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| 6530068062 | Civil Rights | -Government action to create equal conditions -Right of a minority group to be free from discrimination by the majority -Equal treatment of minorities by states guaranteed by Equal Protection Clause of Fourteenth Amendment and, at the federal level, by the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment | 0 | |
| 6530068063 | Equal Protection Clause | -Contained in Fourteenth Amendment -Declares that no state shall "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws" -Protects minorities from discrimination by state governments | 1 | |
| 6530068064 | Civil Rights Act of 1964 | -Landmark legislation that banned racial segregation in schools, public transportation, public facilities and employment—ended Jim Crow -Based on the federal government's power to control interstate commerce | 2 | |
| 6530068065 | Voting Rights Act of 1965 | -Landmark legislation that outlawed discriminatory voting practices responsible for widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the South -Ended literacy tests | 3 | |
| 6530068066 | Affirmative Action | -Policy designed to correct effects of past racial or gender discrimination by giving certain preferences in education or employment to these groups -Courts are increasingly limiting the use of racial preferences | 4 | |
| 6530068068 | Clear and present danger | Interpretation by Justice Oliver Wendell Homes regarding limits on free speech if it presents a danger to the public or leads to illegal actions; for example, one cannot shout "Fire!" in a crowded theater. | 5 | |
| 6530068069 | Selective Incorporation | The case-by-case process by which liberties listed in the Bill of Rights have been applied to the states using the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. | 6 | |
| 6530068070 | Miranda Rights | Statements required of police that inform a suspect of his or her constitutional rights protected by the fifth amendment, including the right to an attorney provided by the court if the suspect cannot afford one | 7 | |
| 6530068072 | Original Intent | A view that the Constitution should be interpreted according to the Framers' ideas - conservatives often support this perspective | 8 | |
| 6530068073 | Living Constitution | Assumes that the Constitution was meant to be a dynamic document whose meaning has to account for contemporary social and political context. | 9 | |
| 6530076785 | Selective incorporation | The process by which the Bill of Rights has been applied to the states on a case-by-case basis through the Fourteenth Amendment | 10 | |
| 6530079137 | 14th Amendment | Equal protections under the laws- States are not allowed to take measures that restrict freedoms for any citizen, especially voting | 11 | |
| 6530081256 | 13th Amendment | Slavery is illegal in any form in the US. | 12 | |
| 6530084624 | Civil Rights Act 1964 | outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. | 13 | |
| 6530090960 | exclusionary rule | a law that prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial | 14 | |
| 6531826959 | Title IX | No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. | 15 | |
| 6531830327 | Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay act of 2009 | Restored the protection against pay discrimination that was stripped away by the Supreme Court's decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. | 16 | |
| 6531855207 | The Equal Pay Act (EPA) | prohibits sex-based wage discrimination between men and women in the same establishment who perform jobs that require substantially equal skill, effort, and responsibility under similar working conditions. | 17 | |
| 6531888887 | Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) | Proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal rights for women and men. did not become part of the U.S. Constitution. Several organizations, however, continue to work for the adoption of an ERA. | 18 |
