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Anobligation imposed on government to take positive action to protect citizensfrom any illegal action of government agencies and of other private citizens isknown as what? |
Civil Rights |
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African-Americanslegally received the right to vote in 1870 when which amendment to the U.S.Constitution was ratified? |
15th Amendment |
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Thetype of laws enacted by Southern states following reconstruction thatdiscriminated against African-Americans where known as what? |
Jim Crow Laws |
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1. A tax that had to be paid in order to vote orregister to vote was known as what? |
Poll Tax |
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1. What1896 Supreme Court case created the separate but equal standard? |
Plessy v. Ferguson |
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Thepractice of excluding people who were not white from participating in theprimary process so that they would not have the chance to influence theDemocratic Party was known as what? |
White Primary |
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WhatU.S. Supreme Court case overturned the separate but equal standard in publiceducation? |
Brown v. Board of Education |
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1. TitleVII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act outlawed what on the basis of race, color, sexor national origin? |
Employment discrimination |
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1. TitleVII created the __________ which has the power to revoke public contactsfor goods and services with companies not showing fairness in hiring, promotingand firing policies. |
EEOC |
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Whichcase did the Supreme Court rule that even though the company’s rules had noprima facie intentions of racism or discrimination, the results of the testsshow a subtle illegal purpose that shows favoritism towards whites? |
Griggs v. Duke Power |
