How do the rational basis and the intermediate standard of review differ?
a. The rational basis standard requires an important governmental objective for classification; the intermediate standard requires the classification to be necessary.
b. The rational basis standard applies only to racial classifications; the intermediate standard applies to gender and sexual orientation classifications.
c. Those who dislike a law will have an easier time getting it overturned if the Supreme Court applies the intermediate standard instead of the rational basis test.
d. It is easier for the government to demonstrate that there is a rational basis for a law than to meet the requirements of the intermediate standard.
Question -2-What was the Supreme Court's justification for overturning the separate-but-equal doctrine?
a. The Supreme Court did not have all of the facts when it adopted the separate-but-equal doctrine.
b. The separate-but-equal doctrine was never intended to apply to people.
c. The quality of life for African Americans in the South had deteriorated considerably since the adoption of the separate-but-equal doctrine.
d. Segregated schools stigmatize minority children.
Question -3-Why did southern states enact poll taxes?
a. to raise revenue for the government
b. to ensure that only people who really want to vote would do so
c. to get around the Fifteenth Amendment
d. to enfranchise former slaves
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