Set: Civil Rights Movement: Precedents &terminology

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TermDefinition
Equal Protection ClauseGuarantantees Civil Rights; added after Civil War; 14th Amend
1950s &1960sAfrican Americans discriminated by states throughout these years
Black CodesKept slaves from voting; literacy tests, poll taxes, registration laws, white primaries
Civil Rights Act of 1875Required African Americans to take racial discrimination cases to federal court; unconstitutional (1883)
Jim Crow LawsSegregated schools, public transportation, hotels
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)Jim Crow Laws upheld; Separate but equal doctrine
Executive Order 8802 (1941)FDR banned racial discrimination in denfense indsutry &govt offices
Executive Order 9981 (1948)Truman desegregated armed forces
Brown v. BOE (1954)Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson; Separate but equal unconstitutional
Brown v. BOE II (1955)Order of desegregation of schools "with all deliberate speed"
Civil Rights Act of 1957Created Civil Rights Division with Justice Department; Crime to prevent a person from voting in Federal elections
Civil Rights Act of 1964Prohibited discrimination in employment/public accommodation; Outlawed bias in federal-funded programs; Est'd Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Voting Rights Act of 1965Register voters; outlaws literacy tests &other discrimmination test in voter registration
Civil Rights Act of 1991Easier for job applicants and employees to bring suit against employers with discrimminatory hiring process

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akrider : Changed 1950s &1960s → African Americans discriminated by states to 1950s &1960s → African Americans discriminated by states throughout these years
akrider : Changed Civil RIhgts Act of 1991 → Easier for ob applicants and employees to bring suit against employers with discrimminatory hiring process to Civil Rhigts Act of 1991 → Easier for ob applicants and employees to bring suit against employers with discrimminatory hiring process
akrider : Changed Civil Rhigts Act of 1991 → Easier for ob applicants and employees to bring suit against employers with discrimminatory hiring process to Civil Rihgts Act of 1991 → Easier for ob applicants and employees to bring suit against employers with discrimminatory hiring process
akrider : Changed Civil Rihgts Act of 1991 → Easier for ob applicants and employees to bring suit against employers with discrimminatory hiring process to Civil Rights Act of 1991 → Easier for ob applicants and employees to bring suit against employers with discrimminatory hiring process
akrider : Changed Civil Rights Act of 1991 → Easier for ob applicants and employees to bring suit against employers with discrimminatory hiring process to Civil Rights Act of 1991 → Easier for job applicants and employees to bring suit against employers with discrimminatory hiring process
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  1. Voting Rights Act of 1965 Register voters; outlaws literacy tests &other discrimmination test in voter registration - 14 misses
  2. Civil Rights Act of 1957 Created Civil Rights Division with Justice Department; Crime to prevent a person from voting in Federal elections - 9 misses
  3. Civil Rights Act of 1964 Prohibited discrimination in employment/public accommodation; Outlawed bias in federal-funded programs; Est'd Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - 6 misses
  4. Executive Order 9981 (1948) Truman desegregated armed forces - 3 misses
  5. Civil Rights Act of 1875 Required African Americans to take racial discrimination cases to federal court; unconstitutional (1883) - 2 misses
  6. Executive Order 8802 (1941) FDR banned racial discrimination in denfense indsutry &govt offices - 1 miss
  7. Civil Rights Act of 1991 Easier for job applicants and employees to bring suit against employers with discrimminatory hiring process - 1 miss