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1
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Civil Rights

definition?

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refers to the positive acts govs take to protect individuals against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by govs or individuals
(gov is the protector)

2
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Civil Rights Movement Groups (5)

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African Americans
Women
Gays & Lesbians
Disabled
Secularists
3
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Civil War Amendments

name them

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13th
14th
15th

4
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Civil War

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fought over that the states could possibly ignore fed. gov. and do their own thing
North won & occupied the South

5
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Civil War Amendments: 13th Amendment

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abolished slavery

-freed slaves

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Civil War Amendments: 14th Amendment

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protect ppl from encroachment (intrusion) from state gov

-nationalized Bill of Rights

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Civil War Amendments: 15th Amendment

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gave African American men 20+ yrs old the right to vote

8
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Forms of Voting Discrimination (3)

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poll taxes (charge $ to vote-> limit poor voting)
literacy test (demonstrate, unpassable tests)
grandfather clause (if grandpa could vote-> didn't have to take test, highly suppressed A.A. voters)
9
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Forms of Voting Discrimination
what amendment involved voting rights? what did it say about poll taxes, literacy tests, and the grandfather clause? Why was this deal made?

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24th Amendment (1965 Voting Rights Act: states/countries cannot apply these/interfere w/ right to vote)
-Voting Rights
(deal made from tied presidency)

10
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Forms of Voting Discrimination

what happened to democracy?

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it took a step backwards from being against black voters

11
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Litigating for Equality

Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896

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“Separate but Equal Doctrine: (separate accommodations as long as equal)

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Litigating for Equality
Brown v Board of Education, Topeka Kansas 1954
mentality of this? what did it do?

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(best place to attack inequality was education)
if children together, inequality would diminish
overturned Separate but equal doctrine
can’t separate ppl & expect equality (constitutional concept)

13
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Litigating for Equality

What was the Jim Crow Era?

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the era when the laws & provisions of the South were reflective of the period before the Civil War

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Litigating for Equality Brown 2, 1995

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schools will desegregate w/ all deliberate speed

  • this caused white flight to suburbs
  • some desegregated right away, others not at all bc it was left up to the communities to interpret “deliberate speed”
15
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Civil Rights Act of 1964

known to be? what did it prohibit? what did it create?

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(prohibited discrimination in public accommodations, challenged morale)

  • most significant federal law in regard to race relations
  • prohibited discrimination in employment, education, public accommodations, & voting (1965)
  • creation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)- to enforce the Title 7 provisions of the Act (institution to go out & enforce unlike Brown 2, gov couldn’t enforce)
16
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Women’s Rights Movement

what 2 events took place?

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1848 Seneca Falls Convention

1920 Nineteenth Amendment

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Women’s Rights Movement: 1848 Seneca Falls Convention

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Susan B. Anthony , etc. arguing for right to vote for women

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Women’s Rights Movement: 1920 Nineteenth Amendment

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a lot of women voted (local/state) but didn’t have federal representation directly by Congressmen->guaranteed w/ 19th amendment

19
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Events Moving Women to Action (2)

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1963 The American Woman & The Feminine Mystique

Civil Rights Act of 1964 -absence of sex discrimination

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Events Moving Women to Action: 1963 The American Woman & The Feminine Mystique

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Written by Betty Ferdamn talked about double standards being used against women
Accepted behavior for men, not women-> not fair for women
Birth control, women could use it to tell me that there’s no excuse to discriminate

21
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 vs Brown 2

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one thing to pass a law but another to enforce it

enforce: make sure law is carried out

22
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Statutory Remedies for Sex Discrimination

what amendment was pushed and who advocated for it? what became a problem?

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ERA: 1966, NOW (chief advocates for passage of ERA)
Equal Rights Amendment: (institutions not allowed to discriminate anyone based on sex)
-Roe v Wade backlash
-draft eligibility (if amendment passed for equal treatment -> problem)
-ratification deadline

23
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Statutory Remedies for Sex Discrimination

title 9?

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Title 9 of the Education Amendment of 1972

  • provisions on the Civil Rights Bill ensured all public education facilities were to be equal
    ex) women=equal opp. to excel at sports
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Gays & Lesbians

court case that was in their favor?

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Lawrence v. Texas

  • man prosecuted for homosexual conduct in TX
  • types of state laws that prohibited homosexuality were unconstitutional
  • gov=no right to tell you what to do in privacy of own home (like griswald vs Conn, (birth control) but yrs later)
25
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Gays & Lesbians

homosexual involvement in the military? what was passed? it is last?

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“Don’t ask, don’t tell” 1993 (13k)
-repealed it Dec 2010
(homosexuality in military, Bill Clinton supported it but his peers didn’t so he compromised w “don’t”
military wouldn’t ask sexuality, but repealed by Obama bc it shows hypocrisy (saying don’t discrim. but they are))

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Disabled Americans

what was passed for them? ex?

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Americans w/ Disabilities Act (1990) (ADA)

  • ensure ppl w/ disabilities could still contribute to society, everyone has a chance
    ex) parking spaces, education programs, ramps
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Affirmative Action (policies)
what was this policy?
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apply pressure to institutions to promote minorities or women for equality
ex) employ veterans

28
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Affirmative Action (policies)
arguments against (2)
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“reverse discrimination”
diminishes achievement of recipients
(ex: only reason got job is bc woman, was the mentality)

29
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Affirmative Action (policies)
arguments for (3)
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to remedy past discriminations
to achieve a more diverse, tolerant, and representative society
to ensure no future discrimination (wouldn’t need it anymore after)

30
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Suitable for high federal office?

how might religion play a big factor?

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ppl have different beliefs
standard: if you don’t believe in christianity, won’t have a good chance in office even though ppl like James madison, Jefferson, & Lincoln didn’t present Christianity in a positive manner