Set: 6.3 - Suffrage and Civil Rights

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GerrymanderingPractice of drawing electoral district lines (boundaries of the geographic area from which a candidate is elected to a public office) in order to limit the voting strength of a particular group or party
InjunctionCourt order that either compels (forces) or restrains (limits) the performance of some act by a private individual or by a public official
PreclearanceApproval (Voting rights Act of 1965 declared that no new election laws, and no changes in existing election laws, could go into effect in any of those States unless first given preclearance by the Department of Justic

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Creator basiagordon
Created May 26, 2009
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Subject Political Science
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