CSET SPANISH SUBTEST IV 125 QUESTIONS WITH
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14th Amendment - Correct answer-to the U.S. Constitution; amendment ratified in 1868 after the
Civil War, declares in part: "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the
privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person
of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its
jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." Many of the cases discussed in this section are
based on the ***due process and the equal protection clauses*** of the # Amendment.
Plessy v. Ferguson - Correct answer-a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court issued in
1896. It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the
segregated facilities were equal in quality - a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but
equal. Although the decision was related to the segregation of African American students, in
many parts of the country Native American, Asian, and Hispanic students were also routinely
segregated. "
Brown v. Board of Education - Correct answer-REVERSAL of Plessy v. Ferguson; 58 years later
in 1954; Like Plessy, focused on the segregation of African American students. But by ruling that
states are responsible for providing "equal educational opportunities" for all students made
bilingual education for ELLs more feasible.
Independent School District v. Salvatierra, Alvarez v. Lemon Grove, and Méndez v. Westminster
School District - Correct answer-Addresses Segregation A few lesser known lower level cases
concerning the segregation of Hispanic student predate Brown.
Independent School District v. Salvatierra (1930) - Correct answer-Mexican American parents in
the small border town of Rio, Texas, brought suit against the school district over segregation.
The court sided with the school district that argued the segregation was necessary to teach the
students English. This argument did not hold, however, for two similar cases in California:
Alvarez v. Lemon Grove (1931) and Méndez v. Westminster School District (1947). The judge in
Alvarez noted that segregation was not beneficial for the students' English language development
and the success of the Méndezcase helped set the stage for Brown.
,Debate - answer-a speech form in which two sides take opposite positions on a question and take
turns arguing their view. Lincoln-Douglas debates are a special type of debate commonly held for
high school competitions, in which each side is only one person rather than a team of two.
Debates are strictly timed.
Expository speech - answer-a speech with the purpose of informing the audience about a topic.
Extemporaneous speech - answer-like an impromptu speech, but the speaker is often given a little
time to prepare.
Impromptu speech - answer-a speech given on the spur of the moment with very little preparation.
Interpretive performance - answer-The performance of a work of literature with the purpose of
communicating its emotional meaning.
Persuasive speech - answer-A speech with the purpose of influencing the audience members'
opinions.
Body language - answer-communication via the movements or attitudes of the body
Diction - answer-a writer's or speaker's choice of words
Enunciation - answer-The way one pronounces words
Eye contact - answer-a meeting of the eyes between two people that expresses meaningful
nonverbal communication. A good speaker will pick a friendly face and maintain eye contact for
a brief time before moving on to another, trying to include members from all sections of the
audience at various intervals.
Response to audience - answer-The way in which a speaker picks up on audience mood and
adjusts performance or speech accordingly.
,Vocal pitch - answer-Relative highness or lowness of voice
Vocal range - answer-A measure of how far a speaker's voice carries.
Vocal rate - answer-The speed at which one speaks.
Volume - answer-The degree of loudness of a speaker's voice
Bandwagon - answer-tries to persuade the reader to do, think, or buy something because it is
popular or everyone is doing it
Either-or fallacy - answer-Reducing an argument or issue to two polar opposites and ignoring
possible alternatives
Implied benefit - answer-the suggestion that more than what is being sold will be delivered; for
example, the idea that by using a certain product, one will have a better love life or a different
lifestyle.
Overgeneralization - answer-sweeping statements bout a situation or product.
Plain folks - answer-attempting to convince the public that one's view is of the common person
(like everyone else)
Red herring - answer-highlighting a minor detail as a way to draw attention away from more
important details or issues
Snob appeal - answer-the consumer will join the ranks of elite by using the product
Testimonial - answer-attempts to persuade the reader by using a famous person to endorse a
product or idea
, Blocking - answer-the physical arrangement of actors onstage at any given moment
Costume - answer-the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
Dramatic arc - answer-rising and fallign action in a play
Improvisation - answer-the act of creating and performing spontaneously or without preparation
Lighting - answer-the way lights are used to emphasize or de-emphasize parts of the stage
Props - answer-portable objects used on the set of a play or film
Set - answer-a collection of scenery, stage furniture, and so on, used for a scene in a play or film
Sound - answer-music, speech, and sound effects accompanying a play, film or broadcast
Tempo - answer-the speed at which events occur in a play or other performance
Guey Heung Lee v. Johnson and Johnson v. San Francisco Unified School District - Correct
answer- Addresses Segregation In some instances, desegregation efforts made it more difficult. In
San Francisco, for example, Chinese Americans fought a desegregation order that would force
students out of neighborhood schools that provided bilingual English Chinese programs for
newcomer Chinese ELL students. The Chinese community took the case to court in 1971 and it
was appealed to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Johnson v. San Francisco Unified School
District. In 1974, the court ruled against the Chinese community, declaring simply Brown applies
to races.
Meyers v. Nebraska - Correct answer-The Right of Communities to Teach Their Native
Languages to Their Children In the early 1900s, German communities typically ran their own
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