Chapter 6 - AP Government and Politics - Schaffner - Civil Rights
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AP Government and Politics - Hononegah High
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 affirmative action | programs designed to increase minority participation in some institution (business,schools, labor unions, or government agencies) by taking positive steps to appoint more minority-group members |
| civil disobedience | Opposing a law one considers unjust by peacefully disobeying it and accepting the resultant punishment |
| 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 |
| equality of opportunity | giving people an equal chance to succeed |
| equality of result | Making certain that people achieve the same result. |
| Jim Crow | Laws written to separate blacks and whites in public areas/meant African Americans had unequal opportunities in housing, work, education, and government |
| police powers | a state's power to enact laws and regulations, not otherwise unconstituional, that promote health, safety, and morals |
| reverse discrimination | Using race or sex to give preferential treatment to some people. |
| separate but equal | Principle upheld in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public facilities was legal. |
| 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 classification | Classifications of people on the basis of their race or ethnicity. |
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