Term
| seperate but equal doctrine |
|
Definition
| the doctrine holding that separate but equal facilities do not violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amend to the us constitution |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
a state primary election that restricts voting to whites only, outlawed by the supreme court in 1944 |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- a device used by southern states to disenfranchise African Americans. It restricted voting to those whose grandfathers had voted before 1867 |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
a special tax that must be paid as a qualification for voting. The twenty fourth amend to the constitution outlawed the poll tax in national elections, and in 1966, the supreme court declared it unconstitutional in state elections as well |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| - a test administered as a precondition for voting often used to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
racial segregation that occurs because of patterns of racial residence and similar social conditions |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
racial segregation that occurs because of laws or administrative decisions by public agencies |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| in the context of civil rights, the transportation of public school students from areas where they live to schools in other areas to eliminate school segregation based on residential patterns |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a nonviolent public refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the right to vote; a vote given in favor of a proposed measure, candidate, or the like |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
the movement that supports political, economic and social equality for women |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| any practice, policy, or procedure that denies equality of treatment to an individual or to a group because of gender |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| someone who can claim a heritage of a spanish speaking country |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a statistic that measures the average number of children that women in a given group are expected to have over the course of a lifetime |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
a policy in educational admissions or job hiring that gives special attention or compensatory treatment to traditionally disadvantaged groups in an effort to overcome present effects of past discrimination. |
|
|
