Shared Flashcard Set

Details

chapter 5
civil rights
15
Political Studies
Undergraduate 2
05/03/2010

Additional Political Studies Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
seperate but equal doctrine
Definition
the doctrine holding that separate but equal facilities do not violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amend to the us constitution
Term
white primary
Definition

a state primary election that restricts voting to whites only, outlawed by the supreme court in 1944

Term
grandfather clause
Definition

- a device used by southern states to disenfranchise African Americans. It restricted voting to those whose grandfathers had voted before 1867

Term
poll tax
Definition

a special tax that must be paid as a qualification for voting. The twenty fourth amend to the constitution outlawed the poll tax in national elections, and in 1966, the supreme court declared it unconstitutional in state elections as well

Term
literacy tests
Definition
- a test administered as a precondition for voting often used to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote
Term
de facto segregation
Definition

racial segregation that occurs because of patterns of racial residence and similar social conditions

Term
de jure segregation
Definition

racial segregation that occurs because of laws or administrative decisions by public agencies

Term
busing
Definition
in the context of civil rights, the transportation of public school students from areas where they live to schools in other areas to eliminate school segregation based on residential patterns
Term
civil disobedience
Definition
a nonviolent public refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws
Term
suffrage
Definition
the right to vote; a vote given in favor of a proposed measure, candidate, or the like
Term
feminism
Definition

the movement that supports political, economic and social equality for women

Term
gender discrimination
Definition
any practice, policy, or procedure that denies equality of treatment to an individual or to a group because of gender
Term
hispanic
Definition
someone who can claim a heritage of a spanish speaking country
Term
fertitlity rate
Definition
a statistic that measures the average number of children that women in a given group are expected to have over the course of a lifetime
Term
affirmative action
Definition

a policy in educational admissions or job hiring that gives special attention or compensatory treatment to traditionally disadvantaged groups in an effort to overcome present effects of past discrimination.

Supporting users have an ad free experience!