Chaoter 02 Flashcards
(26 cards)
14th amendment
Due process grants former spaces citizenship overturning dress Scott
15th amendment
Gives black males right to vote
Legacy of segregation (dejure
This is segregation that is mandated or required by law
De facto segregation
This is segregation that results from non legal factor such as economic inequalities attitudes or the settlement patterns of people
Era of Jim Crow
Purpose of him crow law was to establish whole sale segregation of the south
The civil rights case of 1883
Supreme Court declared that private discrimination is legal or constitutional
Brown v board of education
Supreme Court over turn plessy separate but equal doctrine that court rules public schools must be desegregated with deliberate speed
How many black children attend all black schools 1964,1970
1964 98%
1970 14%
The civil rights movement
Montgomery bus boycott
Were does Martin Luther king give his speech
Washington I have a dream
Civil rights act of 1964
Ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination
Which acts overturned of 1883
Heart of Atlanta vs us
Larzenbach v Mcclung
Justice pawl diversity(bakke)
Quotas aren’t legal university can use race as a factor but not a decisive factor for quotas
Reed v reed
There son died and both wanted executors for the will for the first time Supreme Court turn down a discriminating law 1971
Woman property rights
The west is the where woman first got to vote
When did south give woman right to vote
Not until 19th amendment
How much did woman make to men
79 cents to every dollar
Law banning discrimination for woman athletes
Was title 9
Why did equal right amendment fail
Because only 35 of the 38 stew ratified it
Amicus briefs
In about 80% of Supreme court cases interested parties such as interest groups file a brief on behalf of one of the parties
In. A typical court case how long are they give
30 minutes
Majority in Supreme Court
5+
Supreme Court plurality
This is the most popular opinion of the wining side
Concurring Supreme Court
these justices agree with the decision however they would used different legal reason