Civil Rights Reading

Use Chapter 7 in your textbook to complete the following:

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Define Civil Rights:
 

 

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Explain the equal protection clause:

 

Fill in the following chart:

 

Ordinary Scrutiny

 

 

 

 

Rational-Basis Test

 

 

 

 

 

Strict Scrutiny

 

 

 

 

Suspect Classification

 

 

 

Intermediate Scrutiny

 

 

 

 
bulletWhere in the constitution is "equal protection under the law" provide for?

 

Fill in the chart to explain the Supreme Court decision for each of the following cases:
 

Plessy v. Ferguson  

 

 

 

Brown v. board of Education

 

 
 

Sweatt v. Painter

 

 

 
 

McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for High Education

 

 
bulletExplain the difference between de jure and de facto segregation:

 

 

bulletWhat is civil disobedience?  How was it used in the Civil Rights Movement?

 

 

Fill in the chart below to reflect the achievements of the Civil Rights Movement:

Civil Rights Act of 1964

 

 

 
Voting Rights Act of 1865

 

 

 
24th Amendment