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Chapter 5
Civil Rights
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 1
10/02/2008

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Greensboro Lunch Counter
Definition
(1960)- black students went to a diner to see if they would be served
Term
Foundation of civil rights
Definition
14 amendment
equal protection clause
Term
African American rights
Definition
13- abolishment of slavery

15- voting rights for AA men
Term
Jim Crow laws
Definition
separation (bathrooms, water fountains, restaurants, ect.)
Term
Civil rights act of 1875
Definition
Separation but equal
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Brown v. Topeka board of education
Definition
doctrine of separate but equal had no place
Term
Civil right act of 1964 and 1968
Definition
public accommodations
school desegregation
busing
employment
voting rights
housing
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Women's rights
Definition
Seneca falls

19 amendment

equal right amendment- regardless of gender(failed by 3 states)
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Affirmative action
Definition
de jure- by law

de facto- without legal enforcement
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