AP Government - Civil Rights
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Due Process of Law | Denies the government the right, without due process, to deprive the people of life, liberty, and property. |
| De Facto Segregation | Racial segregation that occurs in schools, not as a result of the law, but as a result of patterns of residential settlement. |
| De Jure Segregation | Racial segregation that is required by law. |
| Civil Disobedience | Opposing a law one considers unjust by peacefully disobeying it and accepting the resulting punishment. |
| Affirmative Action | Programs designed to increase minority participation in some institutions (businesses, schools, labor unions, or government agencies) by taking positive steps to appoint more minority-group members. |
| Strict Scrutiny | A Supreme Court test to see if a law denies equal protection because it does not serve a compelling state interest and is not narrowly tailored to achieve that goal. |
| Suspect Classifications | Classifications of people on the basis of their race or ethnicity. |
| Equal Rights Amendment | Intended to guarantee that equal rights under any law could not be denied on account of sex, however was not ratified. |
| Civil Rights | The rights of the people to be treated without unreasonable or unconstitutional differences. |
| Separate-But-Equal Doctrine | Doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) that African Americans could constitutionally be kept in separate but equal facilities. |
| Southern Manifesto | Document written by legislators in Congress who opposed racial integration in public places and intended to counter the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. |
| Racial Profiling | The use of an individual's race or ethnicity by law enforcement in order to decide whether to engage in enforcement. |
| Seneca Falls Convention | Women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls. |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Legislation that ended racial segregation and outlawed major forms of discrimination against blacks and women. |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | Outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the disenfranchisement of blacks. |
| Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) 1990 | Prohibited discrimination based on disability. |
| Equal Protection Clause | A standard of equal treatment that must be observed by the government. |
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