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We the People CH. 5
Civil Rights
Term | Definition |
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discrimination | the use of any unreasonable and unjust criterion of exlcusion |
civil rights | obligation imposed on government to take positive action to protect citizens from any illegal action of government agencies and of other private citizens |
equal protection clause | provision of the Fourteenth Amendment guaranteeing citizens "the equal protection of the laws." This clause has been the basis for the civil rights of African Americans, women, and other groups |
thirteenth amendment | abolished slavery |
Fourteenth Amendment | guarantees equal protection and due process |
Fifteenth amendment | guaranteed voting rights for African American men |
Jim Crow laws | laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African Americans |
"separate but equal" | doctrine that public accommodations could be segregated by race but still be considered equal |