GGGG REVIEW Government Chapter 7- Beyond the Bill of Rights

Terms segregation  Separation, as in separation of one racial group from another affirmative action  Steps to counteract past racial discrimination and discrimination against women suffrage  the right to vote

Why is the Constitution considered a living document?  It can respond to the needs of a growing and changing society  Amendments  Interpretation

How many Amendments have been added to the Constitution since the Bill of Rights?  17, bringing the total to 27

Originally, how was U.S. citizenship determined?  by each individual state

What group was the first to be considered citizens?  White males who owned a certain amount of property

Who has the final say over what the Constitution means?  SCOTUS (The Supreme Court of the United States)

How does the Constitution change with the times?  Amendments  Court interpretation

How can a Supreme Court decision be overturned?  By a later Supreme Court decision  By a Constitutional Amendment

How are Amendments proposed? Ratified?

List the Amendment that matches the description below: The right to vote shall not be denied on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude  15 th Amendment

List the Amendment that matches the description below: The right to vote shall not be denied on account sex  19 th Amendment

List the Amendment that matches the description below: The right to vote shall not be denied by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax  24 th Amendment

List the Amendment that matches the description below: The right to vote shall not be denied on account of age  26 th Amendment

List the Amendment that matches the description below: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist in the United States  13 th Amendment

List the Amendment that matches the description below: No state shall deprive any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws  14 th Amendment

List the Amendment that matches the description below: The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes  16 th Amendment

List the Amendment that matches the description below: This Amendment repealed the Prohibition Amendment  21 st Amendment

List the Supreme Court case that resulted in the following opinion Owning slaves is not unconstitutional  Dred Scott v. Sanford- 1857

List the Supreme Court case that resulted in the following opinion Separate but equal facilities are not unconstitutional  Plessey v. Ferguson- 1896

List the Supreme Court case that resulted in the following opinion Separate but equal facilities is unconstitutional  Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas- 1954

List the Supreme Court case that resulted in the following opinion Discriminating against whites only because of their race is unconstitutional  Regents of the University of California v. Bakke- 1978

List the Supreme Court case that resulted in the following opinion Separate hiring policies for women and men are unconstitutional  Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp