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APgovCH18Vocab

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Natural Rights   rights of all people to dignity and worth  
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Affirmative action   remedial action designed to overcome the effects of past discrimination against minorities and women  
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Women’s Suffrage   the right of women to vote  
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Equal Protection Clause   clause in the constitution that forbids any state to deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. By interpretation, the Fifth Amendment imposes the same limitation on the national government. This clause is the major const  
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Due process Clause   clause in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments stating that the national(5th) and state (14th) governments shall not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law  
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White Primary   primary operated by the democratic party in southern states that, before Republicans gained strength in the “one-party South”, essentially constituted an election; riled unconstitutional in Smith vs Allwright (1944)  
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Racial Gerrymandering   the drawing of election districs to as to ensure that members of a certain rach are always a minority in the district; ruled unconstitutional in Gomillion vs Lightfoot (1960)  
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Poll Tax   payment required as a condition for voting; prohibited for national elections by the 24th amendment (1964) and ruled unconstitutional for all election in Harper bs Virginia Board of Election (1996)  
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Literacy Test   literacy requirement imposed by some states as a condition of voting generally used to disqualify black from voting in the South; now illegal.  
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Majority/minority district   a congressional district created to include a majority of minority voters; ruled constitutional so long as race is not the main factor in redistricting  
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Jim Crow Laws   state laws formerly pervasive throughout the south requiring public facilities and accommodations to be segregated by race; ruled unconstitutional.  
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De jure segregation   laws that made it a crime for a black or white people to go to school together, or to be served together in public places, or to sit together in public transportation.  
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De facto segregation   segregations that comes about because of economics or results from individuals from individual choices.  
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Commerce clause   the clause (article I) in the constitution that gives congress the power to regulate commerce among the states, with other nations, and with the Indian Tribes. This clause provides the constitutional basis for most national regulations of our economy, as  
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Class action suit   lawsuit brought by an individual or a group of people on behalf of all those similarly situated  
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Racial or religious restrictive covenants   a provision in a deed to real property excluding its sale to persons of a particular race or religion. Judicial enforcement of such deeds is unconstitutional  
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