Review for Test #4

Government 2302

Know the 14^th and 15^th Amendment. P. 486

Definitions of suspect classifications and Strict judicial scrutiny p. 487

Know what constitutes suspect classification: race, ethnicity, and citizenship. Government applies strict judicial scrutiny p. 487 Table 17.1 gives some good example. Be able to say what might be found unconstitutional on the basis of the Supreme Court’s suspect classification doctrine. Also what might be a concern for reasonable basis.

Gender does not fall under suspect classification, nevertheless you need an exceedingly persuasive reason for making gender based decisions.

Brown v Board of Education. Know all the facts that were addressed and not addressed with this case. P. 490. Plessy v Ferguson p. 488 (Separate but Equal) and set up the circumstances of the Jim Crow Laws. Brown v Board of Education overruled this case.

Know Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education p. 492

Poll tax, literacy tax, white primary contributing to the disenfranchisement p. 495

Voting Rights Act p. 496 All that was needed was to prove that African American and Latino voting power was diminished. No need to show actual discrimination. Know pre-clearance.

Civil Rights Act of 1866, Civil Rights Act of 1875, and Civil Rights Acts of 1883 (To go against the 1875 Civil Rights Acts). Pay particular attention to Civil Rights Act of 1883.

Shelly v Kraemer. Its association with the racially restrictive covenants. P.498

1964 Civil Rights Act passed by Congress and got its authority to do so from the Interstate Commerce Clause. p. 500

Civil Rights Act of 1991 and the effects of this passage. What must a business do to accommodate this Act? P. 500

Sexual Harassment / The two areas dealing with sexual harassment. P. 503

Affirmative Action Definition and the different meanings ascribed to it. P.503

The Cronson Case/Know the details of this case and why the Supreme Court ruled against it. P. 505/506

Grutter v Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger 2003 page 507 and mentioned in papers given with assignment #5

Primary goals of the United Nations and what is not a goal. How NATO had different goals p. 520

What is the WTO and WHO p. 520/521

The goals of foreign and defense policy and how American pursues its foreign and defense policy goals. P. 521 and p. 523 how America pursues its foreign and defense policy goals (middle page of 523).

U.S. and foreign aid bottom of p 523-524. Main recipients of foreign aid and how much is spent.

Defense Spending p. 536 Look at Figure 18.1 and narrative on p. 536.

Nations involved in the Cold War. The President who had to de al with the Cold War after World War II and the Marshall Plan (definition) p. 526/527 Containment. Détente Convergent Theory p. 526, 527, and 528.

Reagan Doctrine and defense spending p. 530

Perestroika, Glasnost, "New Thinking" and the conditions leading to the end of the Cold War. The event that led to the end of the Cold War. P. 532

Definition of a nation-state. Examples of a nation state. P. 519

Rogue States p. 518

The Axis of Evil (The three countries) p. 539

The Doctrine of Preemption p 539 Know the details of the first paragraph

Know the National Missile Defense System. (Talked about in class)

First strike and second strike capability p. 537

What arsenal falls under strategic (nuclear) weapons p. 537 the triad system.

What do we mean by conventional (non-nuclear) forces and the beliefs of their importance. P.540 Also know what Donald Rumsfeld advocated for the U.S. armed forces.

Putin and Bush and the decrease of our nation’s nuclear arsenal. P. 538

Who sets the agenda for foreign policy p.542

Policy formulation and adoption. What does Congress do and what does the President do. P.544. Also look at p. 545 for more information.

King Article. Pay attention to King’s views on people who wanted to reach conclusions through violent means.

Know information about the electromagnetic Pulse

Hanson article. Know the four general options available for dealing with Iran and the suggestions in dealing with the current Iranian situation.