Vocab
What are amendments?
Changes to the Constitution
What is segregation?
unsonstitutional practice of separating persons in housing, education, public facilities, and other ways based on their race, color, nationality, or other arbitrary.
hostile environment
an uncomfortable working environment in the context of sexual harassment
discrimination
people being treated differently than others because of their membership in a group based on race, age, gender, or religion
to end the policy of imposing legal and social segregation of races, as in housing, schools, and jobs
sexual harassment
unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that occurs in the workplace
unenumerated rights
rights that are not listed specifically in the Constitution
a statuses or law created to enforce segregation in such places as schools, buses, and hotels
Affirmative action
steps taken to promote diversity in hiring, promotion, education, etc. by attempting to remedy past discrimination; for example, by actively recruiting minorities and women
public forums
any place, such as a park or street, where First Amendment expression rights are traditionally exercised
What does "Separate but Equal" mean?
the doctorine, now unconstitutional, that allowed facilities to be racially segregated as long as they were basically equal
quid pro quo
Latin for "this for that"; an exchange of things or favors
The idea stated in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments that every person involved in a legal dispute is entitled to a fair hearing or trial.
remedy
what is done to compensate for an injury or to enforce some right
gerrymandering
redrawing voting distinct lines to ensure that a particular group of people is included in the same districts