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rights and liberties
Question | Answer |
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natural rights | rights of all people to dignty and worth |
affirmative action | remidial action designed to overcome the effects of past discrimination against minorities |
womens suffrage | the right of women to vote |
equal protection clause | forbids states from denying people within theri jurisdiction equal protection of the laws |
due process clause | 5th/14th amendment: national and state governmnet cant deny life liberty or property without due process of law |
white primary | primary operated by dems in southern states that essentially constituted an election |
racial gerrymandering | drawing election districts that ensure members of a certain race are always a minority |
poll tax | payment required as a condition of voting |
literacy test | literacy requirement imposed by some states as a condition of voting, used to disqualify blacks |
majority-minority district | congressional district created to include a majority of minority voters: is constitutional if race is not main factor |
jim crow laws | state laws formerly pervasive in south, required facilities to be segregated by race |
de jure segregation | laws making it a crime for white and black people to go to school together, eat together or sit together on public transportation |
de facto segregation | segregationthat comes about because of economic or social conditions (individual choice) |
commerce clause | gives congress the power to regulate commmerce among states, with other nations, and indian tribes. basis for national regulation of economy/civil rights legislation |
class action suit | lawsuit brought by an individual or a group of people on behalf of all those similarly situated |
racial or religious restrictive convenants | a provision in a deed to real property excluding its sale to persons of a particular race or religion. (unconstitutional) |