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USG Chapter 11

QuestionAnswer
to give legal sanction or validity to legalize
a negative opinion formed without just grounds or a reasonable investigation of the facts prejudice
discrimination and unfair treatment based on race racism
an area of public land set aside by the government for Native Americans reservation
the imprisonment of about 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II Japanese American internment
the part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that requires states to apply the law the same way for one person that they would for another person in the same circumstances equal protection clause
a classification or distinction in a law that is based on race or national origin suspect classification
the separation of racial groups segregation
the policy that laws requiring separate facilities for racial groups were legal so long as the facilities were “equal” separate-but-equal doctrine
the right to vote suffrage
(1848) the first women’s rights convention held in the United States Seneca Falls Convention
separation of races by law de jure segregation
the process of ending the formal separation of groups based on race desegregation
segregation in fact; separation of races that occurs without laws requiring segregation de facto segregation
a mass movement in the 1950s and 1960s to guarantee the civil rights of African Americans civil rights movement
the nonviolent refusal to obey the law as a way to advocate change civil disobedience
a tax levied on someone who wants to vote poll tax
a policy that requires employers and institutions to provide opportunities for members of certain historically underrepresented groups affirmative action
discrimination against the majority group reverse discrimination
a fixed number or percentage quota
(yoos soh-lee) the principle of citizenship by birthplace; a Latin phrase that means “law of the soil” jus soli
(yoos sang-gwuh-nuhs) the principle of citizenship by parentage; a Latin phrase meaning “law of the blood” jus sanguinis
the legal process by which a naturalized citizen has his or her citizenship revoked denaturalization
the legal process by which an immigrant becomes a citizen. naturalization
the legal process of giving up one’s citizenship expatriation
someone living in the United States without authorization from the government undocumented alien
the legal process of forcing a noncitizen to leave a country deportation
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