4 Flashcards
Citizen
A legal member of a political unit
Civic education
Education geared toward training the young to be good citizens
Civil liberties
Individual freedoms that the government cannot take away, including free speech, freedom of religion, and the rights of the accused.
Civil rights
The rights of equality under the law
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The major civil rights legislation in the modern era, the Civil Rights Act banned discrimination and segregation in public accommodation.
Civil Rights Cases
Supreme Court decision in 1883 that said the Fourteenth Amendment only made discrimination by government illegal; private citizens could do as they pleased.
Civil service
Government employees hired and promoted based on merit, not political connections.
Civil Service Commission
The first federal personnel agency.
Civil Service Reform Act of 1883
Law that established the federal civil service; also known as the Pendleton Act.
Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
Law that updated and reformed the civil service.
Civil society
The network of community relationships that builds social capital.
Civil war
A war fought within a single country between or among different groups of citizens who want to control the government and do not recognise another group’s right to rule.
Classical conservatism
A view that arose in opposition to classical liberalism; it claimed that tradition was very valuable, human reason limited, and stability essential.
Classical liberalism
A view that arose in the early modern era in Europe; it argues for the value of the individual, the necessity for freedom, the importance of rationalism, and the value of the free market.
Clear-and-present danger
A limit on free speech stipulating that speech that constitutes a “clear and present danger” can be banned.
