WGU C963 American Politics and the U.S. Constitution| 90 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Civil rights Correct Answer: The basic right to be free from unequal treatment, are based on certain protected characteristics, such as race, gender, and disability, and in settings such as employment, education, housing, and access to public facilities. If you believe that the government is supposed to be doing something, then it is a right. Rights are prescriptions of government power. equality of treatment Correct Answer: This is a requirement that the government, in dealing with people, treat them all the same. In other words, no favorites, no special treatment. Fifteenth Amendment Correct Answer: Voting cannot be denied because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. (1870) Essentially, this Amendment grants newly freed African American males the right to vote. Seventeenth Amendment Correct Answer: Popular election of U.S. senators Nineteenth Amendment Correct Answer: Voting cannot be denied because of sex. (1920) Twenty-Third Amendment Correct Answer: Citizens of the District of Columbia are permitted to vote for presidential electors Twenty-Fourth Amendment Correct Answer: Voting cannot be denied for failure to pay a poll tax or any other tax. (1964) Twenty-Sixth Amendment Correct Answer: Voting cannot be denied because of age. No voter denied who is 18 years or older. (1971) Civil Liberties Correct Answer: If you believe that the government is supposed to leave you alone, then it's a liberty. Liberties are proscriptions on government power. Also an expression of the social contract and are protected under the Constitution. Limitations on government power, intended to protect freedoms that governments may not legally intrude on. Something that is important in defining your identity, allowing you the freedom to determine what your life will be like, and granting you the ability to ex