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Study Guide: Chapter 21 – Civil Rights: Equal Justice Under Law
Directions: Read the assigned section and complete the study guide considering the impact/role of
government in all of your answers. The Vocabulary should be defined in YOUR OWN WORDs. The Main Ideas
should be explained with detail in YOUR OWN WORDs.
Section One: Diversity and Discrimination
Vocabulary:
1. Heterogeneous
2. Immigrant
3. Reservation
4. Refugee
5. Assimilation
Main Ideas:
1. How does homogenous and heterogeneous ideas correlate to the idea of “We the People” and “All
Men are Created Equal”?
2. How does Equal Protection Under the Law correlate to Gender issues?
3. What is the historical summary of race issues for African Americans in the U.S.?
4. What is the historical summary of race issues for Native Americans in the U.S.?
5. What is the historical summary of race issues for Hispanic/Latino Americans in the U.S?
6. What is the historical summary of race issues for Asian Americans in the U.S?
7. What is the historical summary of gender discrimination for women in the U.S?
8. Create a T-Chart that indicates why immigrants may choose to assimilate vs. not assimilate.
Section Two: Equality Before the Law
Vocabulary/People:
1. Segregation
2. Jim Crow Law
3. Separate-But-Equal Doctrine
4. Integration
5. De Jure Segregation
6. De Facto Segregation
Main Ideas:
1. Explain the main ideas of the 14th Amendment.
2. How has the application of the 14th Amendment changed over time?
3. What does it mean the government can “classify” individuals?
4. What is the difference between reasonable and unreasonable classification?
5. What is the purpose of the Rational Basis Test?
6. What is Strict Scrutiny?
7. Which SCOTUS case permitted the Separate-But-Equal Doctrine? What was the Opinion of the Court?
8. Which SCOTUS case overturned the Separate-But-Equal Doctrine? What was the Opinion of the Court?
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9. What directive did SCOUTS make in 1955 regarding the case in question 8?
10. What is the significance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in regards to segregation?
11. Create a T-Chart for De Jure and De Facto Segregation.
12. Beyond schools, where else has the SCOTUS ruled that segregation is not Constitutional?
13. Explain SCOTUS opinion on Classifying by Gender.
Section Three: Federal Civil Rights Law
Vocabulary:
1. Affirmative Action
2. Quota
3. Reverse Discrimination
Main Ideas:
1. Explain in detail the Civil Rights Act of 1964 – main ideas
a. _
b. _
c. _
2. Explain in detail the Civil Rights Act of 1968.
3. What is the other name for the Civil Rights Act of 1968?
4. When did Affirmative Action programs start?
5. Explain the significance of the Bakke Case. What was the Opinion of the Court?
6. Explain the significance of the United Steelworkers v. Weber Case. What was the Opinion of the Court?
7. Explain the significance of the Fullilove v. Klutznick Case. What was the Opinion of the Court?
8. Explain the significance of the Adarand Constructors v. Pena Case. What was the Opinion of the Court?
9. Explain the significance of the Michigan Cases. What was the Opinion of the Court in the two cases?
a. _
b. _
10. What is Proposition 209? Which state?
11. Why was Proposition 209 found to be unconstitutional?
Section Four: American Citizenship
Vocabulary:
1. Citizen
2. Jus Soil
3. Jus Sanguinis
4. Naturalization
5. Alien
6. Expatriation
7. Denaturalization
8. Deportation
Main Ideas:
1. What role does the 14th Amendment play in terms of defining citizenship?
2. Which U.S. Departments oversee Citizenship in the U.S.?
3. What would be reasons someone might lose their citizenship?
4. What is the main idea of the Passenger cases?
5. What is the significance of the Chinese Exclusion Act?
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What is the significance of the Immigration and Nationality Act?
What is the significant of the Immigration Act of 1990?
Why is undocumented immigrants the preferred term today over aliens?
Create a Venn Diagram of the Immigration and Reform Act of 1986 AND the Immigration Restrictions
Act of 1996.
10. Why is immigration going to be a topic in the 2016 Presidential Election?
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