A | B |
de jure | segregation by law |
de facto | segregation by practice or custom |
Civil Rights Act of 1968 | banned discrimination in housing |
Black Panthers | this political party was formed to fight against police brutality in the ghetto |
feminism | this is the theory behind the women's movement |
Civil Rights Act of 1964 | this legal "tool" of the women's rights movement was, strangely enough, provided by opponents of civil rights |
Brown v. Board of Education | court case that made segregation illegal |
Plessy v. Ferguson | court case that made segregation legal |
abridge | to limit |
affirmative action | policy to give preference to make up for discrimination |
discrimination | unfair treatment based on membership in a group |
double jeopardy | retrial of a person for the same crime |
due process clause | 14th amendment; gov't can't deprive without this |
establishment clause | gov't cannot establish a religion |
free exercise clause | prohibits gov't feom interfering with religious beliefs |
human rights | fundamental freedoms |
libel | false written statements |
secular | non-religious |
separate but equal doctrine | policy - facilities for races that were equal could be separate |
slander | false speech |
symbolic speech | actions or symbols to express opinion |
equal protection clause | 14th amendment - states must treat citizens equally |
incorporation | extention of Bill of Rights to state and local gov'ts |