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RJ Ammons- Question #90-95
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Political Studies
11th Grade
12/12/2012

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90. Habeas Corpus
Definition
A court order demanding that an individual in custody be brought into court and shown the cause for detention

Glossary, pg. A32
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91. Civil Rights Act of 1964
Definition
Helped minorities with discrimination in public accommodations, segregation in the schools, and discriminatory conduct of employers i hiring, promoting, and firing employees.

Ch 5, pg 164
Term
92. Gerrymandering
Definition
Apportionment of voters in districts in such a way as to give unfair advantage to one racial or ethnic group or political party

Glossary, pg. A32
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93. Busing
Definition
Desegregation in the form of busing children from urban school districts to wealthier suburban ones

Ch 5, Pg 160
Term
94. Redlining
Definition
A practice in which banks refuse to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations

Ch 5, pg 171
Term
Equal Rights Amendment
Definition
An amendment favored by women "equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex"

This amendment was NOT passed

Ch 5, Pg. 172
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