Chapter Sixteen: Civil Rights Flashcards
Suspect categories
certain divisions in society (such as sex, race, and ethnicity) are suspect categories and laws that affect these groups will be subject to strict scrutiny
Jim Crow Laws
segregation in the South (de jure segregation)
De jure
by law
De facto
in reality
Plessy v. Ferguson
separate but equal is constitutional
Separate but equal
determined unconstitutional by Brown v. Board (undermined Plessy)
Office of Economic Opportuniy
set guidelines for equal hiring and education practices
Busing
students were transported from areas where they lived to schools in other areas to achieve school diversity
Coverture
deprived married women of any identity separate from that of their husbands
Don’t ask don’t tell
you could be gay in the military, but you couldn’t freely expressed it or else you were out of the military
Obergefell v. Hodges
made same-sex marriage legal
Civil Rights Act of 1964
banned discrimination in public facilities and voter registration and allowed government to withhold federal funds from states and local areas that did not comply to this law
Voting Rights Act of 1965
outlawed literacy tests and allowed federal officials to register new voters
Reservations
land given to Native Americans as tribes by the federal government
19th amendment
women’s suffrage - women have the right to vote
