Section 4 Flashcards
Civil Liberties & Civil Rights
what are civil rights?
guarantees of equal opportunity and protection.
what are civil liberties?
Stop government from taking action and protecting individual choices.
what is equal treatment?
being treated fairly.
what is prescription?
action of the government required to take.
what is proscriptions?
limit on what government can do.
what is selective incorporation?
Parts of the bill of right applied to state governments.
what is abridgement?
to limit or lessen.
What us civil rights act of 1957?
Rights for everyone to vote.
what is civil rights of 1964?
Segregation ended and discrimination law.
what is voting rights act of 1965?
prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
what is the fair housing act?
equal housing opportunities for everyone.
what is the equal pay act of 1963?
illegal making women and men wages different.
what is title vii of civil rights act of 1964?
illegal to retaliate on someone who complains about discrimination.
what is title ix of 1972?
illegal to discriminate against sex and religious beliefs in education.
what is pregnancy discrimination act of 1972?
illegal to discriminate a pregnant woman.
what is emancipation?
to legally free someone.
what is abolition?
to work to end slavery.
what is abolitionist?
were opposed an sought to end slavery.
what is reconstruction?
equality of blacks.
what was the civil rights movement?
MLK to acknowledge and end segregation.
what is compliance?
to follow legal requirements.
what is grassroot organization?
asking for change in policy.
what are activists?
nonviolent actions to change the government.
what is white flight?
large-scale migration of whites from socially mixed sub areas.
what is stop-and-frisk?
allows police to search anyone they believe is committing a crime.
what is an asset forfeiture?
keep or sell property that is claimed to be involved in a crime.
what is ex post facto laws?
making a legal action suddenly illegal.
what is redress of grievances?
a citizen’s right to ask the government to solve their problem or complaint.
what does secular mean?
nonreligious.
what is a seizure?
when government takes evidence to use in trial.
what is probable cause?
legal standard to determine whether a search or seizure is constitutional.
what is an exclusionary rule?
Mapp v. Ohio, a rule stating that evidence obtained because of an illegal search or seizure cannot be used in trial.
what is double jeopardy?
a legal prohibition against trying an individual twice for the same crime, established by fifth amendment.
what are damages?
compensating for the victim’s injury or loss.
what are statutory rights?
a right granted in law or statute.
what is voir dire?
to speak the truth.
what are procedural rights?
legal procedure or process guaranteed by the government.
what are Jim Crow laws?
denying rights to newly freed slaves and derogatory term for blacks.
what is disenfranchisement?
being denied the right to vote.
what are civil war amendments?
13-15th amendment, and was added after the civil wars and ended slavery and granted voting rights to black men.
