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gov ch 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| plessy vs Ferguson | created separate but equal was overturned by brown v board |
| civil rights act 1964 | legislation outlawing racial segregation in schools and public places and authorizing the attorney general to sue individual schools districts that failed to desegregate |
| 19th amendment | 1920 constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote |
| social movement | large groups of citizens organizing for political chnage |
| civil disobedience | the intentional refusal to obey a law to call attention to injustice |
| voting rights act 1965 | legislation outlawing literacy tests and authorizing the justice department to send federal offices to register voters in uncooperative cities countries and states |
| bus boycott | put economic pressures on the city to end racial segregation on buses (Montgomery v Alabama, Rosa parks) after a year law was rules unconstitutional by supreme court |
| letter from Birmingham jail | mlk marched with people, they were taken to jail, revieved article from news urging negroes to slow down, stop protests, end civil disobedience, he wrote a letter back voicing his opinions, justified civil right movement by referring to natural rights. |
| hostile working environments | actions that unreasonably interfere with the ability of employers to do their job |
| quid pro harassment | when employers request or demand sexual behaviors in return for advancement |
| title IX of higher education act of 1972 | prohibits sex discrimination in schools receiving federal aid, impacted female participation in sports programs. |
| 14th amendment equal protection clause | mandates that states cannot deny anyone equal protections of the law, requiring that everyone be treated equal under the law |
| 504 sit ins | disability rights protest where activists occupied federal buildings demanding the implementation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibited discrimination against people with disabilities in federally funded programs |
| Americans with disabilities act | a landmark U.S. civil rights law from 1990 that bans discrimination against people with disabilities in all areas of public life, ensuring they have the same opportunities as everyone else |
| fears of those fighting legal segregation and how fed 78 figure into the fears | that federal courts lacked the power to enforce their own rulings against violent resistance Hamilton argued the judiciary was the "least dangerous" branch, possessing neither force (executive power) nor will (legislative power), but only judgment. |
| why did brown v board of education decisions immediately end segregation and what role did the other branches play in this | Supreme Court needed time to implement it, struck down "separate but equal" in schools, setting stage for Civil Rights Movement, Executive/Legislative Branches played croles in enforcing/creating broader civil rights laws (Civil Rights Act of 1964) |
| how did the 14th amendment overturn 3/5 compromise in og constitution | replacing its formula (counting three-fifths of enslaved people for representation) with a new rule in Section 2: apportion House seats based on the "whole number of persons" in each state, effectively counting everyone |
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