chapter 5

chapter 5.


1) issue of race-does the government do to little or to much to reduce the instances of racial discrimination?  Why or how?

     Over the last 100 years everything, even the government itself has changed.  There are more minorities serving in every branch of the Government.  There are more public service announcements against discrimination of all kinds.  I think the government has done a fine job in trying to erase discrimination based on race, but sadly, there are people who will never 'grant' the rights each person it entitled to, usually out of ignorance.

2) issue of gender- same as 1.

    With gender, the government has done about all it can do without going overboard.  There is still some question in certain jobs about equal pay, or the glass ceiling, but that has also been addressed and you don't hear much about it any more.  Although, if you watch tv, or watch a group of children, you still see gender roles being 'controlled'.  Fathers want their sons playing with 'boy' toys and their daughters with 'girly' things.  Women, in my case anyway, see nothing wrong with boys playing with play kitchens, or with dolls if they want.  And girls should play with cars and trucks, and play 'boy' sports if they want to.

3) issue of sexual orientation- same as questions 1 and 2

     Right now this is the 'big gun' of issues.  So far the Government seems to be doing very little.  They pay lip service to changes, but not much has really changed.  People are more open about their sexuality now, and it is shown on tv, in movies and in print media.  But Homosexuals, it seems, still have to fight for everything.  They've even had to fight to be allowed to serve in the military.  I think they are entitled to every right that a straight person has.  The only time I would have a problem with it would be in the case of abusers or sexual predators.   I think congress is to wrapped up in the 'I don't want to offend anyone' to really listen to what people are telling them.

chaper 4 Q&A

Chapter 4 Q&A

1) What is the difference between Civil Liberties and Civil Rights?
a. Civil Liberties are fundamental rights that the government has no control over and Civil Rights are the rights that the government is obligated to protect.

2) What are Ex Post Facto laws?
a. Makes a act a crime after the act is committed.

3) What event lead to the Patriot Act?
a. Terrorist attacks on 9/11/2001

4) Does Right to Privacy cover medical decisions between patient and doctor?
a. Yes

5) In what year did Roe v. Wade take place?
a. 1973

6) What is the Exclusionary Rule?
a. Supreme Court ruling that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment could not be used at trial.

7) What is the Lemon Test?
a. Test to determine whether aid to religion violates the establishment clause.

8) Which test is used to determine what material is obscene?
a. The Miller test.

9) In 1917 and 1918 which two acts were passed?
a. The Espionage Act (1917) and the Sedition Act (1918).

10) What does the Fourth Amendment protect?
a.    Protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures.

chapter 3 questions

Questions and Answers for Chapter 3.

1) Why Unify?
a) allows smaller political parties to pool their resourses to fight a common enemy.

2) What are enumerated powers?
a) Powers expressly granted to congress by the Constitution.

3)What is the Supremacy Clause?
a) Makes Federal law supreme over state laws.

4)What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?
a) Requires states to accept court decisions made in other states, example, child custody case heard in one state while child and one parent may be in another state.

5)What was the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890?
a) An antimonopoly law.

6)When was the Civil Rights Act brought about?
a) 1964

7)What is Policy Diffusion?
a) Policy ideas from one state spread to other states.

8) what is situation in which states compete with one another to lower protections and services below the level they might otherwise prefer, called?
a) Race to the bottom.

9)What did the Voting Act of 1965 do?
a) Regulated voting rules that had largely been left to the states since the adoption of the Constitution.

10)What does HEW stand for?
a) Health, Education and Welfare.