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APgovCH18Vocab

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Natural Rights   show
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Affirmative action   show
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show the right of women to vote  
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show 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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show 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   show
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show 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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show 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   show
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show 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   show
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show 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   show
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show 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   show
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show 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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