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18 Cards in this Set
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________ are limitations on government; they specify what the government cannot do. ________ , in contrast, specify what the government must do to ensure equal protection and freedom from discrimination.
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liberties, rights |
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case involving ________ invalidated the Missouri Compromise and had a significant role in setting up the conflicts leading to the Civil War
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Dred Scott |
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Civil War Amendments
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Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth
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After the Civil War, while Congress passed several civil rights acts, legislatures in the South passed laws known as ________ , intended to limit the civil rights of African Americans and regulate their labor
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Black Codes |
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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."
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9th |
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________ is a method in which southern legislators provided a barrier to low-income white and African American voters, and it was not eliminated until passage of the Twenty-Fourth Amendment in 1964.
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Poll Tax |
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
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Eliminate Sep but Equal Policies |
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most significant consequence of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was
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+ # of black vote |
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is considered the most far-reaching bill on civil rights in modern times and is the cornerstone of employment-discrimination law.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
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an African American in the 1960s supported racial separation and a militant stance toward race relation
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X |
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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex
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9th Amendment |
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Ledbetter Act was in response to what type of discrimination suit?
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Wage Gap |
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articularly in Texas and California, Mexican Americans' political participation tended to be limited by ________ until passage of the Twenty-fourth Amendment in 1964.
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Poll Tax |
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provides an expedited path to citizenship for immigrants with permanent resident status
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Military |
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president ordered that affirmative action policies
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LBJ |
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Supreme Court cases dealt specifically with the issue of reverse discrimination
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Cal v. Bakke |
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The ________ riots in 1969 marked the beginning of the movement for gay and lesbian rights
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Stonewall |
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S. Supreme Court declare unconstitutional Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 (DOMA), which prevented the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages for the purpose of federal laws or programs even when those couples were legally married in their home state?
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U.S. V. Windsor |
