Test 3 Flashcards
Congressional seat that is virtually assured for one political party due to voter registration of that party
Safe Seat
WHat amendment abolished slavery?
13th amendment
This was the result of Plessy v Ferguson was a system of racial segregation, particularly in the south - supported by state and local laws.
Jim Crow Laws
A device used by southern states to disenfranchise African Americans. It restricted voting to those whose ancestors had voted before 1867.
Grandfather Clause
A special tax that had no be paid as a qualification for voting. In 1964, the 24th amendment to the Constitution outlawed the poll tax in national elections, and in 1966 the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional in the state elections as well.
Poll Tax
A test administered as a precondition for voting often used to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote.
Literacy Test
Racial Segregation that occurs because of laws or administrative decisions by public agencies.
De Jure segregation
Racial Segregation that occurs because of past social and economic conditions and residential racial patterns.
De Facto segregation
In 1955, a woman was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on Montgomery, Alabama, bus and move to the colored section.
Rosa Parks
This African American man was an American Christian minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968
Martin Luther King Jr.
An African American man that was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement. He is best known for his staunch and controversial black racial advocacy, and for time spent as the vocal spokesperson of the Nation of Islam.
Malcolm X
As late as 1960, only 29 percent of African Americans of voting age were registered in the Southern States, in stark contrast to 61 percent of whites. These voting rights act addressed this issue.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The National Association was created in response to a split in the American Equal Rights Association over whether the woman’s movement should support the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
National Women’s Suffrage Association
Gave women the right to vote
19th Amendment
A movement to secure social, political and economic rights for women.
Feminism
