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| Which amendment prohibited denial of rights to vote based on race? |
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| What were some reasons as to why minorites were not automatically given the right to vote |
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| Grandfather Clause, White only primary, Poll tax, and Literacy Tests |
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| to deprive of the right to vote |
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| drawing odd shaped election districts line to influence an election, some times diluting political power of minorites |
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| Who were the Power Elite? |
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| Wealthy Americans who often worked behind the scenes, excercising the real decision making power in society |
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| stopping and questioning people on the basis of their race |
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| The Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
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| an act to enforce the 15th amendement to the Constitution of the US, and for other purposes. |
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| What are some examples of street crime? |
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| rape, robbery, homicide, assault, larceny, burglary, auto theft |
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| Examples of White-collar/Corporate Crime? |
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| embezzlement, anti-trust violations, market fixing |
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| Major steps in criminal justice? |
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| Detection of crime, Decision by police to arrest suspect, setting and administration of bail for the accused person, Decision by police or prosecutors of whether to press charges in court, and if so, what type of court, Decision by judge, judicial panel or jury to whether accused is guilty or innocent, Sentencing, that is te decision concerning the nature and severity of penalty |
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| fear or haterd of strangers or foreigners |
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| beliefs and policies favoring native born citizens over immigrants |
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| Why did/do immigrants come to the United States? |
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| to escape religious or political prosecution, better "life", etc (stuff like that) |
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| made it illegal to hire illegal aliens and gave business large fines and possible prison sentences for hiring illegal aliens |
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| Migration of one group into an area controlled by another group. |
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| Who were some of the girst immigrants? |
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| Spanish (1565) St Aug. FLA and English (1607) Jamestown VA |
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| The 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act did what? |
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| outlawed immigration for 10 years and denied naturalization to those in the US (they were not able to become citizens |
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| National Origins System 1921-1965? |
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| The system used the country of birth to determine whether an individual could enter the US as a legal alien |
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| makes poll tax unconstitutional, noone shall be denied of adridged (to vote) by the US or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax. |
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| when most professionals leave an industrialized nation for the US draining the most educated area from the country |
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| California Proposition 187 (1994) |
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| prohibits giving state financed services including health care services and public education to illegal immigrants and their children |
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| How do illegal aliens get here? |
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| illegally cross borders, enter legally and overstay their visas |
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| is composed of selected offenses used to gauge fluctuations in the volume and rate of crime reported to law enforcement. |
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