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Structural Functionalism

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A school of thought according to which each of the institutions, relationships, roles, and norms that together constitute a society serves a purpose

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Conflict Theory

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Emphasized the competition between groups, often framing issues in terms of dominance and subordination

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Symbolic Interactionism

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Emphasizes how individuals shape/are shaped by society via daily interactions.
-Shared societal meanings are constructed/reconstructed via human communication

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Feminist Theory

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Aims to highlight the social problems and issues that are experienced by women

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“Great Immigration”

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Approx. 6m blacks moved from the south to north, midwest, and west states from the 1910s until the 1970s

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Industrial Revolution

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Increased material wealth, extended life, and was a powerful force for social change. Everyday work environment changed drastically, and the West became an urban civilization

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Andrew Jackson & Indian Removal Act of 1830

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-Authorized federal govt. to negotiate w/ Native American tribes for their ancestral lands in SE US
-tribes were given unsettled western prairie land in exchange

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Women’s Movement (1840s)

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Women demanded improved property rights, employment opportunities, and the ability to vote

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Women’s Suffrage Association

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they were founded in 1869 by Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth C Stanton. It was a decades-long fight to win the right to vote for women

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Susan B. Anthony

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Began the Womens Suffrage

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Women’s Suffrage of 1920

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the 19th amendment to the constitution was ratified, enfranchising all American women and declaring for the first time that they deserve all the rights and responsibilities of citizenship

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Equal Pay Act of 1963

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U.S Labor Law signed by John F Kennedy
-prohibits employers from paying diff. wages to men and female who work under similar conditions and require same skill, effort, and responsibility

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Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972

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-signed by president richard nixon
Prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or education program

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Mexican American War (1846-1848)

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conflict over vast territories in the American West. followed the american annexation of texas, which mexico still considered its territory b/c it refused to recognice the treaties of velasco

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Abolitionist Movement

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organized effort to end slavery in the US

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Dred Scott Decision

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-U.S Supreme Court Ruling
-Declared that no black could claim U.S citizenship or petition a court for their freedom

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Emancipation Proclamation

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-Issue directed by Abraham Lincoln during Civil War
-Declared all slaves within confederate states to be free

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13th Amendment

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passed after the Civil War to end slavery and protect the rights of former slaves

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14th Amendment

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granted citizenship and rights to former slaves & their descendants

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15th Amendment

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granted voting rights to black men in 1970 after the civil war and the abolition of slavery

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Jim Crow Laws

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enforced segregation and discrimination between blacks and whites

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Immigration Act of 1924

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-Signed by Calvin Coolidge
-included asian exclusion act and national origins act
-prevented immigration from asia and set quotas on the # of immigrants from eastern and southern europe

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Indian Citizenship Act of 1924

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-signed by calvin coolidge
granted full citizenship to american indians & alaska native americans.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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-32nd president of the US and the only one to serve 4 terms
-led the nation through the great depression and WWII
-implemented new deal policies to combat economic and social crises

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Great Depression
-global economic disaster -led to mass unemployment, banking panics, deflation, and increased rates of poverty and homelessness -causes included slowing consumer demand, mounting consumer debt, decreased industrial production, and the rapid expansion of the U.S. stock market
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"New Deal"
-under FDR program aimed to bring about immediate economic relief as well as reforms in industry, agriculture, finance, waterpower, labor, and housing
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Social Security Act of 1935
-signed by FDR -established permanent national old age pension system -benefits for victims of industrial accidents -unemployment insurance
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Civilian Conservation Corp.
-under FDR work relief program that gave millions of young men employment on environmental projects during the great depression
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World War II
Causes include: -economic crisis of the great depression -unresolved political tensions from WWI -territorial ambitions aggressive invasions by axis powers
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Executive Order 9066
-issued by FDR -authorized the forced removal and incarceration of Jap Americans from the West Coast to relocation centers further inland -based on perceived national security concerns following the attack on Pearl Harbor during WWII
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"Rosie the Riveter"
-symbol of female empowerment and the contribution of women to in the workforce during WWII -
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Lanham Act
-signed by harry truman -provides for a national system of trademark registration -protects the owner of a federally registered mark against the use of similar marks which is likely to result in consumer confusion
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Civil Rights Movements
a movement to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement -achieved the most important breakthrough in equal-rights legislation for AAs
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Racial Integrity Act of 1924
-reinforced racial segregation by prohibiting interracial marriage and classifying as "white" a person "who has no trace whatsoever of any blood other than caucasian" -proclaimed only 2 racial categories- colored and white
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Rosa Parks
-civil rights activist -refused to give up her seat to a white on a public bus -precipitated the Montgomery bus boycott in AL, became a spark that ignited the civil rights movement
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Brown vs. Board of Education
-ruled that racial segregation in public schools violated the 14th amendment -legally ended decades of racial segregation in America's education system
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
-prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin -signed by President Lyndon Johnson
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Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964
-under lyndon b johnson -outlaws discrimination against a job seeker/employee based on race, color, religion, sex, nationality, etc.
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
-prohibits racial discrimination in voting, banned discrimination practices that denied AAs the right to vote -signed by Lyndon B. Johnson
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Loving vs. Virginia
-ruled the laws banning interracial marriage
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"War on Poverty" Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps, Job Corp
-president Lyndon B Johnson -medicare: federal health insurance program for people 65 and over -medicaid: federal/state program that provides health coverage to low income adults, children, pregnant women, people with disabilities, etc.. -food stamps: help low-income individuals/families pay for food
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Welfare Reform Act (1996)
-passed by bill clinton -ended welfare as an entitlement program -required recipients to begin working after 2 years of receiving benefits -enhanced enforcement of child support
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"Don't ask, don't tell." (Military)
-passed by bill clinton official stance of the US govt. on military service by homo/bisexuals -illegalized military officials from discriminating against an individual's sexual orientation who was still in the closet -banned being open about your sexuality if not straight
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Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
-signed by bill clinton -US federal law that defined marriage for federal purposes as the union of one man one woman -allowed states to refuse to recognize same sex marriages 0
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Civil Liberties Act of 1988
-signed by ronald reagan -granted reperations to Jap Americans who had been wrongly interned by the US gov. during WWII -recognized the injustice and racial prejudice that led to the forced removal and confinement of over 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry -authorized a payment of $20k to each surviving internee or their heirs

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