positive action by government to protect against discrimination
Civil rights
Women were given the right to vote in the _____________AMENDMENT
Nineteenth
She successfully challenged the segregation laws in Topeka, Kansas
Linda Brown
Case that legalized abortion
Roe v.Wade
NFL v. Susan Harjo involved this NFL team
Washington Redskins
Slavery, or involuntary servitude, was abolished in the __________ AMENDMENT
Thirteenth
ERA stands for _____________
EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT
Laws created to separate persons in public based upon race were named after this ministerial character
Jim Crow
Pregnancy term divided into three parts
Trimester approach
He was arrested for refusing to enter a relocation camp after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941
Fred Korematsu
FOURTEENTH
Level of scrutiny used for gender discrimination
intermediate
Level of scrutiny used for racial discrimination
STRICT SCRUTINY
She was the real person behind the name "Jane Roe"
Norma McCorvey
Gay marriage legalized in this 2013 case
Obergefell v. Hodges
Person cannot be denied to vote based upon race in the _______________ AMENDMENT
FIFTEENTH
First woman to serve on the U. S. Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor
Segregation that happens naturally (i.e. housing patterns)
DE FACTO
Laws used to prosecute gay persons for their sexual behavior
Sodomy (or anti-sodomy) laws
He fought for the rights of migrant workers by establishing the United Farm Workers
Cesar Chavez
Three amendments that addressed slavery and rights for African-Americans are known as the _________
CIVIL WAR AMENDMENTS
First woman to serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives
Nancy Pelosi
Segregation sanctioned by law
DE JURE
A physician arrested and convicted in Michigan for practicing euthanasia
Jack Kevorkian
1947 case where California ended segregation
Mendez v. Westminster