Poly Sci Chapters 5 And 6

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Civil Rights

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Rights rooted in the 14th amendment , guarantee of equal protection under the law in every state

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Civil liberties

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Things that the government can't do to the governed

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Civil right are what the government _______ do.

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Must

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What amendments helped end slavery

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13, 14, 15

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13th amendment

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No slavery or involuntary servitude

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14th amendment

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All born in the United states are naturalized and citizens

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Enfanchizement

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The right to vote

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15th amendment

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The right to vote can't be denied to one based on race gender, sexuality and ect

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Civil acts right of 1872

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Extended rights to African Americans and also made everyone born in the US naturalized

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enforcement act 1870

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Created penalties for those that impeded just voting and rights for all

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The anti KKK Act

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Made it a federal crime to deprive people of rights given in the constitution

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Civil rights act 2

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Gave every one the right to the use of institutions and facilities without segregation

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Plessy vs furgeson

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Separate but equal

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What did the court decide in please vs furgeson

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That separate but equal was just and that the 14th amendment did not call for the unconstitutionality of segregation

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Jim crow laws

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Laws that leapt Arican Americans segregated from white institutions and privileges

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Grandfather clause

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Restricted voting to those whose ancestors voted before 1867 there for stopping African Americans from voting

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White primary

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State primary election that restricted voting to whites only

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Poll taxes

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Taxes to vote used to deter African Americans from voting

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Literacy test

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Test used to restrict African Americans from voting

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What was the problem in Plessy vs furgeson

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Furgeson got in an all white bus

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Brown vs B of Edu topeka

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Supreme court decided that segregation was unconstitutional under the 14th amendment

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Dr jure segregation

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Racial segregation that occurs because of laws and administrative desicions of public agencies

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De facto segregation

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Segregation that occureddue to past social and economic condition

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Civil disobedience

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Nonviolent public refusal to obey unjust laws

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Civil act of 1964

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Spear headed by MLK ended segregation and other things supported by the gym crow laws

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EEOC

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Equal employment opportunity commission

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NACCP 1909

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The national association for the advancement of colored people

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Voting act of 1965

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Outlawed voter registration tests

Made voting a federal affair

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Civil right act of 1964v

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Signed by London Johnson. Effected housing and laws that tried to limit people to live in Set areas by realtors and landlords

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Strict scrutiny

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Musical standard for assesyng if a law is unconstitutional based on a suspect classification

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Suspect classification

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Given clasdificatons such as race religion ext that raise alarm in the supreme court due to their high chance of being discriminatory

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Intermediate or exacting scrutiny

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Standard used by courts to determine if government action is discriminatory records women

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Rational basis review

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Standard of courts used of neither strict or nor intermediate scrutiny applies

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Afdatmative action

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Laws that aimed to level the playing field b5 giving special preferences to ethics to make up for part injustices

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Who signed in affirmative action

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London Johnson

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Bakke case

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Sued UC Davis for reverse discrimination

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Chinesse excision act

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Barred immigration from 1882 to 1943

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19th amendment

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Gave women the right to vote

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Femenism

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Movement that supports political economic and social equality for women

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Doma

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Defence of marriage act / states would not recognise gay marriage

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Civil law

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Cases having to deal with anything other than criminal law

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Criminal law

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Laws that inflict punishment and given me.t is the prosecutor

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Common law

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Desisions made on prevailing customs

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Fairness doctrine

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Radio had to broadcast politics in a balanced way