Question

1. Which of the following is not true about the legal status of enslaved women:

                a. enslaved women could not be considered as mothers.

                b. owners could protect the rights of enslaved women on their behalf.

                c. enslaved women had no legal rights whatsoever.

                d. enslaved women received severer punishments under the law.

2. In J.E.B. v. Alabama, the Supreme Court ruled

                a. prosecutors can challenge female jurors for cause.

                b. that Batson v. Kentucky should be overruled.

                c. prosecutors cannot use peremptory challenges in a discriminatory way to strike female jurors.

                d. that prosecutors can only strike jurors for cause.

3. Taylor v. Louisiana is significant because:

                a. it overturned Hoyt v. Florida,

                b. peremptory challenges could not be used to challenge potential female jurors.

                c. the Court ruled that juries do not have to reflect a cross section of the community.

                d. the Court threw out the “jury of one’s peers” standard in this case.

4. Hoyt v. Florida is significant because:

                a. it upheld the complete ban on women serving on juries.

                b. it upheld all male juries in cases where women were criminal defendants

                c. gender stereotypes were used to uphold the law that discriminated against women jurors

                d. the Supreme Court applied the strict scrutiny test to strike down the jury discrimination law.

5. The first state to allow women to serve on juries was:

                a. Tennessee

                b. West Virginia

                c. Illinois

                d. Utah

Answer 1

1:  d. enslaved women received severer punishments under the law

2:c. prosecutors cannot use peremptory challenges in a discriminatory way to strike female jurors.

3 a. it overturned Hoyt v. Florida

4: d. the Supreme Court applied the strict scrutiny test to strike down the jury discrimination law

5: d. Utah