Civil Rights Multiple Choice Flashcards
(38 cards)
What are civil rights
Protections for individuals from discrimination
What is the Americans with disabilities act
You can’t discriminate against employments in those with disabilities
What was the emancipation proclamation and when did it occur
During civil war in 1863 done by President Lincoln it ended slavery
What were black codes
To restrict freedom of black citizens
What were Jim Crow laws
Laws that enforced segregation in the south
Describe ways black citizens were denied the right to vote
Violence, poll taxes and literacy’s tests
What was de jure segregation
Legal segregation
What was de facto segregation
Is not legal segregation but segregation based on patterns
What is affirmative action
Any programs that are aimed at expanding opportunities for women and minorities groups
What do proponents of affirmative action believe
Believe it is message to make up for past discrimination in order to achieve equality
What is opponent of affirmative action believe
Believe it si reverse discrimination and think ti makes it more difficult for more qualified
How did the Supreme Court rule regarding affirmative action in the case of regents of the university of California versus bakle
Racials quotients are unconstitutional
How did the Supreme Court rule regarding affirmative action in the case of regents the university of gratz vs bollinger
The undergraduate admissions policy is unconstitutional but they upheld graduate schools admissions policy
What is social movement
A large group of citizens organized for political change
What is civil disobedience
Intentional refusal to obey a law to call attention to its injustice
What occurred to the segregation of the Montgomery boycott
Boycott that lasted over a year until the courts ruled bus rule was unconstitutional
What was the southern Christian leadership conference?
Advocated for civil rights and challenged racial segregation
What methods did MLK use challenge unjust laws what was he threatened with and sometimes accused as a result of
Advocated for civil disobedience threatened with imprisonment and violence
List several methods of civil disobedience in the south 1950-1960
Freedom riders that challenged segregated transportation or boycotts or sit ins and refusing to give up bus seat
What was the book by the feminine mystique about and who wrote it
Betty friden many woman weren’t happy being stay at home wives
What is NOW
National organization for women advocate for equal rights for women
What is the equal rights amendment and what did it pass
People shall not be denied by the usnited states or any state by sex
It Passes proposal stage but not ratification
13th amendment
abolished slavary in the us
14th amendment
-Privileges and immunities of the us
-due process of the law
-equal protection of the law
