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Civil rights

Civil rights. Read Chapter Five Terms for this unit. Civil rights Fourteenth Amendment Equal protection of the laws Thirteenth Amendment Civil Rights Act of 1964 Suffrage Fifteenth Amendment Poll taxes. White primary Twenty-fourth Amendment Voting Rights Act of 1965

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  1. Civil rights

  2. Read Chapter FiveTerms for this unit Civil rights Fourteenth Amendment Equal protection of the laws Thirteenth Amendment Civil Rights Act of 1964 Suffrage Fifteenth Amendment Poll taxes White primary Twenty-fourth Amendment Voting Rights Act of 1965 Nineteenth Amendment Equal Rights Amendment American with Disabilities Act of 1990 Affirmative action

  3. Declaration of Independence • All men are created equal • U.S. political culture believes this means political equality, legal equality, and equality of opportunity • U.S. political culture does not support economic equality

  4. The constitution 14TH AMENDMENT- NO STATE SHALL DENY ANY PERSON “EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS” The Equal Protection cause has been key in civil rights legislation

  5. Supreme court Supreme Court has ruled that the government must have the power to make reasonable classifications between persons and groups - not allowing people under 18 the right to vote, high taxes on smokers Strict Scrutiny - classification by race is inherently suspect and must be met by strict scrutiny test -classification by race and ethnic background must be justified by “a compelling public interest”

  6. Dred Scott decision 1857 In Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court said that black persons were not citizens and therefore could not petition the court Dred Scott decision put stipulations on the Northwestern Ordinance of 1787 and the Missouri Compromise of 1820

  7. Reconstruction amendments 13- Banish slavery and involuntary servitude 14- Made former slaves citizens + Due Process Clause (“No state shall deny”) 15- Voting Rights for African American Males

  8. Plessey v. Ferguson- 1896 Segregation is okay as long as facilities are separate but equal

  9. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka • Chief justice Earl Warren • Argued by Thurgood Marshall • Makes segregation in schools illegal

  10. Civil Rights act of 1964 • The Bill finally passed when the Senate invoked cloture to end a filibuster that lasted 14 hours. The Senate had been occupied with the bill for over 60 days • Ended Jim Crow segregation making racial discrimination illegal in hotels, motels, restaurants, and other places of public accommodation • Created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to monitor and enforce protections against job discrimination • Authorized the department of Justice to initiate lawsuits to desegregate public facilities and schools • Prohibited discrimination in employment on grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, or gender

  11. BE SURE TO KNOW Congress used the interstate commerce provision of the Constitution to justify the Constitutionality of The Civil Rights Act of 1964

  12. Immigration Since the 1960s immigrants have arrived in record numbers African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans populations have increased at a much higher rate than the white population Immigrants are people who have legally been admitted as permanent residents

  13. African Americans 2nd largest minority group 40 million, 13% of population Have been victims of unjust treatment longer than perhaps any other group starting with slavery

  14. Native Americans Settlers arrived in early 17th century One million Native Americans were living in United States By 1900 less than 250,000 Disease killed most Western expansion urged the relocating of Native Americans to reservations Reservations- public lands set aside by a government for use of Native American tribes Much poverty and alcoholism

  15. Trail of Tears Indian Removal Act of 1830 Andrew Jackson Chief John Ross Martin Van Buren 13,000 Cherokee forced to go to concentration camps

  16. Latinos Spanish-speaking background AKA Latinos Major Groups: Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, Central and South Americans Many refugees- seeking protection from war, persecution or other danger

  17. Caesar Chavez Mexican-American Migrant Farm Workers- harsh working conditions, under paid Pesticides were killing farm workers United Farm Workers Marched 340 miles to Sacramento 25 day fast

  18. Asian Americans Chinese laborers were the first Asians in large numbers to come to the United States in large numbers in the 1850s and 1860s Many white people resented the competition for jobs even though Asians were paid much lest, creating violence Japanese Internment camps Violence against Koreans and Vietnamese during wars

  19. Religion Right now there are many people resentful of the Muslim religion and have hatred and false assumptions about Middle Easterners Jewish people have historically been discriminated against, mainly because of business issues

  20. Sexuality Many people in our country view homosexuals as being immoral Much violence has been had against homosexuals in our country Harvey Milk- first elected gay man, murdered

  21. Women Unequal pay Couldn’t vote until 1920 Equal Pay Act 1963 Illegal to not hire someone because of their gender

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