5-1 5-3 Flashcards
(40 cards)
civil rights
set of rights centered around the concept of equal treatment that gov is obliged to protect
public discrimination
discrimination by national, state or local governments
private discrimination
discrimination by private infdiivuals or businesses
equality of oppurtnity
expectation that citizens may not be discriminted against on account of race, gender, or national background and htat every citizien should have equal chance to suceed in life
equality of outcome
expectation that equality is achoeved if results are comparable for all citizens regardless of race, gender, or national background or that such groups are proportionally represented in measures in sucess in life.
missouri compromise
free slaves from the norrthen border of the southern border of missouri keeping most of the lousina purchase land free
compromise of 1850
mexican war territories are now permited to be free or have slavery
kansas-nebraska act
allows each state to vote whether to have slavery or not
dred scott v sandford
supreme court decision declared blacks are not citizens and congress can not ban slavery in the territories
pres. lincol emancipation proclamation
union states ban slavery
juneteeth
last enslaved persons in confederate states were freed
citizenship
full-fledged membership in a nation
indian appropriations act
reserved lands for the indian people
native american boarding schools
eradicte indigenous culture
treaty of Guadalupe Hidlago
ended the mexican american war and became the many now states
mexican repatriaition
lation americans were forcibly removed back to mexico
what was the first significant restriction on immigaration to the US
chinese people and asians
korematsu v. United States
authority for relocation of chinese was within the war power of the president of the US
immigration act of 1924
established quotas for ethnic groups based on the americans from each nationality resident
immigration and nationality act of 1965
congreses rescinded the quota system and the especially severe restrictions on asian immigrations
how to apply for a US citizenship
legal permant resident for 5 yrs or legal marrieed for 3 yrs and test on american gov.
black codes
prevented them from voting, owning land, and leaving plantations