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
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
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…
Scott v Sandford
13th amendment
14th amendment
15th amendment
The Supreme Court held that Black people were property and cou…
abolished slavery
granted "equal protection of the laws" to all
gave African Americans the right to vote
Scott v Sandford
The Supreme Court held that Black people were property and cou…
13th amendment
abolished slavery
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
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
Due Process Clause
Equal Protection Clause
The application of rights equally amongst all groups no matter…
Guarantees that no state shall deprive the rights of citizensh…
Opportunity to be treated fairly (civil liberty)
Opportunity to be treated the same (civil right)
Civil Rights
The application of rights equally amongst all groups no matter…
14th Amendment
Guarantees that no state shall deprive the rights of citizensh…
Civil rights
14th amendment
Equal protection of laws
Scott v sandford
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
Adopted after the Civil War. No state shall make or enforce an…
Part of the 14th amendment emphasizing that the laws must prov…
The 1857 Support Court case decision ruling that a slave who h…
Civil rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
14th amendment
Adopted after the Civil War. No state shall make or enforce an…
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
Thirteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
the right not to be discriminated against because of race, rel…
this amendment made slavery illegal
this amendment made African Americans citizens of the nation a…
this amendment gave black males the right to vote
civil rights
the right not to be discriminated against because of race, rel…
Thirteenth Amendment
this amendment made slavery illegal
Missouri Compromise
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Uncle Tom's Cabin
13th Amendment
Missouri entered as slave state, Maine entered as free state,…
Missouri Compromise is null
Main reason why rich whites joined the abolition movement, ope…
Ended Slavery
Missouri Compromise
Missouri entered as slave state, Maine entered as free state,…
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Missouri Compromise is null
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
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…
Civil Rights
14th Amendment
Equal Protection of the Law
13th Amendment
policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
the constitutional amendment adopted after the Civil War that…
part of the fourteenth amendment emphasizing that the laws mus…
...
Civil Rights
policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
14th Amendment
the constitutional amendment adopted after the Civil War that…
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 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
Suspect Classifications
Strict Scrutiny/Semi-Strict Scrutiny
Rationality Standard
the rights of people to be treated without unreasonable or unc…
Legal classifications, such as race and national origin, that…
A Supreme Court test to see if a law denies equal protection b…
The affected group being discriminated by the law must show th…
Civil Rights
the rights of people to be treated without unreasonable or unc…
Suspect Classifications
Legal classifications, such as race and national origin, that…
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…
Marbury V. Madison
McCulloch V. Maryland
Gibbons V. Ogden
Dread Scott Case
Established judicial review. The supreme court can decide what…
Established Implied powers. Powers not directly stated in the…
the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to…
Supreme court ruled that slaves are owned by their masters and…
Marbury V. Madison
Established judicial review. The supreme court can decide what…
McCulloch V. Maryland
Established Implied powers. Powers not directly stated in the…
Civil rights
Natural rights
Affirmative action
Naturalization
The rights of all people to be free from irrational discrimina…
The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called hum…
Remedial action designed to overcome the effects of discrimina…
A legal action conferring citizenship on an alien
Civil rights
The rights of all people to be free from irrational discrimina…
Natural rights
The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called hum…
13th amendment
Dred Scott v Stanford
15th amendment
jim crow laws
made slavery illegal
ruled that African Americans were not citizens
gave black males the right to vote
segregation of public facilities ... voting restrictions such as…
13th amendment
made slavery illegal
Dred Scott v Stanford
ruled that African Americans were not citizens
Civil Rights
Suffrage
Enfranchisement
13th Amendment
the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equ…
the right to vote in political elections.
to grant a franchise to; admit to citizenship, especially to t…
abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punis…
Civil Rights
the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equ…
Suffrage
the right to vote in political elections.
De Facto Segregation
De Jure Segregation
Civil Disobedience
Affirmative Action
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…
Programs designed to increase minority participation in some i…
De Facto Segregation
Racial segregation that occurs in schools, not as a result of…
De Jure Segregation
Racial segregation that is required by law.