Equality

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

• Was decided by the Supreme Court of Kansas

• declared school segregation unconstitutional

• Created Charter Schools

• upheld the constitutionality of forced busing

An example of a quasi-suspect class which requires heightened scrutiny

• Race

• Gender

• Disability

• Age

What is the standard for determining whether a racial classification violates the Constitution?

• Mid-Level Review

• none because race-based classifications are unconstitutional

• Strict Scrutiny

• Rational Basis

What amendment abolished slavery?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

What amendment gave African Americans the right to vote?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 19th

Which of the following groups is a court least likely to treat as a “suspect category” under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

• African Americans

• Latinos

• Asians

• Women

The Supreme Court case that said discrimination is present only if there is an intent to treat groups differently.

• Washington v. Davis

• Shaw v. Reno

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Korematsu v. US

The Supreme Court case that said it was constitutional to place Japanese Americans in camps on the basis of national security was

• Shaw v. Reno

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Washington v. Davis

• Korematsu v. US

Women allowed to vote with the 1920 passage of the                       Amendment.

• 15th

• 19th

• 11th

• 13th

All of the following are advantages of Federalism EXCEPT

• It creates opposition in Government

• It is easily understood

• it keeps government closer to the people

• it allows the government to experiment