| A | B |
|---|
| Twelfth Amendment | revised procedure for electing the President and Vice-President |
| Thirteenth Amendment | abolished slavery |
| Fourteenth Amendment | defined citizenship and provides "equal protection" for all citizens |
| Fifteenth Amendment | prohibits restrictions on the right to vote based on race/color |
| Seventeenth Amendment | direct election of Senators |
| Ninteenth Amendment | gave women the right to vote |
| Twenty-fourth Amendment | abolished poll taxes |
| Twenty-sixth Amendment | set voting age at 18 |
| Civil Rights Amendments | Amendments 13, 14, & 15 |
| Voting Amendments | Amendments 15, 17, 19, 23, 24, & 26 |
| segregation | separation of races |
| integration | mixing of races |
| desegregation | same as integration |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | banned discrimination in voting standards, employment, segregation in public places |
| Voting | Used to express a wish to follow a particular course of action. |
| right | A moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way |
| duty | something you are legally obligated to do ( follow the law, serve jury duty) |
| responsibility | A moral obligation to behave correctly toward or in respect of |
| democracy | A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives |
| citizen | The position or status of being a citizen of a particular country |
| politics | Influence over a government’s institutions, leadership, or policies |
| citizen | person who is a legal member of a nation, country, or other self-governing political community |
| naturalization | a legal process to become a US citizen |
| Jim crow laws | laws that enforced racial segregation |
| Twentythird amendment | Allowed the citizens of Washington DC to vote for President |
| grandfather clause | allowed those who were able to vote before 1867 (or if their father's or grandfather's voted) to skip the tests and taxes.* Today- a clause exempting certain classes of people or things from the requirements of a piece of legislation affecting their previous rights, privileges, or practices. |
| poll tax | people had to pay to vote |
| literacy test | proclaimed to test reading ability; used unfairly to prevent blacks from voting; |
| civil disobedience | disobeying an unjust law ( and accepting the consequences) |
| candidate | person seeking elected office |
| two party system | where two major parties dominate the politics of a nation ex. US |
| monarchy | usually has 0 parties |
| constitutional monarch or representative democracy | type of govt. with a system where many parties influence the politics of a nation ex. Most of W. Europe |
| plurality | winning more votes than anyone else, but less than half |
| majority | more than half (50.1%) |
| coalition | formed when no party receives a majority of votes |
| one party system | one group completely dominates the political system ex. Communist countries like China, Cuba or N. Korea |
| parish | political division in LA |
| county | political division of 48 states |
| Citizen's United v. FEC | court case that ruled that people have the right to give super PACs unlimitd donations |
