14th Amendment
What clause of the 14th amendment correlates with affirmative action?
The equal protection clause.
Define Civil Rights
Guarantees that citizens won't be discriminated against by the majority and protections for the minority
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Legislation addressing racial inequality, prohibited discrimination in public places, and increased equality in the united states.
Define the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment?
No person can be deprived of life liberty or property without due process of law.
Define Civil Liberties
Limitations are placed on the government in order to prevent them from interfering with our personal freedoms.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Legislation banning poll taxes, literary tests, and grandfather clauses, made it easier for African American people to register to vote and vote.
3 SCOTUS cases that include the 14th amendment?
Brown V. Board of Ed
Roe V. Wade
Gideon V. Wainwright
SCOTUS case that involves civil rights
Brown v. Board of Education
What is the Education Act of 1972?
The US began to stop heavily funding schools that participated in gender discrimination
What is the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States
SCOTUS case that involves civil liberties
Engel v. Vitale
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Tinker v. Des Moines
New York Times v. US
Schenck v. US
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How has the US government furthered civil rights in the Country?
By creating better legislation and through supreme court rulings.
2 SCOTUS cases that include gerrymandering and 14th amendment
Shaw v. Reno
Baker v. Carr
The difference between civil rights and civil liberties
civil rights are provisions made to further our rights and create greater equality, Liberties are preestablished rights like the Bill of rights or our natural rights
What is a time the SCOTUS went against furthering civil rights?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Plessy v. Ferguson