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
mexican repatriaition
lation americans were forcibly removed back to mexico
what was the first significant restriction on immigaration to the US
chinese people and asians
korematsu v. United States
authority for relocation of chinese was within the war power of the president of the US
immigration act of 1924
established quotas for ethnic groups based on the americans from each nationality resident
immigration and nationality act of 1965
congreses rescinded the quota system and the especially severe restrictions on asian immigrations
how to apply for a US citizenship
legal permant resident for 5 yrs or legal marrieed for 3 yrs and test on american gov.
black codes
prevented them from voting, owning land, and leaving plantations
civil rights act
guranteed the right of freedman to make contracts, sue in courts if those contracts were violated and own property
when would the miltary men keave the confederate states
when the state would ratified the 14th admendement guranteeing black sufrage
reconstruction
former confederate states gained readmission to the union and the federal government passed laws that emanicpated slave persons
equal protection clause
prevent states from denying any persons the equal protection of the laws (14th admendment)
poll taxes
tax on voting prohibited by the 24th admendment
jim crow laws
sourthern laws that established strict segregation of the races and gave their names to the segregation era
separate but equal doctrine by pless v Fergueson
supreme court doctrine that upheld segregation as long as there were equivalent facilities for black citizens
English policy of coverture
married woman had no rights, no propertyy, no wages, and no contracts
which was the only state to allow voting for women
new jersey
womans suffrage movement
movement to grant women the right to vote
what was the difference btw the national woman suffrage asssociation and the american woman suffrage association
NWSA wanted change a constitutional admendement bs AWSA wanted a stat by state suffrage rights
susan b anthony and elizabeth cady santon formed what organization?
national woman suffrage associaiton
what did virgina minor sued against missouri for?
voting but she actually couldnt
protective legislation for women?
it was laws prohbitiing women to work in the employment field
what did members of the naTIONAL WOMEN PARTY DO
picketed the white house with banners for liberity bc they wanted what pres. woodrow wilson was aiming for in europe- liberity but got arrested
obama adminstration do about the sexual harassment in college campuses
sent a “Dear Colegue” letter stating that sexual harssament was a form of sexual disrmination and that if colleges were not activel fighting it, they would lose their federal aid
