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Chapter 5- AP Government Flashcards

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11022512221Civil RightsPolicies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by government officials or individuals0
11022512222Fourteenth Amendmentmade "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" citizens of the country1
11022512223Equal Protection of the Lawspart of the fourteenth amendment emphasizing that the laws must provide equivalent "protection" to all people.2
11022512224Scott v. Stanford1857: supreme court case in which an ex-slave sued for his freedom in Missouri and lost; judges ignored the "once free, always free" law3
11022512225Thirteenth Amendmentabolished slavery4
11022512226Plessy v. Fergusonsumpreme court ruled that segregation public places facilities were legal as long as the facilites were equal5
11022512227Brown v. BoardSchool segregation unconstitutional; segregation psychologically damaging to blacks; overturned separate but equal; use of 14th Amendment6
11022512228Civil Rights Act of 1964the law that made racial discrimination against any group in hotels, motels, and restaurants illegal and forbade many forms of job discrimination7
11022512229Suffragethe right to vote8
11022512230Fifteenth AmendmentBanned states from denying African Americans the right to vote9
11022512231Poll Taxesrequired citizens of a state to pay a special tax in order to vote10
11022512232White Primarythe practice of keeping blacks from voting in the southern states' primaries through arbitrary use of registration requirements and intimidation.11
11022512233Twenty-fourth AmendmentProhibits poll tax in federal elections12
11022512234Voting Rights Act of 1965a law designed to help end formal and informal barriers to African-American suffrage13
11022512235Hernandez v. TexasSupreme Court decision that ended exclusion of Mexican Americans from juries in Texas. 195414
11022512236Korematsu v. United States1944 Supreme Court case where the Supreme Court upheld the order providing for the relocation of Japanese Americans.15
11022512237Nineteenth Amendmentgranted women the right to vote in 192016
11022512238Equal Rights Amendmentconstitutional amendment passed by Congress but never ratified that would have banned discrimination on the basis of gender17
11022512239Reed v. Reedthe landmark case in 1971 in which the supreme court for the first time upheld a claim of gender discrimination. ,m18
11022512240Craig v. BorenIn this 1976 ruling, the Supreme Court established the "medium scrutiny" standard for determining gender discrimination.19
11022512241American with Disabilities Act of 1990a law passed in 1990 that requires employers and public facilities to make "reasonable accomodations" for people with disabilities and prohibits discrimination against these individuals in employment20
11022512242Regent of the University of California v. BakkeCourt ruling that colleges and universities could legitimately consider race as a factor in the admissions process.21
11022512243Affirmative actionprograms intended to make up for past discrimination by helping minority groups and women gain access to jobs and opportunities22

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