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| refers to proactive actions by governments to protect individuals against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by government or individuals? |
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| which amendment has generated more litigation than any other constitutional provision with those seeking equality using the Constitution and litigation strategies as principal methods of attaining their goals? |
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| native americans were not considered us citzens until? |
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| native americans did not recieve citizenship through the Fourteenth Amendment because they were not subject to the _____ of the United States government. |
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| who founded the American Anti-Slavery Society? |
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| a well-known black abolitionist writer, quit the American Anti-Slavery Society because they refused to allow women to participate equally? |
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| nIn 1848, Elizabeth Cady ____ and Lucretia ____ sent out a call for the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, ____ ____ |
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| freed all slaves living in states in active rebellion against the United States. It did not free all slaves, just those in the Confederacy? |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| first time in history, Congress overrode a presidential veto? |
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| when johnson passed the civil rights act of 1866 |
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| women were opposed to which two amendments? |
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| who formed the national womens suffrage associatio? |
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| Stanton and Susan B. Anthony |
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| The Court ruled in a number of cases against a broad interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment in The ______ Cases |
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| Many Southern states added _____ clauses that prevented from voting those whose grandfathers had not been able to vote. |
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| The _____ Era (1890-1920) was a concerted effort to reform political, economic, and social affairs. |
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| a case that some refer to as the darkest hour in the history of the Supreme Court? |
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| Plessy boarded a train in New Orleans and went to the whites-only car. He was arrested when he refused to leave and sit in the colored section. He sued, arguing that the Fourteenth Amendment made such racial segregation illegal. The Supreme Court disagreed. They ruled that the Louisiana law was constitutional and that separate facilities for blacks and whites did not violate the Equal Protection Clause. This came to be known as the "____ ___ ___" doctrine. |
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| The first leaders of the NAACP included Jane _____ of Hull House and W.E.B. _____ |
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| This group was devoted to securing women's suffrage? |
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| national american women suffrage association |
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| the Court ruled that segregated systems must be dismantled "with all deliberate speed? |
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| selected to lead the Montgomery Improvement Association and the bus boycott? |
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| King went on to found the ____ ____ ____ Conference (SCLC) in 1957. This group had a Southern, Christian base, was run mostly by clergy, and reflected a growing belief in the importance of nonviolent protest. |
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| souther christian leadership |
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| _____was more radical than the_____.Among SNCC's tactics were "freedom rides" to focus attention on segregated public accommodations. |
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| which documented women’s dissatisfaction with their own lives and inability to find meaning through work, education and self -actualization. |
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| the first major piece of civil rights legislation since the post-Civil War years. |
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| The _____ ____ ____Commission (EEOC) was created by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to monitor and enforce bans on employment discrimination. |
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| equal employement opportunity |
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| In 1966, the ____ ____ __ ___(NOW) was formed to address the many remaining problems faced by women including laws against jury duty for women. |
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| national organization for women |
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