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13 amendment % |
bans slavery in the united states |
has to do with slaves |
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black codes * |
a law denying most legal rights to newly freed states and passed by southern states following the civil war |
no right to blacks |
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14 amendment % |
gauarentees equal protection and due process of the law to all U.S citizens |
5 amendment |
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equal protection clause ^ |
section of the 14 amendment that guarentees all citezes recieve "equal protection of the law" |
everybody equal |
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15 amendment % |
enfranchised newly freed males |
slave males |
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jim crow laws * |
by southern states required segregation in hotels,schools,etc. |
southern laws #crow man |
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poll tax & |
tax in U.S & localites and was to be paid before an eligible voter could cast an ballot |
wanna vote pay |
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grandfather clause & |
voter qualification only let people who's grandfather voted before reconstruction vote |
my grandpa voted |
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sufferage movement $ |
drive for voting rights for women in the united states during 1890 & 1920 |
women wanna vote |
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De June discrimination * |
racial discrimination that is an direct result of law or offical policy |
racial discrimination |
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De Facto discrimination * |
racial discrimination that results from practice rather than the law |
racial discrimination |
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suspect classification @ |
catgory or class ( race that triggers highest standard of scruting from supreme court |
scrutiny by class |
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strict scrutiny @ |
highest standard of review and by the supreme court to determine the constitutional validity of a challenged practice |
specific scrutiny |
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equal pay act of 1963 ^ |
legislation that requires men and women to have the same pay for equal work |
girl and boys equal pay |
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title IX $ |
provision of amendment of 1972 that bars on educational institution that recieve federal funds from discriminating against female students |
schools with educational funds |
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affirmative action @ |
policies designed to give special attention or compensatory treatment to members of a previously disadvantaged group |
special attention |
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civil rights |
the government protected rights of individuals against arbitrary or discrimatory treatments by governments or individuals |
civil rights |
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civil rights cases 1883 # |
name attached to 5 cases brought under the civil rights act of 1883 thesupreme court decided discrimination in a variety of public accomedations ,including theaters,hotels,and railroads couldn't be prohibited by the act because such discrimination was private not state. |
5 cases |
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plessy v. ferguson # |
supreme court case that challenged an louisiana statute requiring that railroads provide seperate accomedations for blacks and whites . the courts found that seperate but equal accomadations did not violate the equal protection clause of the 14 amendment |
seprate is equal |
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brown v. board of education # |
supreme court decision holding that school segregation is inheretly unconstitutional because it violates the 14 amendment of equal protection |
girl walking to school |
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civil rights act # |
wide ranging legislation passed by congress to outlaw segregation in public facilities and discrimination, in employment , education , and voting created the equal employment opportunity commission |
civil rights act |
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equal rights amendment ^ |
proposed amendment to the constitution that states "equality rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the united states or any state on account of sex |
equal |
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19 amendment % |
women the right to vote |
right to vote for women |
