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16 Cards in this Set
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Civil Rights |
policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by government officials or individuals |
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14th amendment |
first and only part of the constitution to invoke the idea of equality, "no state deprive of life liberty, or property, without due process..."
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Equal protection of the laws |
part of the 14th amendment emphasizing that the laws must provide equivalent "protection" to all people |
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13th amendment |
forbid slavery and involuntary servitude
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
the law making racial discrimination in public accommodations illegal, strengthened voting rights, and forbid job discrimination |
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Suffrage |
the legal right to vote: 15th-blacks 19th-women 26th-18 year old |
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15th amendment |
extended suffrage to African Americans |
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Poll taxes |
small taxes levied on the right to vote, were used by southern states to exclude black vote
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White primary |
primary elections where blacks were excluded, declared unconstitutional in 1944
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24th amendment |
declared poll taxes void in federal elections |
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Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
designed to help end formal and informal barriers to black suffrage, under the law, hundreds of thousands of blacks registered to vote, and the number of black elected increased significantly
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19th amendment |
guarantees women the right to vote
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Equal Rights amendment |
"equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the U.S. or any state on account of sex"
-fell short 3-4 in state legislature |
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Comparable worth |
insisted that women be paid the same as men for jobs that require the same skills |
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Disabilities Act of 1990 |
requires employers and public facilities to make "reasonable accommodations" for people with disabilities and prohibits discrimination against these individuals in employment |
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Affirmative action |
a policy designed to give special attention to or compensatory treatment for members of some previously disadvantages group |
