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civil rights
Term | Definition |
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Civil rights | Protect individuals from discrimination based characteristics such race, national origin, religion, and sex; these rights are guaranteed to all citizens under the due process and equal protection clauses of the Constitution, as well as acts of Congress. |
Natural rights | The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights. |
Affirmative action | Remedial action designed to overcome the effects of discrimination against minorities and women. |
Naturalization | A legal action conferring citizenship on an alien. |
Women’s suffrage | The right of women to vote. |
Due process clause | Clause in the Fifth Amendment limiting the power of the national government; similar clause in the fourteenth Amendment prohibits the state governments from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. |
De jure segregation | segregation imposed by law. |
De facto segregation | Segregation resulting from economic or social conditions or personal choice. |