Civil Rights Flashcards
Affirmative action
Policies designed to give special attention or compensatory treatment to members of a previously disadvantaged group
Black codes
Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War
Civil disobedience
the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.
Civil War Amendments
14th,15th and 16th
Discrimination
The unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice.
Disenfranchisement
the state of being deprived of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote.
EEOC
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a federal agency that administers and enforces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination.
Equity
the quality of being fair and impartial.
“equity of treatment”
synonyms:
Grandfather clause
It meant that those who had enjoyed the right to vote prior to 1867, or their lineal descendants, would be exempt from educational, property, or tax requirements for voting. As a result, even if they met all the requirements, they were not allowed to vote.
Jim Crow laws
Racial segregation laws enacted between 1876 and 1965 at the state and local level. They mandated de jure racial segregation in all public facilities in the Southern states These laws began after the Union military left the South, ending Reconstruction.
Poll taxes
A tax to vote, collected at the polls.
Rational basis scrutiny
Age
De facto segregation
Natural life style causes segregation
De jure segregation
Legal (by law people are segregated)
Strict scrutiny
Racial or ethnic
