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Government Final
Exam terms chapter 16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Civil Rights | The rights of all people to be free from irrational discrimination such as that based on race, religion, gender or ethnic origin. |
| Natural rights | The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights |
| naturalization | A legal action conferring citizenship on an alien. |
| Dual Citizenship | Citizenship in more than one nation |
| Right of Expatriation | The right to renounce one's citizenship |
| Women's Suffrage | The right of women to vote |
| Literacy Test | A literacy requirement some states imposed as a condition of voting, generally used to disqualify black voters in the south now illegal |
| Jim Crow Laws | State laws formerly pervasive throughout the south requiring public facilities and accommodations to be segregated by race; ruled unconstitutional. |
| De jure segregation | Segregation resulting from economic or social conditions or personal choice. |
| de facto segregation | Segregation imposed by law |