11.1 & 11.2 Flashcard

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What are Civil Rights?

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Civil rights are the freedoms and protections that individuals have by law, especially those that concern equal status and treatment.

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What group in the US faced discrimination, being forced into slavery, could never be U.S citizens, and had the 14th and 15th amendments?

Back

African Americans

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What group in the US faced discrimination through forced "Americanizations", forced onto reservations, and affected by colonizations?

Back

Native Americans

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What group in the US faced discrimination, being forced into internment camps during World War II and having their immigration ended?

Back

Asian Americans

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What does the equal protection clause state?

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The Equal Protection Clause “No State shall . . . deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

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What is segregation?

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Segregation is the separation of racial groups.

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Who did the Jim Crow laws target and what did they do?

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The Jim Crow laws targeted African Americans and raised positions of whites while lowering nonwhites.

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What was the Separate-but-equal doctrine?

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Allowed separate facilities so long as they were “equal”

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What amendment allowed women to now be able to vote? (Winning the vote)

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19th Amendment