Civil Rights Acts
What ended segregration in public places and banned employment discrimination?
the Civil Rights Act of 1964
How many members are there in the Senate?
200
How many districts must be created across the United States for the House of Representative?
435
What clause in the 1st Amendment creates the wall between church and state?
Establishment clause
According to the Declaration of Independence, the main purpose of a government is to-
protect the rights of the individual
How did states keep their African American residents disenfranchised following the Civil War?
Many states used taxes, literacy tests and other measures to keep residents from voting.
How many representatives does each state get in the House of Representatives?
Based on population
Reapportionment is:
When seats in the House of Representatives are redistributed among states because of changes in population
When does “due process” begin?
From the moment a person comes into contact with law enforcement
The colonial grievance listed below corresponds to which action taken by Great Britain?"For protecting them [British troops], by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States."
Intolerable Acts
List two provisions within the Civil Rights Act. Support your answer with evidence from the text.
Ended segregation on the grounds of race, religion, or national origin and it banned discrimination on same said basis.
One way that the legislative branch can check the power of the President is ____________-
to override a President's veto with 2/3 vote
What do we call the official count of the population?
Census
Which clause in the 1st Amendment has been interpreted by the Supreme Court to mean that you are free to believe whatever you want except if it violates the law?
Free exercise clause
According to the Declaration of Independence, when government becomes oppressive of the people's rights, the people have the right to...
alter or abolish it and institute a new government
Rosa Parks's arrest after her refusal to move to the back of a bus triggered a citywide boycott of what city's bus system?
Montgomery, Alabama
When the President rejects a bill, refuses to sign it, and sends it back to Congress it is called a/an _______________.
veto
How often does the census occur?
Every 10 years
What was significant about this case, Roe V Wade (1973)
Legalized abortion
The Declaration of Independence states that the new States have all the powers any other nation has. Which of the following is NOT one of those named in the Declaration?
the right to tax colonies
How might the Civil Rights Act have empowered African American citizens?
The Act allowed African American citizens to go to public places as they pleased and obtained employment at places in which they might have been previously discriminated against.
How many lawyers were members of the Constitutional Convention?
There were probably 34, out of 55, who had at least made a study of the law.
Which type of gerrymandering concentrates voting power of the opposition into a few districts?
excess
This civil liberty prevents a law or laws from being written against an individual or group.
Bills of attainder
In the Declaration of Independence the author states that the Americans hold "these truths to be self-evident." Which of the following is one of these truths?
all men are created equal