AP Government Quiz Chapter 11

1. Which of the following provisions was used in Brown v. Board of Education to overturn the "separate but equal" policy in public schools?

Due Process
Supremacy Clause
Equal Protection
Right to Privacy

2. Which amendment granted women the right to vote?

19th Amendment
21st Amendment
23rd Amendment
14th Amendment

3. Which of the following comparisons of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act are accurate?

One outlawed discrimination in hiring and the other increased African American voter registration and participation.
One allowed discrimination in certain government agencies and the other made literacy tests easier to pass.
One has been entirely struck down by the Supreme Court and one has not
One applied to white citizens and one applied to African American citizens.

Use the passage to answer the following questions 4-7
“ It is now clear that the challenged laws burden the liberty of same-sex couples, and it must be further acknowledged that they abridge central precepts of equality. Here the marriage laws enforced by the respondents are in essence unequal: same-sex couples are denied all the benefits afforded to opposite-sex couples and are barred from exercising a fundamental right. Especially against a long history of disapproval of their relationships, this denial to same-sex couples of the right to marry works a grave and continuing harm. The imposition of this disability on gays and lesbians serves to disrespect and subordinate them.” - Justice Anthony Kennedy, Majority Opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges

4. Which statement best summarizes Justice Kennedy’s opinion?

Gay couples have the right to all tangible benefits under civil unions but not in marriage.
Same-sex couples are unfairly harmed by states’ denial of their legal marriage.
The framers of the Constitution did not support legal marriage of gay and lesbian people.
Some level of burden on the liberty of same-sex couples is acceptable.

5. Which of the following constitutional provisions would the author cite to support the opinion?

The equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
The establishment clause of the First Amendment
The reserved powers clause of the Tenth Amendment
The due process clause of the Fifth Amendment

6. With which of the following statements would supporters of Kennedy’s position above be most likely to agree?

Congress should pass a law to protect traditional marriage
Government should stay out of personal matters.
Marriage laws are rightfully left to states to decide.
Gay and lesbian people are equal to other people under the law.