San Jacinto College
Govt 2305 – Homework 4: Civil Rights
Name: __________________________________________________ Date: ________________________
Homework 4 – Civil Rights
1. Match the following:
1. Civil Liberties
_____
a. Concerned with affirmative duties of government to guarantee
freedoms of individuals.
2. Civil Rights
_____
b. Concerned with limitations on government to guarantee
freedoms of individuals.
2. In which of the following cases did the S.Ct. decide that no persons of African ancestry could claim citizenship of
the United States.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Yick Wo v. Hopkins
Civil Rights Cases of 1883,
Plessy v. Ferguson
Dread Scott v. Sandford
Brown v. Board of Education
3. Which amendment abolished slavery?
4. Which amendment provided the basis for incorporating states under jurisdiction of the U.S. Constitution’s bill of
rights?
5. Which amendment made all persons born in the United States citizens?
6. Which amendment prohibited the states from depriving individuals of life, liberty or property without due
process of law?
7. Which amendment prohibited the states from depriving individuals equal protection of its laws?
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San Jacinto College
Govt 2305 – Homework 4: Civil Rights
Name: __________________________________________________ Date: ________________________
8. In which case did the S.Ct. hold that Congress lacked the authority to outlaw racial discrimination by private
individuals and that prohibitions against discrimination In accommodations were unconstitutional?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Yick Wo v. Hopkins
Civil Rights Cases of 1883,
Plessy v. Ferguson
Dread Scott v. Sandford
Brown v. Board of Education
9. In which case was the doctrine of Separate But Equal established?.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Yick Wo v. Hopkins
Civil Rights Cases of 1883,
Plessy v. Ferguson
Dread Scott v. Sandford
Brown v. Board of Education
10. In turn, in which case did the S.Ct. hold that when it came to educational institutions, “separate was inherently
unequal”?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Yick Wo v. Hopkins
Civil Rights Cases of 1883,
Plessy v. Ferguson
Dread Scott v. Sandford
Brown v. Board of Education
11. What is the difference between de jure segregation and de facto segregations?
12. The civil rights act of 1964 addressed continuing discrimination and inequality with six legislative points.
Describe three of them.
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Govt 2305 – Homework 4: Civil Rights
Name: __________________________________________________ Date: ________________________
13. What particular issue did the Civil Rights Act of 1968 address?
14. Affirmative Action Time Line: Match Event/Decision With Date
1.
1965
________
a.
2.
1970
________
b.
3.
1973
________
c.
4.
1978
________
d.
5.
1996
________
e.
6.
2000
________
f.
7.
2001
________
g.
8.
2003
________
h.
9.
2006
________
i.
10. 2009
________
j.
The S.Ct. rules that the City of New Haven was in violation of the Civil Rights Act of
1964 when it refused to award promotions to the 17 white and 1 Hispanic candidate
that passed the lieutenant and captains exams. New Haven argued they threw out the
results of the exams because they feared liability under a disparate impact statute for
issuing tests that discriminated against minority firefighters.
The S.Ct. rule in favor of Alan Bakke’s suit seeking admission to medical school, with
the court holding that race could only be one of many factors used by discriminatory
boards such as those of college admissions. Just Powell’s opinion for the majority
stated that quotas discriminated against non-minority candidates.
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The 5 Circuit held that “educational diversity is not a compelling state interest” and in
turn suspended the University of Texas’s affirmative action admissions program.
Federal judge rules that race could be as a factor in admissions to the University of
Michigan undergraduate school.
Federal judge rules that race cannot be used as a factor in admissions to the University
of Michigan Law School, finding that “intellectual diversity bears no obvious or
necessary relationship to racial diversity.”
A federal district court ordered the State of Alabama to hire one black trooper or
support person for every white hired until 25% of the force was comprised of blacks.
Ultimately, the S.Ct. affirmed the orders.
S.Ct. upholds University of Michigan’s law school admissions policy allowing race to be
used as one of many factors and finding “a compelling interest in obtaining the
educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body.” However, court
emphasizes “individualized consideration” of candidates and throws out the University
of Michigan’s undergraduate admissions policy as it was solely based on “points.”
The Nixon administration issued a memoranda on state and local employment
practices emphasizing goals and timetables as reasonable tools (in lieu of strict quotas)
for reaching equal employment opportunity.
S.Ct. rules that programs in Seattle, Wa and Louisville, Ky which tried to maintain racial
diversity by considering race when assigning students to schools were unconstitutional.
President Johnson issued an executive order that policies be undertaken to remedy the
effects of past discrimination.
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