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policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by government officials or individuals civil rights
What are the three key types of inequality in America? racial discrimination, gender discrimination, and discrimination based on other factors
True/False: Jefferson insisted throughout his life that African Americans were genetically inferior to Whites. True
Which revolution focused more on equality? French Revolution
Who said "I am speaking of the rights of a people, rights imply equality"? Richard Bland
Where is the only place in the Constitution where equality is mentioned? 14th Amendment
1880 Supreme Court decision where the SC invalidated a law banning African Americans from jury service Strauder v. West Virginia
What is the standard of review for race? inherently suspect
What is the standard of review for gender? intermediate standard
What is the standard of review for other classifications? reasonableness
What are the three eras that delineate the African American struggle for equality? eras of slavery, reconstruction and resegregation, civil rights
Most African Americans lived in slavery for the first ___ years of American settlement 250
1857 Supreme Court decision ruling that a slave who had escaped to a free state enjoyed no rights as a citizen and that Congress had no authority to ban slavery in the territories Scott v. Sandford
The constitutional amendment ratified after the Civil War that forbade slavery and involuntary servitude 13th Amendment
Who said any black man was "chattel" and had no rights? Chief Justice Taney
What did the Scott v. Sanford decision invalidate? Missouri Compromise
Many African American men held federal and state offices for the first ____ years after the war. 10
Who promised to pull the troops out of the South and let the states resume as usual to ensure his 1876 election? Rutheford Hayes
1896 Supreme Court decision that provided a constitutional justification for segregation by ruling that a Louisiana law requiring "equal but separate accommodations for the Whit and colored races" was constitutional Plessy v. Ferguson
Who did President Eisenhower appoint just before the Brown v. Board of Education case? Chief Justice Earl Warren
1954 Supreme Court decision holding that school segregation in Topeka, Kansas, was inherently unconstitutional because it violated the fourteenth amendment. Brown v. Board of Education
When did Eisenhower have to send in troops to integrate Central High School in Little Rock? 1957
1969 Supreme Court decision that withdrew their earlier grant of time to school authorities to integrate the schools Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education
1971 Supreme Court decision that upheld the practice of busing students to receive racially balanced schools Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg County Schools
An example of _ ___ segregation is when a child is assigned to a school near their home and the neighborhoods are racially segregated de facto
How much did Kansas City spend under federal court orders to attract White students? 1.5 billion
1995 Supreme Court decision indicating SC would not look favorably on continued federal control of the district Missouri v. Jenkins
the law that made racial discrimination against any group in hotels, motels, and restaurants illegal and forbade many forms of job discrimination Civil Rights Act of 1964
What did the Civil Rights act create to monitor and enforce protections against job discrimination? EEOC
law that took steps to forbid the discrimination in the sale or rental of housing Open Housing Act of 1968
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