Chapter 5 Vocab

Question 0

Generally, all rights rooted in the 14th amendments guarantee of equal protection under the law.

Answer 0

Civil rights

Question 1

The transportation of public school students from areas where they live to schools in other areas to eliminate school segregation based on residential patterns.

Answer 1

Busing

Question 2

A method invoked to close off debate and to bring the matter under consideration to a vote in the Senate.

Answer 2

Cloture

Question 3

Racial segregation that occurs because of past social and economic conditions and residential patterns.

Answer 3

De Facto Segregation

Question 4

Racial segregation that occurs because of laws or administrative decisions by public agencies.

Answer 4

De Jure Segregation

Question 5

A commission established by the 1964 civil rights to (1) end discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin in conditions of employment and (2) promote voluntary action programs by employers, unions, and community organizations to foster equal job opportunities.

Answer 5

Equal employment opportunity commission (EEOC)

Question 6

The movement that supports political, economic, and social equality for women.

Answer 6

Feminism

Question 7

In the Senate, and unlimited debate to halt action on a particular bill.

Answer 7

Filibuster

Question 8

Any practice, policy, or procedure that denies equality of treatment to an individual or to a group because of gender.

Answer 8

Gender discrimination

Question 9

A device used by southern states to exempt whites from state taxes and literacy laws originally intended to disfranchise African-American voters.

Answer 9

Grandfather clause

Question 10

A test administered as a precondition for voting, often used to prevent African-Americans from exercising their right to vote.

Answer 10

Literacy test

Question 11

A special tax that must be paid as he qualification for voting.

Answer 11

Poll tax

Question 12

The doctrine holding that segregation in schools and public accommodations does not imply that one race is superior to another; and that separate but equal facilities do not violate the equal protection clause.

Answer 12

Separate but equal doctrine

Question 13

Unwanted physical or verbal conduct or abuse of a sexual nature that infers with the recipients job performance, creates a hostile environment, or carries with it and implicit or explicit threat of adverse employment consequences.

Answer 13

Sexual harassment

Question 14

Illegal writ requiring a person’s appearance in court to give testimony.

Answer 14

Subpoena

Question 15

The right to vote; the franchise.

Answer 15

Suffrage

Question 16

A state primary election that restricts voting to whites only; outlawed by the Supreme Court in 1944.

Answer 16

White primary