent in Plessy V. Ferguson (1896) web.utk.edu/~mfitzge1/docs/374/PlessyH.pdf Based on Justice Harlan's vision of a "color-blind" Constitution, which of the following statements supports a more restrictive attitude towards Affirmative Action in college admission?Those who have experienced disadvantage in their educational experience should be given favored treatment when it comes to admission to college.Colleges should be free to use racial quotas in admission to promote diversity on their campuses.Minority groups who suffered for centuries under slavery and oppression in the U.S. deserve preferential treatment in the college admission process.Merit alone, not race, should be the determining factor in college admission.120s
- Q10"Such considerations apply with added force to children in grade and high schools. To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone. ... We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the actions have been brought are, by reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment." Opinion of the Court, Brown v. Board of Education (1954) Which of the following best describes the reasoning used to support the Supreme Court's determination that racially segregated education is "inherently unequal"?Separation based on age creates a feeling of inferiority.The school facilities available to the students were not equal.Racial segregation creates psychological harm.Equal protection of the laws requires that laws make no distinctions between groups of people.120s
- Q11"Such considerations apply with added force to children in grade and high schools. To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone. ... We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the actions have been brought are, by reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment." Opinion of the Court, Brown v. Board of Education (1954) With which of the following statements would the author of the excerpt be most likely to agree?The impact of school segregation can be generally be eliminated in young children.Separation based on race, if age and qualifications are the same, does not cause harm.The harm caused by racially segregating schools goes beyond differences in the quality of education.Schools that are completely segregated based on race are unconstitutional, but it is acceptable to racially segregate some school activities.120s
- Q12"Such considerations apply with added force to children in grade and high schools. To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone. ... We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the actions have been brought are, by reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment." Opinion of the Court, Brown v. Board of Education (1954) Which of the following best describes the students to whom the decision in Brown is applicable?All public school students in Topeka, Kansas.All students in the school attended by the plaintiffs in the case.All students in public grade and high schools in the United States.Only the plaintiffs who brought the case.120s
- Q13ECTION 369. SEPARATION OF RACES. It shall be unlawful to conduct a restaurant or other place for the serving of food in the city, at which white and colored people are served in the same room, unless such white and colored persons are effectually separated by a solid partition extending from the floor upward to a distance of seven feet or higher, and unless a separate entrance from the street is provided for each compartment. -Birmingham Alabama's 1951 Racial Segregation Ordinances In absence of any civil rights legislation, in what way could the 14th Amendment have been used to validate the ordinance above in the 1950s?Using the idea of selective incorporation, the Supreme Court could nullify any law that did not apply equal protection of the law to the people Alabama.The Supreme Court could use the concept of Stare Decisis to overturn segregation ordinances in Alabama.The Supreme Court of Alabama could nullify the ordinance because it does not provide due process protection guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.The people of Birmingham could have changed the ordinance through the initiative process.120s
- Q14Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) reflects what shift in the relationship between the federal government and the South following the Civil War?The federal government returned to a closer supervision of southern states as was the case during Reconstruction.The federal government resigned itself to the fact that issue of race was best handled by the southern states.The South accepted the federal government's insistence on racial equality.The South led the way in forcing the federal government to recognize the civil rights of black citizens.120s
- Q15“The statute of Louisiana, acts of 1890, c. 111, requiring railway companies carrying passengers in their coaches in that State, to provide equal, but separate, accommodations for the white and colored races, ..and providing that no person shall be permitted to occupy seats in coaches other than the ones assigned to them, on account of the race they belong to; .. and imposing fines or imprisonment upon passengers insisting on going into a coach or compartment other than the one set aside for the race to which he or she belongs;..are not in conflict with the provisions either of the Thirteenth Amendment or of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.” Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) If you represented the plaintiff in this case, which constitutional provision below do you believe would provide the best argument for your case?10th Amendment14th Amendment13th Amendment5th Amendment120s