Exam 3 Flashcards
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Roberts V Boston
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
REGRESS:
Voting rights
many states that required people to own property or have wealth to vote
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Trail of Tears
marched native americans to Oklahoma, over 1k people died.
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Naturalization act of 1790
stated that naturalization was open exclusively to whites. Barred non white immigrants from becoming citizens
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13th Amendment
abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
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14th Amendment
established citizenship to those born IN the U.S (Overturned Dred Scott Decision)
-established Citizenship, due process, equal protection
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15th Amendment
Prohibits states taking away the right to vote from african american males
PROGRESS:
Civil rights act
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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Bradwell V Illinois
barred women from practicing law, even if they passed bar exams.
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Miner V Happersett
allowed states to arrest women for voting
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Plessy V Ferguson
rediscovered separate but equal; state level racial segregation (racially segregated railroad cars)
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Supreme court allowed southern states to deny right to vote by providing these tests
Poll taxes, literacy tests, character tests, felon status
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Civil rights act of 1964
prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, nationality, religion, and sex
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Voting rights act 1965
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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Title 7
Prohibits employers from discriminating employees based on race, nationality, sex, religion
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Title 9
sex based discrimination in educational programs; impacts universities and public schools (all that receive funds)
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Frontiero V Richardson
gender discrimination, denying benefits to women officers of Air force.
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Roe V Wade
Reproductive Rights
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Obergefell V Hodges
prohibits states from denying same sex couples the right to marry.
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Loving V Virginia
established rights for interracial marriage
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1965 Immigration & Naturalization Act
EEOC: Equal employment opportunity commision
Established to implement title 7, has authority to investigate case based on race, nationality, religion, and sex
Dobbs v jackson
overturned Roe v Wade
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
supreme court justice, argued several major cases pertaining to women’s rights
19th amendment
Prohibits states from denying women the right to vote
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Seneca Falls, women’s movement, abolishment
Lucrecia Mott
Seneca Falls, women’s movement, abolishment
Disenfranchised
Taking away the right to vote
Tillman Act 1907
Prohibited corporations from giving money to candidates
Citizens united- 2010
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)
Functions of political parties
-select candidates for political office
-establish party platforms
-mobilize to get candidates elected
-hold candidates accountable and pass laws consistent with party platform
Lawrence V Texas
Struck down Texas Sodomy law
closed primaries
must vote democrat if registered as democrat and republican if registered as republican.
open primaries
voters vote for either party
