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AP Gov't Civil RIGHTS
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12/12/2005

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suspect categories
Definition
everything but white males. Historically treated badly.
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De jure segregation
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by LAW segregation
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De facto segregation
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by CUSTOM segregation
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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1896. Separate = equal.
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NAACP
Definition
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People- only group left in the world to use the term "colored people"
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Thurgood Marshall
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NAACP lawyer for Linda Brown in Brown v. Board I. Also first African American justice on the SCOTUS.
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
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1954. Separate is not equal. The first one made the decision, the second focused on plans for desegregation and integration- "all deliberate speed"
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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no discrimination in public facilities and in voter registration. Fed gov't can hold money from states and local areas not complying.
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24th Amendment
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no poll tax. Get out, poll tax. Nobody liked you anyway.
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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no literacy tests. federal officials can register new voters.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
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set up by LBJ as part of the Great Society to work on equal hiring and education practices.
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Native American Rights Fund
Definition
money designed to bring Native American law cases to court.
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Ben Nighthorse Campbell
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First Native American Congressman, elected in 1992. From Colorado.
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coverture
Definition
legal doctrine depriving married women from any identity different from that of their husbands. began to go away mid-nineteenth century.
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women's suffrage movement
Definition
right to vote for women. Probably began around 1848 at the Seneca Falls convention in NY, where the Document of Sentiments was drafted.
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Document of Sentiments
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signed by 100 men and women in support of women's rights at the Seneca Falls convention of 1848 in NY.
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19th Amendment
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1920. Women's right to vote. No vote shall be denied on the basis of sex.
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reasonableness standard
Definition
1970's. different treatment of genders must be "reasonable, not arbitrary, and must rest on blahdslf kjasldf" you get the picture.
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Rostker v. Goldberg
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1981. Only men can and must register for the draft.
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Equal Rights Amendment
Definition
failed attempt to add this to constitution: "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex." By 1978, 3 states had failed to ratify. Many feared it would send women to combat.
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Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
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1989. Some state restrictions on abortions. Scalia gets pissed at O'Connor for not overturning Roe v. Wade.
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comparable worth
Definition
comparison of men's paychecks to women's
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NOW
Definition
National Organization for Women. Tries to get women to do better. I dunno, why are you asking me?!
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Unz Bill
Definition
prevents teaching in any language other than English. is causing a commotion. Apparently caused by some guy named Ron Unz.
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ESL
Definition
English as a Second Language. Involves some issues like foreigners having to take classes in english when they actually speak another language better.
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
Definition
part of the Department of the Interior. Helps with benefits provided to Native Americans by the United States government.
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internment camps
Definition
Asians were thrown in these during WWII. It was not very nice or fair.
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AARP
Definition
American Association of Retired Persons. Over 30 million members. They lobby Congress to help with the rights of older Americans- health, housing, taxes, transportation, etc.
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Casey Martin v. PGA
Definition
Casey Martin was prevented from walking the full golf course for some reason, so he wanted to use a golf cart. The PGA would not let him. I can't even remember who won.
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IDEA
Definition
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Designed to provide equal treatment and education for kids with disabilities. Most recently amended in 2004.
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ADA
Definition
1990. Americans with Disabilities Act. Extended protections of races and women to the disabled.
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Hardwick v. Georgia
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1986. Forbidding homosexual rights is constitutional, based on original intent- since they banned it in 1776, it must be illegal now! This decision does NOT hold today. It was overturned by Lawrence v. Texas.
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Romer v. Evans
Definition
1996. It ain't cool to deliberately make laws to prevent homosexual activity.
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Equality of opportunity vs. Equality of result
Definition
Equality of results people like affirmative action. Equality of opportunity people call it reverse discrimination. Man, is their name ironic.
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Bakke v. California
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1978. White guy says he was discriminated against. Court agrees- quotas are unconstitutional, but affirmative action is ok.
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13th Amendment
Definition
Screw slavery. Slavery sucks.
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15th Amendment
Definition
Voting rights.
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Suffragettes
Definition
women fighting for their rights and stuff. especially to vote.
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Hyde Amendment
Definition
Sponsored by Henry Hyde. No federal money permitted for abortion except when the mom's life is in danger.
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Casey v. Planned Parenthood
Definition
I think I might have done this one already. Eliminated the wacky trimester system for abortion that Blackmun set up in Roe v. Wade, but still allowed abortions.
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Lawrence v. Texas
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2003. Overturning Hardwick, SC finds that TX law banning homosexual sodomy is unconstitutional.
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strict scrutiny
Definition
state must have "compelling interest" for enacting law in restricting 1st amendment freedoms, and must use "least restrictive means." Used for cases involving suspect classes.
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