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Exam 3 Flashcards

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REGRESS:
Roberts V Boston

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Supreme court case that established “Separate but Equal”; based off of the girl who lived next door to a school, and was not allowed to go there due to race

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REGRESS:
Voting rights

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many states that required people to own property or have wealth to vote

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REGRESS:
Trail of Tears

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marched native americans to Oklahoma, over 1k people died.

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REGRESS:
Naturalization act of 1790

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stated that naturalization was open exclusively to whites. Barred non white immigrants from becoming citizens

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PROGRESS:
13th Amendment

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abolished slavery and involuntary servitude

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PROGRESS:
14th Amendment

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established citizenship to those born IN the U.S (Overturned Dred Scott Decision)
-established Citizenship, due process, equal protection

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PROGRESS:
15th Amendment

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Prohibits states taking away the right to vote from african american males

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PROGRESS:
Civil rights act

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1866- prohibits states from denying individuals right to own property due to race
1875- prohibits racial segregation; this was shot down

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REGRESS:
Bradwell V Illinois

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barred women from practicing law, even if they passed bar exams.

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REGRESS:
Miner V Happersett

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allowed states to arrest women for voting

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REGRESS:
Plessy V Ferguson

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rediscovered separate but equal; state level racial segregation (racially segregated railroad cars)

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REGRESS:
Supreme court allowed southern states to deny right to vote by providing these tests

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Poll taxes, literacy tests, character tests, felon status

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PROGRESS:
Civil rights act of 1964

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prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, nationality, religion, and sex

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PROGRESS:
Voting rights act 1965

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prevent voting aged citizens from voting (50% test, federal government would go in and register people to vote if only 50% of the area was registered).

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PROGRESS:
Title 7

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Prohibits employers from discriminating employees based on race, nationality, sex, religion

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PROGRESS:
Title 9

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sex based discrimination in educational programs; impacts universities and public schools (all that receive funds)

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PROGRESS:
Frontiero V Richardson

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gender discrimination, denying benefits to women officers of Air force.

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PROGRESS:
Roe V Wade

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Reproductive Rights

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PROGRESS:
Obergefell V Hodges

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prohibits states from denying same sex couples the right to marry.

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PROGRESS:
Loving V Virginia

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established rights for interracial marriage

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PROGRESS:
1965 Immigration & Naturalization Act

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EEOC: Equal employment opportunity commision

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Established to implement title 7, has authority to investigate case based on race, nationality, religion, and sex

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Dobbs v jackson

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overturned Roe v Wade

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Ruth Bader Ginsberg

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supreme court justice, argued several major cases pertaining to women’s rights

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19th amendment

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Prohibits states from denying women the right to vote

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Seneca Falls, women’s movement, abolishment

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Lucrecia Mott

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Seneca Falls, women’s movement, abolishment

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Disenfranchised

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Taking away the right to vote

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Tillman Act 1907

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Prohibited corporations from giving money to candidates

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Citizens united- 2010

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Defines corporations as people, claims prohibiting corporations from giving candidates money is not right (money is speech, denying them from giving money is denying them free speech)

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Functions of political parties

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-select candidates for political office
-establish party platforms
-mobilize to get candidates elected
-hold candidates accountable and pass laws consistent with party platform

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Lawrence V Texas

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Struck down Texas Sodomy law

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closed primaries

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must vote democrat if registered as democrat and republican if registered as republican.

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open primaries

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voters vote for either party

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