Civil Rights Movement
Womens Movement
Affirmative action/ Elderly
Other Minorities
civil liberties
100
The court upheld Jim Crow laws by allowing seperate but equal facilities
What is Plessy v Furguson
100
gave women the right to vote
What is nineteenth amendment
100
Policy designed to correct the effects of past discrimination
What is Affirmative action
100
Fastest growing minority in the US
What is Hispanic Americans
100
You must be brought before the court and informed of charges against you
What is Writ of habeas corpus
200
Allowed federal regisrars to register voters and outlawed literacy tests
What is the voting rights act of 1965
200
banned job discrimination based on gender
What is civil rights act of 1964
200
Struck down the university of Texas Law School's admissions program as race can not be the basis of acceptance to diversify the school
What is Hopwood v Texas
200
a legal designation for an area of land managed by a Native American tribe under the US Bureau of Indian Affairs
What is Reservation
200
Laws applied to acts commited beore the laws' passage are unconstitutional
What is Ex post facto laws
300
Court case that overturned Plessy v Ferguson
What is Brown v Board of Education
300
Prhobited discrimination against women seeking credit from banks
What is Equal credit oppurtunity act
300
Court case where affirmative action quotas are unconstitutional
What is Regents of the University of California b Bakke
300
Internment camps based on race are illegal
What is Korematsu V US
300
Provide specific guarantees by the national government
What is Bill of Rights
400
This order banned racial discrimination in the defense industry and government offices
What is Executive Order 8802
400
Made it illegal to base an employee's pay on gender, race, religion,etc
What is the equal pay act
400
prohibts employers from discriminating against individuals over the age of 40 based on age
What is Age discrimination in employment act
400
Guarantees that children with disabilities recieve adequate education
What is Rehabilitation ACt
400
Guarantees of the bill of rights to state and local governmentts
What is incorporation
500
outlawed poll taxes in federal elextions
What is 24th amendment
500
Required emplyers to justify gender discrimination in hiring and job performance
What is women's Equity in Employment act
500
Schools that can use race as a factor in admissions as long as quotas are not used
What is universities within the 5th circuit
500
a constitutional amendment invalidating state and local laws that protected gays and lesbians from discrimination was unconstitutional
What is Romer v Evans
500
Forbids a defendant from being tried again on the same charges following a legitimate acquittal
What is Double Jeopardy
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