civil rights Flashcards
civil rights
Freedoms guaranteed by the
constitution
dissent
Protest or speaking out against people
in charge, rules, or laws
Civil Disobedience
breaking a law as a form of protest
because you believe it is wrong
Institutionalized
Official policy from the Govt. of a business
Discrimination
Treating a group of people unfairly
because they are a member of that group:
Segregation
• dividing people based on race
Jim Crow Laws
• Southern laws enforcing segregation
Poll Tax
a tax someone had to pay before they
could vote
Literacy Test
a complicated test that people had to
pass to before they were allowed to vote
Plessy v. Ferguson
said segregation was ok
redress
setting things right
Brown v. Board of
Education
ended segregation in public schools
quota
a number that must be met
Affirmative Action
trying to overcome past racism by
encouraging diversity in a workplace or
school admissions
University of California
Regents v. Bakke
said cannot use racial quotas for
admissions to colleges
