Civil Rights Acts
The earliest organized event by African Americans to fight segregation
Montgomery Bus Boycott
America's first national constitution that was in effect from 1781 - 1787. It created a very weak central (or national) government that was incapable of effectively dealing with the problems facing the country.
Drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party, group, or incumbent.
gerrymandering
rights that place limits on the national government
substantive rights
Thomas Jefferson
wrote the Declaration of Independence
Their goal was to force the integration of interstate travel facilities
freedom riders
A meeting that took place between May and September of 1787 in Philadelphia with the original goal of fixing the Articles of Confederation.
Constitutional Convention
A periodic and official count of a country's population every 10 years
census
When newspaper publishes an article that defames the character of another person
libel
They approved the Declaration of Independence
Second Continental Congress
She created the National Organization for Women (NOW)
Betty Friedan
An individual sent to represent a state at the Constitutional Convention. Twelve of the 13 states sent representatives to the Convention. In total, 55 were sent to Constitutional Convention in 1787.
Delegate
The person already holding an elective office
incumbent
requires public buildings and schools to reasonably accommodate the needs of the handicapped by providing ramps and elevators
The Americans with disabilities act
July 2nd, 1776
When was the Declaration of Independence approved
two things women wanted to get out of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Fight for equal pay and the rights to their body.
One of the two main plans proposed at the Constitutional Convention. The plan was written by James Madison and proposed a bicameral legislature in which representation was based on population. It was favored by large states.
Virginia Plan
The process of reallocating seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years on the basis of the results of the census.
reapportionment
A policy forbidding the admission at trial of illegally seized evidence
exclusionary rule
The British Army (British soldiers)
Protected the colonies from attacks by the French and Native Americans
The first United States federal law to define US citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law.
CRA of 1866
One of the two main plans proposed at the Constitutional Convention. The plan proposed a unicameral legislature in which representation was equal. It was favored by small states.
New Jersey Plan
Two principal tactics are used in gerrymandering
pack & crack
a legislative act finding a person guilty of treason or felony without a trial
Bill of Attainder
To justify and declare independence, and elaborate on the freedoms of the people to the king of England, the colonists themselves, and foreign nations.
Purpose of the Declaration of Independence