| A | B |
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| affirmative action | government policies that award benefits to minorities and women to make up for past discrimination |
| Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) | government policies designed to eliminate inequalities for those with disabilities |
| Brown v Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas | case that struck down the "separate but equal" idea and led to racial integration of schools |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964, 1968 | federal laws passed to protect Americans from discriminatory actions in their place of employment |
| Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) | regulatory agency that examines accusations of discrimination in the workplace |
| Gideon v Wainwright | case determined that the state and federal governments must provide legal representation to those who can't afford it |
| Higher Education Act (Title 9) | federal law intended to eliminate inequality within the school system |
| Jim Crow laws | laws that created a system of racial segregation |
| Miranda v Arizona | case that determined that all people being arrested to be told of their rights (Miranda warning) |
| New Jersey v TLO | case that determined that schools have the right to search a student's property if they suspect the student of wrongdoing |
| Plessy v Ferguson | case that determined as long as facilities were equal in quality states could have separate facilities based on race |
| Tinker v Des Moines | case which extended protection to public school students of their first amendment rights |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | expanded power of the federal government so that it could help register voters for areas in which African American registration and voting was low |
