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Civics Test 20 & 21
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Plessy v. Ferguson | Court allowed separate-but-equal doctrine |
| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka | 1954, reversed Plessy v. Ferguson; Court struck down the laws of 4 States requiring or allowing separate public schools for white and African American students. S.Court unanimously held that segregation by race is unconstitutional. |
| Regents of the University of California v. Bakke | 1978;Allan Bakke,white male,denied admission to med.school at Davis.16/100 seats in each year's entering class for nonwhite students.Bakke sued,charging univ. w/reverse discrimination, & so, a violation of the 14th a.m.'s EqualProtectionClause.He won 5-4 |
| heterogeneous | of another or different race, family, or kind; composed of a mix of elements |
| immigrant | those people legally admitted as permanent residents of a country |
| reservations | public lands set aside by a government for use by Native American tribes |
| refugees | one who seeks protection(refuge) from war, persecution, or some other danger |
| assimilation | the process by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another culture |
| segregation | the separation of one group from another |
| Jim Crow laws | laws that separate people on the basis of race |
| separate-but-equal doctrine | constitutional basis for laws that separate one group from another on the basis of race |
| integration | the process of bringing a group into the mainstream of society |
| de jure segregation | segregation by law, with legal sanction |
| de facto segregation | segregation even if no law requires it, e.g. housing patterns |
| affirmative action | policy that requires that most employers take positive steps (affirmative action) to remedy the effects of past discriminations |
| quotas | a rule requiring certain numbers of jobs or promotions for members of certain groups |
| reverse discrimination | discrimination against the majority group |
| citizen | one who owes allegiance to the U.S. and is entitled to its protection |
| jus soli | the law of soil, which determines citizenship based on where a person is born |
| jus sanguinis | the law of blood, which determines citizenship based on one's parents' citizenship |
| naturalization | legal process by which a person becomes a citizen of another county at some time after birth |
| alien | a citizen or national of a foreign state living in this country |
| expatriation | legal process by which a loss of citizenship occurs |
| denaturalization | process by which naturalized citizens may involuntarily lose their citizenship; can only occur by court order and after it has been shown that the person became a citizen by fraud or deception |
| deportation | a legal process in which aliens are legally required to leave the U.S. |
| wards | until 1924, Native Americans born to tribal members living on reservations; weren't citizens, but people under legal guardianship of the government |
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