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Dr. Uhlir's US GOVT
Test 4 Uhlir
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was the sole dissenter in Plessy vs Ferguson? | Justice John Marshall Harlan |
| In what order were schools, baseball, and military desegregated? | Baseball, military, schools |
| What was the supreme court case that ended legal segregation in public schools? | Brown vs. Board of Education |
| Which was desegregated first, schools or military? | Military |
| 1964 civil rights act | Equal access to public facilities and eliminates job discrimination |
| 1965 voting rights act | Removed voting barriers |
| 1986 civil rights act | Prohibited discrimination in housing |
| What did the Bakke case pertain to? | Reverse discrimination |
| Conclusions of Brown vs Board of Education | Set a legal precedent, determined segregation was inherently unequal and in violation of the 14th amendment. |
| Why was 1963 a pivotal year? | Milk March in Birmingham and 'I have a dream' speech |
| Adarand v Pena | Ends federal contracts being awarded on the basis of race or gender |
| Grutter v Bollinger | Upheld the U of M case, established that there are educational benefits to a diverse student body |
| Where and when was the first womens rights convention? | 1848 Seneca Falls |
| Title 7 | Bars discrimination and harassment in workplace |
| Title 9 | Bars discrimination in education |
| Equal credit act of 1974 | Bars discrimination in financing (who gets loans, credit cards, etc) |
| People who have suffered deepest population loss in human history | Native Americans |
| When did Native Americans gain citizenship? | 1924, last minority group to receive citizenship |
| Life expectancy for Native Americans | Lowest of all groups, 10years below national average |
| Drop out rate for Native Americans | 80% (50% for other minorities) |
| Poverty rate for Native Americans | Double national average |
| Infant mortality rate for Native Americans | Triple national average |
| Law on Native American reservations | Not governed by state laws, federal government is limited by treaties signed when each individual reservation was formed |
| How many Native Americans can not speak their native language? | 90% |
| 1968 Indian bill of rights | The first time Native Americans receive the civil rights offered by the 13th 14th & 15th amendments |
| 1974 Native Americans | Legislation passed to allow Native Americans to control federal programs on reservations |
| Native American members of congress | Only one, Senator Bill Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado |
| Fastest growing minority population | Hispanic Americans, 40% increase in last 10 years |
| Most influential Latino leader in modern US history | César Chávez, formed United Farm Workers of America to help farm workers |
| Largest successes of Hispanic movement | Bilingual education and social programs. |
| Source of Hispanics' strong political power | Increased coordination of Latinos (for example, large protests over immigration recently), growing population, and nearly equal party affiliation means they aren't an 'us' or a 'them' yet |
| "most successful minority in America" | Asian Americans |
| Lau vs Nichols | 1974 created ESL classes for all non speakers, win for Asian American populous |
| Gross national product | Total value of goods produced and services provided in one year |
| Fiscal policy | Budgeting, taxing, spending |
| Monetary policy | Money flow |
| Federal deserve board | 7 member board governing federal reserve system |
| Deficit | Spending more than you have (debt) |
| Default | Failing to repay loan |
| National debt | Total cumulative amount the US owes its creditors |
| Surplus | Having more money than needed (leftovers) |
| Inflation | A general increase in the average price of goods and services |
| Recession | Temporary economic slump |
| Depression | Longer lasting economic slump |
| Ad valorem tax | Tax based on actual cost of production/ value |
| excise tax | A tax on a specific item (for example, alcohol tax) |
| tariff | tax on imports or exports |
| subsidy | money given to boost or sustain an industry |
| progressive tax | rich pay higher % than poor in taxes |
| regressive tax | poor pay higher % than rich in taxes |
| capital gains tax | taxes on sale of assets |
| medicaid | helps the poor |
| medicare | helps the elderly |
| means tested entitlements | government programs offered to members of the public who meet eligibility |
| entitlements | government programs offered to everyone and cannot be denied |
| definition of power | A gets B to do something B would not do otherwise |
| persuasion | cheapest and most effective method of power |
| force | most costly method of power |
| fungibility | goods that are easily countable, and no distinctive characteristic from one manufacturer to another. oil, corn, grain. |
| long cycle war theory | every hundred years there will be a game changing war |
| long cycle war theory stages | macrodecision, implementation, agenda setting, and coalitioning |
| democratic peace theory | a democracy has never declared war on another democracy |
| nash equilibrium | point when no player has an incentive to make a move |
| defensive pact | one ally will help the other if attacked and vice versa |
| neutrality non aggression pact | ally agrees to stay neutral if other ally attacks a third party or is attacked by a third party |
| balancing alliance | little countries join together to balance out one large power |
| bandwagoning | when countries ally with the country that possesses the most power and largest threat already |
| ad hoc alliance | specific purpose |
| permanent alliance | unstable, no flexibility |
| do arms races lead to war? | only if there is already a dispute between the countries |
| true believers | TA>Neg>Repression |
| reluctant terrorist | neg>TA>Repression |
| complacent opponents | neg>Rep>TA |
| responsive government | neg>rep>TA |
| repressive government | rep>Neg>TA |
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