Chapter 6 Study Guide

Question 1

Coverture

Answer 1

States that women are property and prevented them from signing contracts and getting divorced

Question 2

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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Monitor protection against job discrimination

Question 3

De facto segregation

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Unintentional discrimination

Question 4

Equality of Opportunity

Answer 4

Each individual is given the same opportunities to succeed in life

Question 5

Equality of Result

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Idea that people have same wealth and social status of the people around them to ensure equal opportunity to everyone

Question 6

Jim Crow Laws

Answer 6

Black code that defined and enforced segregation

Question 7

Martin Luther King Jr.

Answer 7

Organized non-violent demonstrations through the church; emphasize civil disobedience

Question 8

NAACP

Answer 8

Interest group established to abolish segregation and gain civil rights for blacks

Question 9

Suspect Classification

Answer 9

Subjects, such as race, require the highest level of scrutiny from the Supreme Court

Question 10

Reverse Discrimination

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Giving preferential treatment to groups of races that have been discriminated against previously

Question 11

Americans with Disabilities Act

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Any individual with a form of disability can be allowed access to any public facility

Question 12

14th Amendment: Equal Protection Clause

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Equal protection under the due process of law; everybody has to be treated equally regardless of race, sex, etc.

Question 13

Grandfather Clause

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If grandfather voted, then you were allowed to vote

Question 14

Literacy Test

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Unfair tests that were subjective towards blacks to keep them from voting

Question 15

Title IX

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Provides girls with an equal opportunity to play competitive sports in schools

Question 16

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

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Recognizes “reality of wage distribution”; compensate for any discrimination evident in a paycheck

Question 17

19th Amendment

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Women have the right to vote

Question 18

Strict Scrutiny

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Challenges constitutional validity of a state practice; see if a law violates the equal protection clause

Question 19

Racial Gerrymandering

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Dividing state districts into regions based on racial demographics

Question 20

Civil Disobedience

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Peacefully protesting against the law and accepting the punishment

Question 21

De jure segregation

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Purposeful discrimination under the law

Question 22

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy

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Banned discrimination in military regarding sexuality; protect soldiers form getting discharged if came out as gay or lesbian

Question 23

Equal Rights Amendment

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Guaranteed equal rights to all women

Question 24

Voting Rights Act 1965

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Outlaw any arbitrary and discriminatory voting practices

Question 25

Little Rock

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Nine black students went to an all-white school and faced a series of brutal protests

Question 26

NOW

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Interest group representing issues of gender inequality and sex discrimination in the workplace

Question 27

White Flight

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White southerners moved north to the suburbs to avoid desegregation in schools

Question 28

Affirmative Action

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Effort to increase the number of minorities in companies and schools

Question 29

Civil Rights Act 1964

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Outlaw discrimination based on race, color, or gender in public places

Question 30

White Primary

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Primary elections in which only white southerners were allowed to vote

Question 31

Poll Tax

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Tax imposed by the state that must be payed in order to vote in elections

Question 32

Integration

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Desegregation of public places, ensuring equal treatment and service

Question 33

The Feminine Mystique (1963)

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Exposed to society why women we depressed because they were bored all the time and felt they had no purpose

Question 34

Equal Pay

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Ensures that all men and women are payed equally

Question 35

15th Amendment

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Declared that all citizens are guaranteed the right to vote

Question 36

24th Amendment

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Barred the poll tax

Question 37

13th Amendment

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Banned slavery and declared blacks U.S. citizens

Question 38

Civil Rights

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Rights of all citizens that protects against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment based on race, sex, gender, religion, etc.