Ch 5 Flashcards
amendment that has to do with black male suffrage
15th amendment
this ends the black codes
Voting rights act of 1965
Jim Crow laws have to do with what?
segregation
what is the first civil rights case the court ever hears?
Scott vs Sanford
difference between dejure and de facto
dejure - by law
de facto - by fact
case that has to do with doctrine of “separate but equal”
Plessy v. Ferguson
group that helped black Americans challenge state laws denying them access to white only universities
NAACP
case where the supreme court struck down the “separate but equal” doctrine and ordered the desegregation of the nations public schools (overturned Plessy v. Ferguson)
Brown v. Board of Education
used by the supreme court to put the burden on the state government to establish the constitutionality of its actions.
strict scrutiny
what happened to segregation created by law (de jure)
it was struck down
the most comprehensive legislation to date designed to eliminate racial discrimination
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (CRA of 1964)
a full decade after Brown vs Ferguson, what percentage of African American children in the south attended integrated schools
less than 1%
the belief that women should be spared from life’s cruelties. This served as the basis for many laws that discriminated against women
Protectionism
what year did the supreme court upheld Oregon work laws requiring women to work fewer hours (Muller vs Oregon)
1908
which amendment led to women’s suffrage?
19th amendment
case where court found that violations of Title IX of the 1972 Education Act could be remedied with monetary damages. Title IX forbade gender discrimination in education.
Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools
case where the United States brought suit against Virginia and VMI alleging that the school’s male-only admissions policy was unconstitutional insofar as it violated the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause
United States v. Virgina
a US supreme court case that recognized sexual harassment as a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (hostile environment)
Meritor Savings Bank vs. Vinson
it was the first ruling in the United States in favor of desegregation
Mendez v. Westminster
case that made it illegal for school boards to designate specific buildings for Mexican-American students on school grounds
Delgado v. Del Rio ISD
case where the US Supreme Court recognized Mexican Americans as a class whose rights Anglos had violated through Jim Crow practices
Hernandez v. State of Texas
act that suspended immigration of Chinese workers
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
case where the Supreme Court ruled that anyone born in the United States could not be denied citizenship (1898)
US vs. Wong Kim Ark
Act that rescinded the 1790 law that prohibited Asians from becoming citizens
McCarren - Walter Act (1952)
