ch 5 Civil Rights Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by gov. officials, individuals, or businesses. | civil rights |
| Part of the 14th amendment emphasizing that the laws must provide equivalent protection to all people. | equal protection under the law |
| The law that made racial discrimination in public places illegal. Signed by Pres. Johnson | civil rights act 1964 |
| The legal right to vote. | suffrage |
| Fees levied on the right to vote to keep black people from voting. | poll taxes |
| Excluded black people from voting in primaries. | white primary |
| Law designed to help end formal and informal barriers to suffrage for black people. The federal gov. also spent time/money doing voter registration drives in black neighborhoods to try to increase participation. | voting rights act 1965 |
| Policy designed to give special attention to members of a previously disadvantaged group. EX- Colleges may use this to increase diversity. Quotas are unconstitutional | affirmative action |
| Requires public facilities to make reasonable accommodations for people with physical problems. It also prohibits discrimination in employment for these people. States opposed because of unfunded mandates. | Americans with disabilities act |
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