5-1 5-3 Flashcards
civil rights
set of rights centered around the concept of equal treatment that gov is obliged to protect
public discrimination
discrimination by national, state or local governments
private discrimination
discrimination by private infdiivuals or businesses
equality of oppurtnity
expectation that citizens may not be discriminted against on account of race, gender, or national background and htat every citizien should have equal chance to suceed in life
equality of outcome
expectation that equality is achoeved if results are comparable for all citizens regardless of race, gender, or national background or that such groups are proportionally represented in measures in sucess in life.
missouri compromise
free slaves from the norrthen border of the southern border of missouri keeping most of the lousina purchase land free
compromise of 1850
mexican war territories are now permited to be free or have slavery
kansas-nebraska act
allows each state to vote whether to have slavery or not
dred scott v sandford
supreme court decision declared blacks are not citizens and congress can not ban slavery in the territories
pres. lincol emancipation proclamation
union states ban slavery
juneteeth
last enslaved persons in confederate states were freed
citizenship
full-fledged membership in a nation
indian appropriations act
reserved lands for the indian people
native american boarding schools
eradicte indigenous culture
treaty of Guadalupe Hidlago
ended the mexican american war and became the many now states