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Details Title: Goverment, Chapter 21 Description: Discrimination and all that good stuff Total Flash Cards: 18 Created: 12/14/2005 14:16:57	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term reservations Definition areas of public land set aside by a government for use by a Native American Term refugee Definition one who leaves his/her homelands to seek refuge from war, persecution or other dangers Term segregation Definition separation or isolation of a racial or other group from the rest of teh population in education or other areas of public or private activity Term Jim Crow Law Definition law to isolate/separate one group of people on basis of race Term separate-but-equal doctrine Definition long held by the Supreme Court that the 14th Amend ment's Equal Protection Clausedid not forbid racial segregation so long as the separate facilities for African-Americans were equal to the ones provided for whites; overturned by Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka Term de jure segregation Definition segregation that exists by law Term de facto segregation Definition segregation that exists "in fact", not as a result of laws or government actions Term affirmative action Definition Policy that requires that both punlic and private organizations take positive steps to overcome the effects of past discrimination Term quota Definition Rules requiring certain numbers of jobs or promotions for certain groups Term reverse discrimination Definition a description of affirmative action by critics of the policy; holds that giving preference to females and/or minorities discriminates against members of the majority group Term citizen Definition one who owes allegiance to a state and is entitled to its protection Term jus sanguini Definition aquisition of American citizenshop at birth because of the citizenship of one or both parents, the "law of blood" to whome born Term jus soli Definition acquisition of American citizenship at birth, because of birth in the US, the "law of soil" where born Term naturalization Definition legal process by which a person born a citizen of one country becomes a citizen of another Term alien Definition one who is not a citizen (or national) of the state in which he/she lives Term expatriation Definition Act by which one renounces (forfeits) citizenship Term denaturalization Definition court revocation of naturalized citizenship through due process of law Term deported Definition legal process in which aliens are legally required to leave the U.S.