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Civil Rights Flashcards

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13 amendment

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1864 abolished slavery as a legal institution

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14 amendment

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Was designed to grant citizenship and protect civil liberties of recently freed slaves

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15 amendment

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1870 protects Rights of citizens to vote regardless of race color or previous condition of slavery

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Racism

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Deeply rooted prejudice which may be expressed in the idea that one race is superior to another

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Jim Crow

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Stereotypes African Americans Jim Crow came to personify the system of government sanctioned racial oppression and segregation in the United States

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Two examples of Jim Crow laws

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Literacy tests

Grandfather clause

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Segregation

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The separation of races by law in all aspects of society, schools housing restaurants club buses and trains and theaters

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De facto segregation

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Segregation that exits by practice and custom

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De jure segregation

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Segregation by law

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Plessy v ferguson

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Separate but equal facilities and accommodations for black people were constitutional so long as these resources were equal in quality to those provided for the white community

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Prejudice

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A negative attitude or opinion about a person or group that is based upon gender race color religion etc

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Ku klux klan

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Originally formed to terrorize and scare blacks

Ingrained in society and government

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Lynching

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Murder mob violence without due process of the law

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Who worked with NAACP

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Thur good Marshall, worked to overturn older court rulings on segregation like brown v board

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NAACP

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National association for the advancement of colored people
Civil rights organization
Worked to end discrimination against blacks and other minority groups

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Brown v board

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Denied legal basis for segregation in schools but with all deliberate speed

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Integration

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Removing all barriers and placing all groups of people together

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Executive order

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Rule or order issued by an executive branch of gov and carrying the force of law (president)

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Little Rock nine

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Nine black children supposed to be allowed to attend all white school
Faced huge racism and had to be escorted by national guard

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Martin Luther king achievements

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Montgomery bus boycott
Nobel peace prize
March on Washington

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Civil disobedience

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A refusal to deal with an individual organization or business

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Sit ins

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An act of occupying seats in a racially segregated establishment in organized protest against discrimination

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SCLC

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Southern Christian leadership council
Nonviolent crusades
Martin Luther king

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SNCC

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Student nonviolent coordinating committee

Boycotts and sit ins

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Malcom x voice of

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Muslim brotherhood

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Malcolm’s ideology

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Believed blacks should stand up and fight for their freedom. Black nationalism
Violence necessary

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Stokely Carmichael

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Black power movement
SNCC
Advocated ideas of black power, to embrace heritage build communities and lead their own organizations

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Black panthers

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New militant political party called the black panthers was formed, lead communities
Demand gov rebuild ghettos

29
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Who achieved the legislation

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Martin Luther king

30
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How was Martin killed

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Shot outside hotel in Tennessee 1968

31
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Malcolm x killed

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Tension between Malcom and Islam

Shot 16 times during speech in 1965

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MLK day

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January 15

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1964 civil rights act

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Banning segregation in public facilities as well as racial discrimination in employment and education

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Voting rights act of 1965

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Ends discriminatory voting practices

35
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Braceros

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Mexican Americans

36
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Mexican Americans came after

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Mexican revolution 1900

37
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Puerto Roxana came after

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Spanish American war

38
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Cubans came

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Fled castros gov and formed in NJ NYC

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Cesar Chavez

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Believe in non violence with dealing with California’s large fruit and vegetable companies (boycotts and fasts)

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Who formed the United farm workers organizing communities

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Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta

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Chicano movement

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Brown power and brown berets demand Spanish speaking classes and Chicano studies programs at universities

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Native Americans suffer

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Unemployment
Alcoholism
Infant mortality
Suicides

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Declaration of the Indian purpose

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1961

Reps from 61 tribes created it

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Who established the national council on Indian opportunity

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LBJ

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AIM

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American Indian movement formed to demand land, burial grounds,!fishing, timber rights and respect for culture

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Thur good Marshall

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First African American Supreme Court justice

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Freedom riders

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Civil rights activists that went on bus trips to test ruling on no segregation on buses

48
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James Meredith

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Won court case to enroll in ole miss but governor wouldn’t let him register

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Voting rights act of 1965

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Eliminated so called literacy tests

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What followed voting rights act of 1965

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Violent rioting

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Civil rights act of 1968

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End discrimination in housing

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Goal of great society

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End poverty and racial injustice

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Warren court

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Pregessive liberal reforms

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Miranda v Arizona

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Supreme Court criminals be presented with their rights upon request and prior or any questioning

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Gideon v wainwright

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Cost of attorney all courts required to provide free legal counsel to any who can’t afford it

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Impacts of great society

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Spurred economic growth
Increased federal debt
Conservative backlash
Decreased poverty

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LBJ

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President 
Great society
Poverty
Education
Immigration
Environment
58
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Economic opportunity act

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Money for youth programs anti poverty measures

59
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Medicare

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Hospital insurance and low cost medical insurance for 65 or older

60
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Medicaid

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Health insurance to welfare recipients

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Immigration act of 1965

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Opened the door for many non European immigrants

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