AP®︎ U.S. Government & Politics: Topic 3.12 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 3.12 of AP U.S. Government & Politics – Balancing Minority and Majority Rights.
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Topic 3.12
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: KC-3.12.A
What is the key principle in balancing minority and majority rights?
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Topic 3.12: Balancing Minority and Majority Rights
Learning Objective: LO 3.12.A
Explain how the government has at times allowed the restriction of the civil rights of minority groups and at other times has protected those rights.
Review: EK 3.12.A.1
Decisions demonstrating that minority rights have been restricted at times and protected at other times include: i. The Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people from the states in rebellion against the United States, and the subsequent ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment permanently abolished slavery and marked a shift toward the establishment of civil rights for the formerly enslaved ii. State laws and Supreme Court holdings based on the “separate but equal” doctrine restricting African American access to the same restaurants, hotels, schools, etc., as the majority white population iii. Court decisions declaring that race-based school segregation violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause iv. The Supreme Court upholding the rights of the majority in cases that limit and prohibit majority-minority districting
