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AP Gov't Chapter 6

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civil rights   citizenship rights guaranteed to the people primarily in the 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th, and 26th amendments and protected by the government  
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suspect classification   classification, such as race, for which any discriminatory law must be justified by a compelling state interest.  
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strict scrutiny   a heightened standard of review used by the Supreme Court to assess the constitutionality of laws that limit some freedoms or that make a suspect classification  
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intermediate standard of review   standard of review used by the Court to evaluate laws that make a quasi-suspect classification  
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minimum rationality test   standard of review used by the Court to evaluate laws that make a non-suspect classification  
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racism   institutionalized power inequalities in society based on the perception of racial differences  
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black codes   a series of laws in the post-Civil War South designed to restrict the rights of former slaves before the passage of the 14th and 15th amendments  
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Reconstruction   the period following the Civil War during which the federal government took action to rebuild the South  
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poll taxes   taxes levied as a qualification for voting  
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literacy tests   tests requiring reading or comprehension skills as a qualification of voting  
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grandfather clauses   provisions exempting from voting restrictions the descendants of those able to vote in 1867  
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Jim Crow laws   southern laws designed to circumvent the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments and to deny blacks rights on basis other than race  
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segregation   the practice and policy of separating races  
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Plessy v. Ferguson   Supreme Court case that established the constitutionality of the principle "separate by equal"  
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)   an interest group founded in 1910 to promote civil rights for African Americans  
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka   Supreme Court case that rejected the idea that separate could be equal in education, catalyst for civil rights movement  
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boycott   refusal to buy certain goods or services as a way to protest policy or force political reform  
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de jure discrimination   discrimination arising from or supported by the law  
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de facto discrimination   discrimination that is the result not of law but rather of tradition and habit  
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busing   achieving racial balance by transporting students to schools across neighborhood boundaries  
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affirmative action   a policy of creating opportunities for members of certain groups as a substantive remedy for past discrimination  
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Equal Rights Amendment   constitutional amendment passed by Congress but never ratified that would have banned discrimination on the basis of gender  
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sexual harassment   unwelcome sexual speech or behavior that creates a hostile work environment  
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English-only movement   efforts to make English the official language of the US  
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