Chapter 11: Civil Rights

A negative opinion formed without just grounds or a reasonable investigation of the fact
e.g. One example of prejudice is that women have to do housework and men has to work and earn money for the family.

Discrimination and unfair treatment based on race
e.g. Racism against the Blacks made it hard for them to practice their newly acquired citizenship after the Civil War.

An area of public land set aside by the government for Native Americans
e.g. Indians were forced into reservations by the White.

The imprisonment of about 120,000 Japanese Americans during WWII
e.g. putting Japanese Americans into internments was an act of unfair racial discrimination.

Part of the 14th amendment that requires states to apply the law the same way for one person that they would for another person inthe same circumstances
e.g. the equal protection clause prevents states from classifying any group of ppl unfairly.

A classification or distinciton in a law that is based on race or national origin
e.g. Strict scrutiny tests are applied when suspect classification is thought to be made.

The separation of racial groups
e.g. Blacks lived in segregated areas because of segregatory laws.

Segregation laws aimed mainly at African Americans that were passed in the late 1800s and early 1900s
e.g. the Jim Crow laws were designed to ensure that white men maintained their powe rand privilege.

The policy that laws requiring separate facilities for racial groups were legal so long as the facilities were "equal"
e.g. the Plessy ruling established the separate-but-equal doctrine.

The right to vote
e.g. the 19th amendment gave women suffrage rights.

The 1st women's rights convention held in the US
e.g. The Seneva Falls Convention called for women's suffrage rights and equal rights in other areas like education and property.

Separation of races by law
e.g. Jim Crow laws and grandfather clauses are types of de jure segregation.

The process of ending the formal separation of groups based on race
e.g. the Brown ruling kindled the spark of desegregation.

Segregation in fact; separation of races that occurs without laws requiring segregation
e.g. sometimes, de facto segregation is even more dangerous than de jure segregation because it gets into ppl's mindsets

A mass movement in the 1950s and 1960s to guarantee the civil rights of African Americans
e.g. one of the greatest leaders of the civil rights movement is Martin Luther King, Jr.