Study Guide for Chapter 19

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Study Guide for Chapter 19

Civil Rights

Day 1: 524-534

Day 2: 534-544

Day 3: 544-551

Directions for Students:

·  Read the assigned Chapter: Chapter 19 on Civil Rights

·  Agree or Disagree with each of the statements listed below

·  List evidence from the text to support each statement

Vocabulary:

“suspect classifications” “de jure segregation” “de facto segregation”

Affirmative action “separate but equal doctrine” “Jim Crow”

Equality of opportunity civil rights

Agree or Disagree Statements:

1.  Prior to the 1960s, African Americans had no prospect of advancing their interests through Congress.

2.  The major problem facing African Americans after Plessy v Ferguson, was that facilities were rarely, if ever, equal..

3.  The rationale of the Court in Brown v Board of Education gave Southern states an argument that judicial power was abused and led to massive resistance to desegregation efforts in the South.

4.  Mandatory busing plans to implement Brown have largely failed due to “white flight.”

5.  The strategy of nonviolent protest originally adopted by the Civil Rights Movement was insufficient to get federal civil rights legislation passed by Congress.

6.  Laws that employ sexual classifications are subject to the same kind of tests as classifications by race.

7.  Over the years, the basic decision in Roe v Wade has been strengthened.

8.  The debate over Affirmative Action essentially divides people over the issue of equality of opportunity vs equality of results.

9.  Whether people support or oppose affirmative action depends on how “affirmative action” is defined.

Guided Reading Questions:

1.  What were some factors that made it difficult for blacks to gain equality?

2.  Describe the strategy developed by the NAACP to challenge the “separate but equal” ruling in Plessy v Ferguson.

3.  What measures did the federal government employ to end souther residtance to desegregation?

4.  On what basis were neighborhood school plans challenged by the NAACP?

5.  How did the courts respond to “white flight,” that is, white movement away from an area where busing had been ordered.

6.  What events led to the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

7.  Why is an all male draft constitutional even though it is gender discrimination?

8.  What does the text say is the overall effect of the Supreme Court’s rulings on abortion?

9.  What is the Supreme Court’s position on affirmative action?

Potential Free Response Questions

1.  The Supreme Court has decided a number of cases involving civil rights. For TWO of the following issues, identify the legal issue involved and summarize the Court’s decisions on the issue.

·  Abortion

·  Affirmative Action

·  Homosexual Rights

2.  Both Brown v Board of Education and Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education deal with school desegregation. For EACH case:

a.  Describe the Court’s ruling and explain its impact.

b.  Describe one limitation on school desgregation