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18 Cards in this Set
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Affirmative action |
Intentional efforts to recruit women and minorities to diversify student body |
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Black Codes |
Limited Rights of people who were formerly enslaved ( freeman) |
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Brown versus Board of Education 14th |
Segregation of schools violated equal protection clause |
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Civil disobedience |
Nonviolent refusal to comply with government, but still accepting consequences |
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Civil law |
Law dealing with disputes between individuals and corporations and government |
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Civil rights |
Everyone is protected from discrimination based on race, origin, religion, sex |
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De facto segregation |
Segregation maintained by practice |
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De jure segregation |
Segregation mandated by law |
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Equal protection Clause 14th |
No State can deny a person they're equal protection rights |
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Heightened scrutiny test Intermediate scrutiny test |
Sex based discrimination can be legal if Government can prove that in achievement is important public interest |
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Intersectionality |
Multiple forms of Oppression simultaneously |
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Jim Crow laws |
Black and white separation for public accommodations |
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Ordinary scrutiny test Rational basis test |
Sex based discrimination is legal if Government can achieve legitimate public interest |
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Poll tax |
Tax preventing poor black people from voting |
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Separate but equal Doctrine |
Separate but equal facilities don't violate 14th Amendment equal protection clause |
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Standing to sue |
Legal right to bring lawsuits in court |
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Strict scrutiny test |
Discrimination legal if Government can achieve a compelling public interest |
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Suspect classifications |
Distinctions based on race, religion, national origin |
