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A. Govt Civil Rights
based on the chapter on civil rights
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dred Scott v. Sanford | it established the consitutionality of slavery, said slaved could not sue for their freedom and citizenship because they aren’t citizens. Allowed slavery in all US territories. |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | established seperate but equal doctrine...begining of “Jim Crow” |
| Smith v. Alwright: | all white primaries were overruled (1944) |
| Brown v. Board of Education: | end of separate but equal...because separate implied inferior |
| white primary: | state primary election which was restricted to whites only (some states until 1964!) |
| poll tax: | fee to vote...poor whites and black were therefore excluded cause they couln’t afford to pay. |
| Martin Luther King (is he a term or a person?): | 1st got involved in the bus boycott in 1955 (rosa parks). |
| Sit ins: (via wikipedia) | In a sit-in, protesters remain until they are evicted, usually by force, or arrested, or until their requests have been met. |
| Public demonstrations: | To object, to a law of policy, publicly. Notable examples in the civil rights movement were the bus boycott and the restaurant sit ins. |
| Civil Rights Act 1964: | the most far reaching bill on civil rights in the modern times, forbids discrimmination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, or national origin. Major provisions include - outlawed discimmination over voter registration, est equal op. for employ |
| Civil Rights Act 1968: | forbade discrimination in most housing and provided penalties for those attempting to interfere |
| Civil Rights Act 1971: | The Supreme Court, in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, upholds busing as a legitimate means for achieving integration of public schools. |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965: | Outlawed discriminatory voter-registration tests. authorized federal registration of voters and federally administered voting procedures in states |
| exual harassment: | is intimidation, bullying or coercion of a sexual nature, or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors. |
| Title VII (of the voting rights act): | prohibits gender discrimination in employment and has been used to strike down employment policies that discriminate against employees on the basis of gender. |
| Glass ceiling | subtle or elusive barriers which keep a gap between what women and men earn in society. |
| Affirmative action: | A policy in educational admissions or job hiring that gives special attention or compensatory treatment to traditionally disadvantaged groups in an effort to overcome present effects of past discrimination. |
| University of Michigan diversity case, 2003: | two cases concerning the university of Michigan where the Supreme Court rules that continuedaffirmatives limited affirmative action polices were acceptable. |
| Reverse discrimination: | The charge that some affirmative action programs discriminate against non-minorities. |
| Civil disobedience: | A nonviolent, public refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws. |
| Civil Rights acts 1865-1875 (13-15th amendments): | A series of civil rights acts extending full citizenship to anyone born in the United States and giving African Americans full equality; authorizing the president to enforce the law with the armed forces; setting out specific criminal sanctions for int... |
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