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| precedent | an act or decision that sets an example for others to follow in simular circumstances |
| Brown v. Board of Education | This was a Supreme Court Case that made separate but equal illegal. |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | This was a Supreme Court case that made separate but equal legal. |
| 19th Amendment | Gave women the right to vote in 1920. |
| 24th Amendment | Poll taxes eliminated. |
| 26th Amendment | Voting age lowered from 21 to 18. |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | Forbade literacy test and allowed federal intervention in areas where voting had been denied. |
| NOW | National Organization for Women work to help women gain their civil rights. |
| AIM | American Indian Movement is an organization to help improve life for Native Americans |
| Regents of the University of California v. Bakke | Supreme Court decision in 1978 that said race could be a factor in college admissions. |
| civil disobedience | Is a nonviolent protest against unjust policies of law (sit-ins, protest marches and refusal to obey laws). |
| due process | Is part fo the 14th Amendment thate states each US citizen is entitled to go through when they are accused of crime. |
| 14th Amendment | Estabishes citizenship, due process of law by states and Federal government and everyone is equal under the law. |
| Thurgood Marshall | A lawyer for the NAACP in the Brown v. Board case. |
| separate but equal | Was an official government policy that said you could separate people by race race, you could have all white and all black schools. |
| 13th Amendment | Made slavery illegal. |
| quotas | a set percentage of positions that would be set aside for minorities. |
| Affirmative action | Was a program designed to give minorities better chances to compete for colleges and job oppertunities. |
| Jim Crow | Laws which segregated the races in the South and were designed to give minorties second-class status. |
| Descrimination | Unfair treatment of a person or group based on prejudice. |
| NAACP | The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was create to help Afican-American Civil Rights. |
