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Chapter 7
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History
8th Grade
03/23/2009

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Affirmative Action
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counteracts the effects of past discrimination
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poll tax
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is a fee for voting in an election
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suffrage
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is the righ to vote
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equal protection
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is the prinsipal that people mustreated fairly
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segregation
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is separationof blaks and whites in puvlic plase
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24 amendment
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ended the poll tax
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phillips martin marientta corporation
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supreme court ruled that a company could not have different hiring policies for women and men.
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14 amendedet
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14th ammendment
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Gave African- Americans Citizenship
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Dred Scott
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Decision interpreted the Constitution as allowing slavery
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19 Ammmendment
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was pushed by women
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13th Ammendment
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ended Slavery issue
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26th Ammendment
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Lowered voting age to 18.
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Arguement against Affirmative Action
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Resulted in reverse discrimination
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
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was overturned by Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
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