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Civil Rights

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Freedoms guaranteed by the constitution

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Dissent

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Protest or speaking out against people in charge, rules, or laws

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Civil Disobedience

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Breaking the law as a form of protest because you believe it is wrong

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Institutionalize

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Official policy from the Govt. of a business

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Discrimination

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Treating a group of people unfairly because they are a member of that group

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Segregation

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dividing people based on race

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Jim crow laws

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Southern laws enforcing segregation

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poll tax

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a tax someone had to pay before they could vote

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Literacy Test

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a complicated test that people had to pass to before they were allowed to vote

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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said segregation was ok

you can have sperate facilities as long as they are equal

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Redress

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v. setting things right

n. remedy or compensation for wrongdoing

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Brown v. Board of Education

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ended segregation in public schools

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Quota

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a number that must be met

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Affirmative Action

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trying o overcome past racism by encouraging diversity in a workplace or school admissions

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The University of California Regents v. Bakke

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said cannot use racial quotas for admissions to collages

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1st Amendment

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freedom of religion 
freedom of protest (or petition)
freedom to assemble
freedom to press
freedom of speech
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13th amendment

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ended slavery

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14th Amendment

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If you are born in the U.S. you’re a citizen

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15th Amendment

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states cannot deny the right to vote based on race

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1964 Civil Rights Act

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banned racial and sex discrimination in public places (ended jim crow laws)

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1965 voting rights act

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banned poll taxes, literacy test as a requirement for votion

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26th Amendment

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said citizens can vote at 18 years old

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N.O.W.

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National Organization for Woman

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Migrant Workers

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Low-paid Immigrant farm laborers

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UFW

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United farm workers

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AIM

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American Indian movement

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