Study sets matching "ap government civil rights"
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Civil Rights
14th Amendment
Equal Protection of the laws
Scott vs. Sanford
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are…
a standard of equal treatment that must be observed by the gov…
1857 supreme court case ruling that a slave that has escaped t…
Civil Rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
14th Amendment
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are…
Civil Rights
14th Amendment
Equal Protection of the laws
Scott vs. Sanford
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are…
a standard of equal treatment that must be observed by the gov…
1857 supreme court case ruling that a slave that has escaped t…
Civil Rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
14th Amendment
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are…
Civil Rights
14th Amendment
Equal Protection clause
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are guaranteed equ…
all citizens receive "equal protection of the laws."
1857 supreme court case ruling that a slave that has escaped t…
Civil Rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
14th Amendment
all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are guaranteed equ…
Civil Rights
Equal Protection Clause
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
-Government action to create equal conditions... -Right of a mino…
-Contained in Fourteenth Amendment... -Declares that no state sha…
-Landmark legislation that banned racial segregation in school…
-Landmark legislation that outlawed discriminatory voting prac…
Civil Rights
-Government action to create equal conditions... -Right of a mino…
Equal Protection Clause
-Contained in Fourteenth Amendment... -Declares that no state sha…
Civil Rights
14th Amendment
Equal Protection clause
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are guaranteed equ…
all citizens receive "equal protection of the laws."
1857 supreme court case ruling that a slave that has escaped t…
Civil Rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
14th Amendment
all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are guaranteed equ…
Civil Rights
Equal Protection Clause
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
-Government action to create equal conditions... -Right of a mino…
-Contained in Fourteenth Amendment... -Declares that no state sha…
-Landmark legislation that banned racial segregation in school…
-Landmark legislation that outlawed discriminatory voting prac…
Civil Rights
-Government action to create equal conditions... -Right of a mino…
Equal Protection Clause
-Contained in Fourteenth Amendment... -Declares that no state sha…
Civil Rights
14th Amendment
Equal Protection of the laws
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are…
a standard of equal treatment that must be observed by the gov…
(1896) Supreme Court decision that created the "separate but e…
Civil Rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
14th Amendment
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are…
Civil Rights
14th Amendment
Equal Protection of the laws
13th Amendment
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are…
a standard of equal treatment that must be observed by the gov…
Abolished slavery. First of three "Reconstruction Amendments"…
Civil Rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
14th Amendment
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are…
Since the Civil War, there has been a c…
The Constitution has several clauses th…
The passage of the Constitution amendme…
The first major crisis over slavery occ…
Expansion of civil rights
Denying women the right to vote, slaves being treated as prope…
The 14th amendment
1820
Since the Civil War, there has been a c…
Expansion of civil rights
The Constitution has several clauses th…
Denying women the right to vote, slaves being treated as prope…
Civil Rights
14th Amendment
Equal Protection clause
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are guaranteed equ…
all citizens receive "equal protection of the laws."
1857 supreme court case ruling that a slave that has escaped t…
Civil Rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
14th Amendment
all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are guaranteed equ…
Civil Rights
14th Amendment
Equal Protection of the laws
Scott vs. Sanford
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are…
a standard of equal treatment that must be observed by the gov…
1857 supreme court case ruling that a slave that has escaped t…
Civil Rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
14th Amendment
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are…
Civil Rights
14th Amendment
Equal Protection clause
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are guaranteed equ…
all citizens receive "equal protection of the laws."
1857 supreme court case ruling that a slave that has escaped t…
Civil Rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
14th Amendment
all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are guaranteed equ…
Civil Liberties
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Ex Post Facto Law
Bill of Attainder
-Rights belonging to all citizens... -Can also be defined as limi…
-Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determi…
-A law making an action illegal retroactively... -Criminalizes ac…
-Act of the legislature declaring a person or group of persons…
Civil Liberties
-Rights belonging to all citizens... -Can also be defined as limi…
Writ of Habeas Corpus
-Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determi…
Civil Rights
14th Amendment
Equal Protection clause
Scott vs. Sanford
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are guaranteed equ…
all citizens receive "equal protection of the laws."
