Chapter 5 Flashcards
Civil Rights
Civil rights
- Guarantee equal protection under law
- Rooted in the 14th Amendment
14th Amendment
- Those born in the US are citizens
- Right to life liberty and property
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Implemented the extension of citizenship to anyone born in the US and gave African-Americans full equality before the law.
Enforcement Act of 1870
Set out criminal penalties on those who interfered with the right to vote.
Civil Rights Act of 1872
- Known as the anti Klu Klux Klan Act
- Made it a crime for anyone to use law or custom to deprive an individual of rights, privileges, and immunities secured by the Constitution or by any federal law.
The Second Civil Rights Act (1875)
Declare that everyone is entitled to full and equal enjoyment of public accommodations and places of public amusement.
Plessy vs Ferguson
- African-American Homer Plessy was told to leave a train because it was only for whites.
- introduced the “separate but equal” doctrine
Separate but equal
Separation of races in places they could interact with each other do not imply inferiority of race.
Voting barriers
- grandfather clause
- poll taxes
- white primary
- literacy tests
Grandfather clause
Restricted voting to those who can prove that their ancestors had voted before 1867
White primary
Prevented African Americans from voting in the primaries.
Poll taxes
Required payment of a fee to vote.
Literacy tests
Only people who could read can vote.
Brown vs Board of Education
Ruled that “separate but equal” doctrine segregation is against the 14th Amendment.
De jure segregation
Racial segregation due to laws.