Question 26 of 30Which of the following legalized marriage in the entire United States between men and women of different races?A.The Mendez v. Westminster decisionB.The Fourteenth AmendmentC.The Loving v. Virginia decisionD.The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

In Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court ruled that Virginia’s law banning marriage between persons of different races was unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment. What attitude led many to disagree with this decision?Group of answer choicesPeople should partner up with similar people and respect endogamy.People should be required to marry within the same economic class.People should partner up with people who are different than themselves.People should be required to marry only one person for life.

Question 8 of 10What was the result of the Supreme Court ruling in Texas v. Hernandez?A.The ruling allowed juries to exclude nonwhite people from being jury members in murder cases.B.The ruling clarified that the Fourteenth Amendment protected members of all racial groups.C.The ruling upheld the 1950 murder conviction of Peter Hernandez.D.The ruling rewrote some parts of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

Question 23 of 30Which of the following helped the United States fulfill its dream of Manifest Destiny?A.The Constitution of the United StatesB.The Naturalization Law of 1790C.The Dred Scott decisionD.The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

“The fact that Virginia prohibits only interracial marriages involving white persons demonstrates that the racial classifications must stand on their own justification, as measures designed to maintain White Supremacy. We have consistently denied the constitutionality of measures which restrict the rights of citizens on account of race. There can be no doubt that restricting the freedom to marry solely because of racial classifications violates the central meaning of the Equal Protection Clause.“These statutes also deprive the Lovings of liberty without due process of law in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The freedom to marry has long been recognized as one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men.“Marriage is one of the ‘basic civil rights of man,’ fundamental to our very existence and survival. . . . To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as the racial classifications embodied in these statutes . . . is surely to deprive all the State’s citizens of liberty without due process of law. The Fourteenth Amendment requires that the freedom of choice to marry not be restricted by invidious racial discriminations. Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual, and cannot be infringed by the State.”United States Supreme Court, ruling in Loving v. Virginia, 1967QuestionThe ruling described in the excerpt is most similar to which of the following earlier political changes?ResponsesThe enactment of universal voting rights for women during the Progressive EraThe enactment of universal voting rights for women during the Progressive EraCourt rulings during the Gilded Age that “separate but equal” public facilities were constitutionalCourt rulings during the Gilded Age that “separate but equal” public facilities were constitutionalThe extension of citizenship rights to formerly enslaved people following the Civil WarThe extension of citizenship rights to formerly enslaved people following the Civil WarThe gradual shift of African American support to the Democratic Party du

Identify the section of the DOMA that allowed a state to ignore a same-sex marriage or union that occurred in another state.Multiple choice question.Section 7Section 6Section 4Section 2