1857 supreme court case ruling that a slave that has escaped t…
Civil Rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
14th Amendment
all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are guaranteed equ…
Civil Liberties
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Ex Post Facto Law
Bill of Attainder
-Rights belonging to all citizens... -Can also be defined as limi…
-Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determi…
-A law making an action illegal retroactively... -Criminalizes ac…
-Act of the legislature declaring a person or group of persons…
Civil Liberties
-Rights belonging to all citizens... -Can also be defined as limi…
Writ of Habeas Corpus
-Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determi…
Fiscal Policy
Double Jeopardy
Indictment
Sedition
Taxing and spending policies
Being prosecuted twice for the same offense. Banned by the 5th…
Grand Jury order that suspect must stand trial for a criminal…
Advocacy of the overthrow of the government.
Fiscal Policy
Taxing and spending policies
Double Jeopardy
Being prosecuted twice for the same offense. Banned by the 5th…
Due Process of Law
De Facto Segregation
De Jure Segregation
Civil Disobedience
Denies the government the right, without due process, to depri…
Racial segregation that occurs in schools, not as a result of…
Racial segregation that is required by law.
Opposing a law one considers unjust by peacefully disobeying i…
Due Process of Law
Denies the government the right, without due process, to depri…
De Facto Segregation
Racial segregation that occurs in schools, not as a result of…
Civil Rights
14th Amendment
Equal Protection of the laws
Scott vs. Sanford
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are…
a standard of equal treatment that must be observed by the gov…
1857 supreme court case ruling that a slave that has escaped t…
Civil Rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
14th Amendment
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are…
13th amendment
14th amendment
15th amendment
19th amendment
Abolishes slavery, and involuntary servitude, except as punish…
Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Cla…
Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color…
women's right to vote enabled.
13th amendment
Abolishes slavery, and involuntary servitude, except as punish…
14th amendment
Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Cla…
Civil Liberties
Civil Rights
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Ex Post Facto
Protections the Constitution provides against the abuse of gov…
Protecting Certain Groups against Discrimination
Article 1, Section 9 Relief from unlawful imprisonment, legal…
A law that makes illegal an act that was legal when committed,…
Civil Liberties
Protections the Constitution provides against the abuse of gov…
Civil Rights
Protecting Certain Groups against Discrimination
Civil Rights
14th Amendment
Equal Protection of the laws
Scott vs. Sanford
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are…
a standard of equal treatment that must be observed by the gov…
1857 supreme court case ruling that a slave that has escaped t…
Civil Rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
14th Amendment
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are…
Civil Rights
14th Amendment
Equal Protection clause
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are guaranteed equ…
all citizens receive "equal protection of the laws."
1857 supreme court case ruling that a slave that has escaped t…
Civil Rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
14th Amendment
all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are guaranteed equ…
Civil Liberties
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Ex Post Facto Law
Bill of Attainder
- belong to all citizens... - limitations on the power of the gov…
-Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determi…
-A law making an action illegal retroactively... -Criminalizes ac…
-Act of the legislature declaring a person or group of persons…
Civil Liberties
- belong to all citizens... - limitations on the power of the gov…
Writ of Habeas Corpus
-Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determi…
Civil Rights
14th Amendment
Equal Protection clause
13th Amendment
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are guaranteed equ…
all citizens receive "equal protection of the laws."
Abolished slavery. First of three "Reconstruction Amendments"…
Civil Rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
14th Amendment
all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are guaranteed equ…
Civil Rights
14th Amendment
Equal Protection of the laws
Scott vs. Sanford
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are…
a standard of equal treatment that must be observed by the gov…
1857 supreme court case ruling that a slave that has escaped t…
Civil Rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
14th Amendment
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are…