Midterm

Part 1- Choose 5 out of the 7 questions to write a complete short response. ANSWER EACH SEPARATELY NOT TOGETHER. For example type question then answer question then
answer Explain what the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was and the rational for the passing the Act. Based on your knowledge and understanding of the Chinese Exclusion
Act was the Act justified considering the influx of immigrants and the newly liberation of 4 million former enslaved individuals? Explain what the dream act of 2001 is
and explain how it can be viewed as correcting a historical racial wrong doing from the past. Based on your knowledge and understanding of the Indian Citizenship Act
of 1924 do you think the law was necessary given the wording of the Fourteenth Amendment? List at least 2 pros and cons of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 and
explain if it was a move in the right direction to right a historical wrong doing from the past. Explain how the Supreme Court justified its decision to legalize same
sex marriage and unlike the unanimous decision of the Brown v Broad of Education ruling, what does the 5-4 decision in this case imply? Using your knowledge of the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the ruling in the case of Anthony Kennedy Supreme Court Decision in Obergefell v. Hodges on Same Sex marriage June 26,2015
explain how the 14th amendment was applied to both cases although both cases are completely two different issues. Part 2- Answer the following multi-leveled question
with a complete and concise response. What are the historical causes of racial inequality in the United States, and how has American democracy tried to achieve racial
justice? Specifically, how have American ideas on race changed from slavery to the civil rights movement, and how have these ideas expanded to include other form of
social injustice involving women and other minorities?