Reconstruction & Voting Amendments

The 14th Amendment guarantees all persons the equal protection under the law

What was the primary reason for the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment (1868)?

Most laws that face the rational basis test are struck down by the courts

What rights does the government have to give a person before they take their life, liberty, or property?

Most state laws that face strict scrutiny are struck down by the courts

Due process is a requirement that legal matters be resolved according to established rules and principles.

Which of the following was a tactic used in Southern states to stop African Americans from voting:

Which amendment says that state gvts are forbidden to deny any person life, liberty, or property without due process?

Which of the following is the least difficult judicial scrutiny test to pass?

Which SCOTUS case held that using race as a + factor for college admissions does NOT violate the equal protection clause

The 15th Amendment gave women the right to vote in federal elections

The 13th Amendment gave black men the right to vote

Reconstruction is the time period following World War 2 (1945-1957)

Which case ruled that all African Americans (slave or free) were not citizens?

What group of people did the 14th amendment say could not hold public office?

A state law banning women from driving would have to pass the rational basis test in courts.

People who are not born in the U.S. can never become citizens

In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the United States Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment:

The rights listed in Bill of Rights immediately applied to state govts after the 14th Amendment was ratified

Who would NOT be a natural born U.S. citizen?

The Fourteenth Amendment was initially put into place to protect what group of people?

African Americans were elected to Congress in 1868, right after the 14th Amendment passed

The Supreme Court abolished the doctrine of "separate but equal" in public schools in

The intermediate scrutiny test would be applied in a sex discrimination case

The "separate but equal" doctrine was established as a result of which case?

The 13th Amendment says that involuntary servitude is legal if it punishment for a crime

Women received the right to vote in federal elections before black men