AP USG&P Unit 2: AMSCO Homework: Unit 3 (CR&CL) Review

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Under what circumstances can police conduct searches?

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If they have a court-issued warrant.

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Which statement best summarizes Justice Kennedy's opinion? Options: Some level of burden on the liberty of same-sex couples is acceptable. The framers of the Constitution did not support legal marriage of gays and lesbians. Same-sex couples are unfairly harmed by state-level decision making. Gay couples have the right to all tangible benefits under civil unions but not in marriage.

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Same-sex couples are unfairly harmed by state-level decision making.

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Which constitutional provision would the author cite to support the opinion? Options: The equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment, The establishment clause of the 1st Amendment, The reserved powers clause of the 10th Amendment, The due process clause of the 5th Amendment

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The equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment

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What action was taken several years after Brown v. Board of Education ruling to more fully integrate schools? Options: States spent more money to make all-black schools equal to all-white schools. Congress amended the Constitution to require racial balance in public schools. Interest groups convinced Congress to fund traditionally all-black schools at a level equal to mostly-white schools. Federal courts mandated enrollment ratios that required busing students to distant schools.

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Federal courts mandated enrollment ratios that required busing students to distant schools.

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What must a suing party prove to win a libel lawsuit?

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The offending party acted maliciously and caused damages.

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Which of the following statements best reflects the data in the map? More than half of Tennessee's African American student population attended desegregated schools in 1964. The most racially segregated state in 1964 was South Carolina. No school district had desegregated more than 50 percent of its schools. West Virginia had desegregated the highest percentage of African American students.

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West Virginia had desegregated the highest percentage of African American students.

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Based on your knowledge and the map, which of the following is true regarding school desegregation? Options: The Brown v. Board of Education (1954) ruling resulted in immediate and widespread desegregation., Federal judges in the states with the least desegregation slowed the integration process., Once the equal protection clause was added to the Constitution, the rate of desegregation increased., Disagreement with the Brown v. Board of Education decision slowed the rate of desegregation.

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Disagreement with the Brown v. Board of Education decision slowed the rate of desegregation.

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Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the two court cases?
BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION (1954): Concluded that "separate but equal" schools are impossible / ROE V. WADE (1973): Assured a pregnant woman's right to have an abortion in the first trimester

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BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION (1954): Concluded that "separate but equal" schools are impossible / ROE V. WADE (1973): Assured a pregnant woman's right to have an abortion in the first trimester

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An employee wrongly terminated from her job because of race or gender should contact which government institution or office for help?

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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What is the key difference between the due process clause in the Fifth Amendment and the due process clause in the Fourteenth Amendment?

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The 5th Amendment protects citizens against the federal government, while the 14th Amendment protects citizens against the states.