EMC HISTORY TEST 2 Flashcards
(31 cards)
You had to prove that your grandfather voted prior to 1867 in order to vote.
Grandfather clause
Most women could vote.
19th amendment (1920)
Right to privacy
Birth control
1965 Griswold v cont
United States Supreme Court held
Separate but equal violated the
Equal protection clause of the 14th amendment
Decision written by chief justice Earl Warren
Brown v.Board of education (1954)
Laws that happen because of past social & economic patterns
Defucto Segration
The public uttering(speaking) of a false statement that harms someone’s good reputation must be said so a third party hears it.
Slander
The written of defamation of someone’s character business or property
Libel
Unwanted physical contact, verbal conduct, or abuse of a sexual nature that interferes with a recipient’s job performance, creates, a hostile work environment, or carries with it the explicit or implicit threat that f adverse job consequences.
Sexual harassment
A policy that gives special consideration in jobs and college admissions to members of groups that have been discriminated against in the past
Affirmative action
An invisible but real discriminatory barrier that keeps women and underrepresented groups from rising to top positions of power in responsibility
Glass ceiling
An organization group of individuals sharing common objects who try to influence policy makers
Interest groups
All the attempts by organizations
individuals to Influence the passage,deafest, or contents of legislation or to influence the administrative decisions of government.
Lobbying
An individuals that handles a particular interest group’s lobbying efforts
Lobbyist
The trouble interest groups have recruiting members when individuals benefits from the group work without actually becoming members
Free Rider Problem
Interest groups formed for the purpose of working for the public interest
Public Interest Group
A group of individuals organized to win elections operate the government 6]]ent and determine public policy.
Political Party
Process in which popular support for and relative strength of the parties shift and the parties realign with different supporters.
Realignment
Grand ole party is a nickname for the republican party.
GOP
The party that has fewer members in the legislature than the opposing party
Minority party
The political party that has more members in the legislature the the opposing party
Majority party
All of the citizens eligible to vote in a given election
Electorate
A political system were only 1 of 2 parties has a reasonable chance of winning
Two party system
In the united states a party other than the republican party of democratic party.
Third party
The process by which a political party picks their candidate to run for president
Presidential Primary
