| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Thirteenth Amendment | Ended slavery |
| Fourteenth Amendment | Defines citizenship, gives citizens equal protection under the law, and due process of life, liberty and property |
| Fifteenth Amendment | Right to vote for former slaves. |
| Selective Incorporation | Use of the 14th amendment to incorporate sections of the bill of rights over a period of time. |
| Dred Scott v. Sanford | He was a slave who was taken to a free state. He claimed that he was no longer a slave because he lived in a free state. Supreme Court ruled that he was still a slave because he was not guaranteed the same rights as citizens. |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | segregation was OK so long as facilities were equal |
| Brown v. Board of Education | Segregation is not OK under any circumstances. |
| De Facto Segregation | Segregation through circumstance not by law |
| De Jure Segregation | Segregation by law |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Made discrimination in public accommodations (hotels, restaurants, etc) illegal. Also made employment discrimination illegal. |
| Twenty-fourth Amendment | Outlawed poll taxes. |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | Allowed the federal government to send voter registrars to areas where voting registration violations took place. Later challenged and ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. |
| Equal Opportunity Act of 1964 | Provided funding for educatino and work training to fight poverty |
| Fair Housing Act of 1968 | Banned discrimination in housing based on race |
| Civil Rights Act of 1991 | Added to the Act of 1964 by providing damages to individuals (employed) who were intentionally discriminated against |
| Affirmative Action | Giving equal opportunity to people to attend schools, get jobs and find housing who had previously been denied because of race |
| University of California v. Bakke | He applied to medical school and was turned down. His scores were too low but were higher than the scores used to admit minority students based on the schools quota. His claim was reverse discrimination. Supreme Court agreed. |
| Nineteenth Amendment | Gave women the right to vote |
| Title IX | Provided that there could not be discrimination based on gender in any federally funded program |
| Americans with Disabilities Act | Defined disability; Required that buildings be able to accommodate the handicapped; illegal to discriminate based on disability |
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