Chapter 6 Flashcards
programs for minorities supported by government as a means of providing equality under the law
affirmative action
act that required employers, schools, and public buildings to reasonably accommodate the physical needs of handicapped individuals by providing such things as ramps and elevators with appropriate facilities
Americans with Disabilities Act (1991)
a friend of the court opinion offered by Louis Brandeis, in the Supreme Court case Muller v Oregon (1908), which spoke about inherent differences between men and women in the workplace
Brandeis Brief
the application of equal protection under the law to individuals
civil rights
segregation of schools and other public facilities through circumstances with no law supporting it
de facto segregation
segregation by law, made illegal by Brown v Board of Education
de jure segregation
act that shifted the quota of immigrants to Europe and aimed to attract immigrants who were trained workers
Immigration Act of 1991
legislation that legalized segregation even after the adoption of the 14th amendment
Jim Crow laws
a judicial doctrine of the 14th Amendment that applied the Bill of Rights to the states in matters such as segregation
Nationalization of the Bill of Rights
case that ruled that states had the right to impose “separate but equal” facilities on its citizens as well as create other laws that segregated the races
Plessy v Ferguson
in 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton led the fight for political suffrage and supported a doctrine very similar in nature to the Declaration of Independence called the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions; it became a rallying document in the fight for women’s rights
Seneca Falls Convention
the judicial precedent established in the Plessy v Ferguson decision that enabled states to interpret the equal protection provision of the 14th amendment as a mean of establishing segregation
separate but equal
