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| 93276535 | Fifteenth Amendment | Provides the right to vote for Blacks. | |
| 93276536 | Equal Rights Amendment | Proposal that equality of rights under the law not to be denied on the account of sex. | |
| 93276537 | "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" | Bars the military from asking recruits or service personnel to disclose their sexual orientation while also reaffirming the Defense Department's strict prohibition of homosexual conduct. | |
| 93276538 | Poll Taxes | Taxes levied on the right to vote designed to hurt poor Blacks. | |
| 93276539 | Comparable worth | Insists that women be paid the same as men for jobs that require the same skills. | |
| 93276540 | Equal Protection of the Laws | Provided by the Fourteenth Amendment mandating that all people be protected by the law. | |
| 93276541 | White Primary | The practice of keeping blacks from voting in southern states' primaries through arbitrary use of registration requirements and intimidation. | |
| 93276542 | Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 | A law passed in 1990 that requires employers and public facilities to make "reasonable accommodations" for people with disabilities and prohibits discrimination against these individuals in employment. | |
| 93276543 | Civil Rights | Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by government officials or individuals | |
| 93276544 | Thirteenth Amendment | Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude. | |
| 93276545 | Twenty-fourth Amendment | Prohibits poll taxes in federal elections. | |
| 93276546 | Civil Rights Act of 1964 | The law that made racial discrimination against any group in hotels, motels, and restaurants illegal and forbade many forms of job discrimination. | |
| 93276547 | Voting Rights Act of 1965 | A policy designed to reduce the barriers to voting for those suffering discrimination. | |
| 93276548 | Affirmative Action | A policy designed to give special consideration to members of some previously disadvantaged groups. | |
| 93276549 | Suffrage | The legal right to vote. | |
| 93276550 | Nineteenth Amendment | Provides women with the right to vote. | |
| 93276551 | de jure | Legal term meaning "by law." | |
| 93276552 | de facto | Legal term meaning "in reality." | |
| 93276553 | grandfather clause | Used by southern states to exempt persons whose grandfathers were eligible to vote in 1860 from having to take literacy tests to vote. | |
| 93276554 | Title IX | Forbids gender discrimination in federally funded education programs including athletics. |
