Unit 4 Test Flashcards
Amendment that gives Equal Protection to citizens born or naturalized in the United States
14th
Amendment requiring states to no longer deny the right to vote in federal elections based on sex
19th
Amendment requiring states to no longer deny the right to vote in federal elections based on age over 18
26th
Amendment requiring states to no longer use poll taxes in federal elections
24th
Law that “covered” discriminating states with a preclearance requiring any change to their voting laws be approved by the Attorney General or District Court in D.C
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Laws that were used to discriminate against African Americans and enforce legal segregation
Jim Crow Laws
Case that determined that facilities such as public schools, busses, or trains could be “separate but equal”
Plessy v. Ferguson
Case whose precedent overturned the “separate but equal” because the separation itself makes
public spaces inherently unequal
Brown v. Board
Case that determined that a slave has no standing in court, and that entering into a free state does not free a slave
Dred Scott v. Sanford
First and most notable conference of the Women’s rights movement
Seneca Falls
Document created at the Seneca Falls Conference modeled after the Declaration of Independence asserting women were deserving of equal rights
Declaration of Rights and Sentiments
Citizenship granted after living
as a Resident Alien for 5 years,
3 years if married to a citizen,
or qualifying Military Service
Naturalization
The Indian Citizenship Act gave citizenship to Native Americans without them having to renounce their tribal membership, aka
The Snyder Act
The election of the first President from a poor family, Andrew Jackson, is seen as the start of civil rights expanding to more people, aka
The Era of the Common Man
Pays Taxes, uses services, must maintain paperwork, follow laws, may work, may own property, and may live in the US, but cannot vote or run for office
Resident (Legal) Alien
May travel across the border legally for work, but does not live in the US or participate in services or own property
Non-Resident (Legal) Alien
Travels across the border for various reasons, with various intentions we do not know but does not have paperwork or status
Illegal Alien
A person fleeing hardship from their home country such as natural disasters, war, or political persecution
Refugee
Amendment requiring states to allow black men to vote in federal elections
15th
Where the majority of citizens born outside the United States come from
Latin America
England was the first European Power to settle in the New World, so they were the first to do this:
Colonize (Colonization)
Citizenship granted to a minor legally residing with a parent who completes the Naturalization Process
Derivation (of Citizenship)
Africans sold into slavery were trafficked into the New World;
They were entering ‘America’
but not by their own will
Forced Migration
Citizenship granted after completing a Application for Citizenship when the child is born to US citizens outside the US
Acquisition (of Citizenship)
A refugee may apply for this to be allowed to stay in the US if granted by a Court
Asylum
