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Resident Alien
Segregation resulting from economic or social conditions or personal choice.
De Facto Segregation
informed and active membership in a political community
Citizenship
Established "Separate but Equal"
Plessy vs Ferguson
Constitutional freedoms guaranteed to all citizens
Civil Liberties
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color, or precious condition of servitude
A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
Refugee
Declares the abolition of slavery
13th Amendment
clause stating that no state may deprive a person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
Due Process Clause
Something that you should do as a citizen.
Civic Responsibility
A legal process to obtain citizenship
Naturalization
Liberties protected by several amendments in the Bill of Rights that shield certain personal aspects of citizens' lives from governmental interference
Privacy Rights
That which a citizen is legally required to do.
Civic Duties
Segregation by law
De Jure Segregation
Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites
Jim Crow Laws
the ability of an individual to own and exercise control over scarce resources
Property Rights
Those rights of individuals in their private capacity, such as the rights to life and liberty
Personal Rights
Rights needed to earn a living and to acquire and transfer property or to produce goods and services.
Economic Rights
the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
Civil Rights
the rights guaranteeing a citizen's ability to vote or run for an elected office.
Political Rights
This Supreme Court case overruled Plessy v. Ferguson and declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated.
Brown vs Board of Education
A 1965 law that eliminated the discriminatory 1924 nationality quotas, established a slightly higher total limit on immigration, included provisions to ease the entry of immigrants with skills in high demand
Immigration and Nationality Act
Clause in the First Amendment that says the government may not establish an official religion.
Establishment Clause
1857 Supreme Court decision that stated that slaves were not citizens
Dred Scott Case