Unit 4
Chapter 11: Civil Rights (pg. 320-324, 325-332, 334-340)
Big Questions and Ideas:
1. What are the legal sources to support civil rights?
2. How does the 14th amendment support the creation of civil rights?
3. How does the 14th amendment act as a shift in political thinking and the role of the
Constitution in restricting government power?
4. What are the three tests that can be applied by the courts to make a distinction
between which groups receive civil rights or not?
5. Along the political spectrum, how did many in the South view the Reconstruction
Era, and what was the reaction (especially with the end of Reconstruction)?
6. What was the primary method that the NAACP used to bring about equality in the
application of civil rights?
7. What was the purpose of affirmative action programs?
8. What were some of the primary methods used during the Civil Rights Movement to
change public policy?
9. How did the African-American organizations and methodology during the Civil
Rights Movement serve to expand civil rights to other segments of society? Give
examples.
Documents and Events:
Plessy v. Ferguson (1893)
Brown v. Board of Education Topeka, KS (1954)
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Gaines v. Canada (1938)
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
24th Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Equal Pay Act of 1963
ADA (1990)
Vocabulary:
Reconstruction
Rational Basis Test
Strict Scrutiny Test
NAACP
Affirmative Action
Assessments:
Vocabulary
Quiz
Civil Rights
Immediate Scrutiny Test
Jim Crow Laws
Desegregation
ADA
State Government, Municipal Government, Missouri Government
Big Questions and Ideas:
1) Review: Federalism, Unitary System, Supremacy Clause, and Full Faith and Credit.
2) What are the four powers defined by the U.S. Constitution?
3) What is the “Guarantee Clause”?
4) What is the problem with an easy amendment process?
5) What were the two compromises of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
6) How many constitutions has Missouri had? What are the three methods of amending
it?
7) What is the benefit/weakness of a unicameral legislature?
8) What are the requirements to be part of the General Assembly? Term limits?
9) What are roles and general powers of governors discussed in class? Why do they
make great candidates for President?
10) What are the term limits for Governor of Missouri? Who is our current governor?
11) What is the structure of the Missouri court system (including court of appeals)?
12) What is the Missouri Court Plan and how does it help to remove partisan politics
from the justice system?
13) Compare and contrast strong mayor and weak mayor system.
14) What is the Board of Alderman? Who is the current mayor of Saint Louis?
Documents and Events:
Joliet and Marquette
La Salle
Louisiana Purchase
Baker v. Carr
Reynolds v. Sims
City of Clinton v. Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad
Pierre Laclede and Rene Chouteau
King Louis IX
Vocabulary:
Federalism
Professional Legislature
Referendum
Line Item Veto
Home Rule
County
Urban Sprawl
Assessment:
Missouri Constitution Test
Citizen Legislature
Initiative
Recall
municipality
Dillon’s Rule
Metropolitan Area
Megalopolis