Civil Rights and Liberties
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23 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Civil Rights | full citizenship and equality under the law |
| White Primary | southern states allowed only whites to vote |
| grandfather clause | could vote if ancestors had in 1867 |
| poll tax | money paid in order to vote |
| literacy tests | required voters to read and explain a section of the constitution |
| familiarity | behavior that implies a close friendship (with a white woman for african americans) |
| de facto | segragation existing not legally required |
| de jure | segregation by law |
| busing | racial balance by transporting students to schools across neighborhood boundaries |
| civil disobedience | nonviolent refusal to obey unjust laws |
| subpoena | a command to appear at a specified time and place to testify |
| suffrage | right to vote |
| feminism | political, economic, and social equality for women |
| gender discrimination | practice, policy, or procedure that denies equal treatment because of gender |
| sexual harassment | unwanted conduct or abuse of sexual nature that creates stress |
| affirmative action | programs make up for past discrimination by helping minority groups and women gain access to jobs and opportunities |
| reverse discrimination | affirmative action program dicriminates against those with no minority status |
| mandatory retirement | forced retirement when a person reaches a certain age |
| civil law | law dealing with private rights of individuals or noncriminal matters |
| criminal law | the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment (government prosecutor) |
| majority | the age at which a person is considered competent to manage their own affairs |
| necessaries | whatever is reasonably necessary for suitable subsistence as measured by age, state, condition in life, and the like. |
| common law | a law established by following earlier judicial decisions |
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