ASSIGNMENT | The constitution, federalism, civil rights and civil liberties

Answer each of the following questions. Each question will have multiple parts to it so make sure you answer each part of the question. A good response will have three or more paragraphs and answer each part of the question fully. This exam is worth 100 points, 25 points per question.

1. Explain the impacts of the following court cases at the time of the ruling:
i. Dred Scott V. Sanford
ii. Plessy V. Ferguson
iii. Brown V. Board of Education
b. Compare and contrast the outcomes and ramifications on society of the three cases.
c. Explain what judicial review is and how these three cases are an example of that process.
2. Many compromises were made during the writing of the U.S. Constitution.
a. Explain what the great compromise was:
i. How did it impact the legislative branch of government?
ii. What were the basic elements of the Virginia and New Jersey plans?
b. Explain the 3/5 compromise and the impact it had at the time of the constitution and the impact after the civil war when it no longer applied.
3. V.O. Key stated that public opinion is “those opinions held by private persons which governments find it prudent to heed.”
a. Explain what Key means by that statement.
b. Explain the elements of the scientific method when applied to polling.
c. Explain some of the issues in the polling process that might allow for technically accurate polling data that can be misleading.
i. For example: framing, priming, wording, and bias
4. Several laws were passed in southern states at the end of reconstruction in 1876:
a. Explain what it means to disenfranchise a person and how it impacts elections.
b. Explain at least two of the laws that were used to disenfranchise voters.
c. Jim Crow laws legally ended in 1965:
i. Explain the legislation that ended the Jim Crow era.
ii. Which court cases were victories in helping end Jim Crow laws.
book title: We The People.
author: Ginsberg Lowi Weir Tolbert Spitzer

SAMPLE SOLUTION

The Constitution, Federalism, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
Q1. Impact of the following Court cases
At the time of the ruling, the Dred Scott v. Sanford case had an impact as it culminated into what most people viewed as a need for slavery expansion at the time. The Southerners argued that they had rights for expanding slave trade to the South, under the U.S Constitution (Harris et al. 98). The case decision seemed to have endorsed their actions. At the same time, the Northerners’ opposition to slave trade and slavery was strengthened, and it boosted the elements of secessionist among the Southerners supporting slavery, thus making more demands and strengthening the Republican Party.
The impact of the Plessy v. Ferguson court case, after the ruling, boosted the…