Ch 5 Vocab Flashcards

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No state shall make or enforce any laws that may abridge privileges or immunities

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Fourteenth amendment

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Policies designed to protect oll agaunst arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by givt officials or individuals

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Civil rights

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Laws must provide equivalrnt protection to all ppl

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Equal protection o the laws

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Abolishment of slavery

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13th amendment

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Made racial discrimination against any group in hotels,motels, & restaraunte illegal and forbade many forms of job discrimination

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Civil rights act of 1964

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Right to vote

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Suffrage

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Extends suffrage to blacks

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15th amendment

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Small taxes levied on the right to vote that often fell due at a time of yr when black sharecroppers had least cash on hand

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Poll taxes

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Only whites voting preventing blacks from voting

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White primary

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Declared poll taxes void in federal elections

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24th amendment

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Helped end ormal an informal barriers fo black suffrage

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Voting rights act of 1965

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Policy designed to give special attention to or compensatory treatment for members of some previously disadvantaged group

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Affirmative action

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Reguires employers and public facilities to make reasonable accomodations for ppl with disabilities and prohibits discrimination against these induviduals in employment

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Americans with disabilities act of 1990

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Issue raises when women who hold traditionally female jobs are paid less than men for working at jobs requiring comparable skill

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Combarable worth

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