civil liberties

Question 1

Civil liberties

Answer 1

MAINTAINS RIGHTS
Due legal constitutional rights that protect you from certain government actions
Ex: 1st amend - free exercise clause
and establishment clause

Question 2

what is the difference between civil liberties and civil rights

Answer 2

Civil liberties are the freedoms guaranteed to Americans by the Constitution, primarily by the Bill of Rights.
Civil Rights are the rights of citizens that cannot be denied by a group or individual society.

Question 3

Civil rights

Answer 3

Policies protecting people against discrimatory treatment by government or private individuals
ex: civil rights act, affrimative action, social justice movements

Question 4

13th amendment

Answer 4

banned slavery and involuntary servitude

Question 5

14th amendment

Answer 5

granted citizenship to all persons “born or naturalized in the United States,” including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,”

Question 6

due process clause ( 14th)

Answer 6

nor shall any state deprive any person of life liberty or property without due process of the law

Question 7

equal protection clause (14th)

Answer 7

nor shall any state deny to any person within it’s jurisdiction the equal protection of laws

Question 8

15th amendment

Answer 8

banned voting discrimination by race/ color. Gave black people the right to vote

Question 9

Blackcodes and jim crow laws

Answer 9

laws limited black people’s freedoms and equality created in the south to oppress black people after the civil war

Question 10

voting discrimination and restrictions

Answer 10

• literacy test
• poll taxes
  -“ grandfather clause”

Question 11

grandfather clause

Answer 11

if you failed either of the other restrictions but your grandfather could vote, then you could vote anyways. makes sure whites were able to vote.

Question 12

De jure discrimination

Answer 12

unequal treatment according to the law required by the government
Ex: segregated schools

Question 13

De facto discrimination

Answer 13

unequality or segregation “by fact” meaning that because of history
Ex: segregated housing patterns

Question 14

civil rights act of 1964

Answer 14

1. ended jim crow laws + segregation
2. prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, Nat origin, religion, and gender
3. created the equal opportunity commission
4. gave power to dept. of justice to initiate lawsuits to force desegregation

Question 15

equal opportunity commission

Answer 15

monitors and enforces protections against job hiring and discriminations

Question 16

24th amendment

Answer 16

banned poll taxes in federal elections

Question 17

voting rights act of 1965

Answer 17

• outlawed literacy tests and other tactics
• called for federal oversight of voter registration in areas of historic discrimation practices
• increased voting registration of african americans

Question 18

senecca falls convention

Answer 18

called for the abolition of legal , economic and social discriminations against women

Question 19

19th amendment

Answer 19

granted full suffrage to women

Question 20

equal rights amendment

Answer 20

• called for equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or shortened by the state or the US
• fell 3 states short of 3/4ths necessary for ratification

Question 21

Equal pay act (1963)

Answer 21

requires equal pay for work for men and women

Question 22

civil rights act

Answer 22

prohibited discrimination in employment based on face and sex

Question 23

National organization for women

Answer 23

NOW
interest group founded by feminists

Question 24

Title 9 (IX)

Answer 24

• part of the education act of 1972
• required that educational institutions receiving federal funds not discriminiate against women.
• discrimination is usually in the form of unequal funding between men and women’s sports

Question 25

Affirmative action

Answer 25

required that a;; contractors and unions doing business with the federal government must take affirmative action hiring minorities.

Question 26

arguments for affirmative action

Answer 26

• makes up for past injustices
• gets more women and minorities into high profile jobs

Question 27

Arguments against affirmative action

Answer 27

• creates reverse discrimination that unfairly hurts members of the majority group
• laws should promote equal opportunity rather than equal results

Question 28

Federalist 78
Mnemonic : 78 is weaksauce

Answer 28

-argued that the judical branch is the weakest of the 3 branches
- doesn’t posses the power of enforcement or purse
- should serve life terms to preserve the court’s independence
-judicial review

Question 29

incorporation doctrine

Answer 29

incorporates most of the protections from the bill of rights to the states

Question 30

selective incorporation

Answer 30

incorporates the bill of rights into the due process clause of 14th amendment