ch.5 Civil Rights

What was the event when 250,000 people went to D.C. to protest inequalities in the U.S?

What does the word suffrage mean?

What was the policy passed by Bill Clinton in reference to gays in the military? 

All rights rooted in the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection under the law

One way a law is acceptable under strict scrutiny standard is when....

What was the court case that legalized segregation in the south?

What federal law banned federal recognition of lesbian and gay couples?

What incident led to increased activism among the LGBTQ community?

What is the 13th amendment? 

Addressing the constitutionality of a law that may threaten the rights of members of S.C?

What is segregation based on customs and social patterns? (not by law)

Do women have to register for the draft today?

What country do most of the illegal immigrants come from?

What is the movement that supports political, economic, and social equality for women?

What law banned Chinese immigration from 1882 to 1943?

What was the state primary election that restricted voting to whites only?

Standard used by the courts to test the constitutionality of a law or government action

What is one area that Asian Americans are facing possible discrimination? 

A more militant stance toward civil rights lead to a movement known as....

What was the estimated percentage of the native population that died after Europeans arrived? 

What policy originally passed by Vermont allowed gays to enjoy state rights of married couples?

What court case said laws against sodomy violated persons 14th amendment rights?

Approximately how many Americans are under the age of 18?

A classification, such as race, religion, or natural origin, that triggers strict scrutiny?

What is a nonviolent, public refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws?

What was the name of the first women's rights convention?

What law requires employers to pay women the same as a man for the same work?

Governments attempt at leveling the playing field in areas such as education and employment

Are gay couples now recognized by the federal government nation wide? 

What political party is generally in favor or gay rights?

Are quota systems deemed constitutional policy for universities and colleges?

What amendment gave women the right to vote everywhere in the United States?

What form of law allows children up to the age of 7 to be incapable of committing a crime?

Juveniles cannot be sentenced to life without parole if no one died during their crime?

What is segregation by law? 

What is the 14th amendment?

What is the estimated population of illegal immigrants?

The age at which a person is entitled by law to the right to manage their own affairs

What was the first state to recognize gay marriage?

A serious crime punishable in most areas by a prison sentence longer than a year 

The situation in which an affirmative action program discriminates against the majority 

What was the court case that outlawed segregation in education?

The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 made it illegal to hire....

What was the constitutional amendment that wanted to ban discrimination based on sex?

What did the 26th amendment do?

Do children sent to juvenile court have the right to trial by jury?

What new way did Native Americans begin to pursue in order to make money?

No person shall be denied participation in educational activity on the basis of race

Unwanted physical/verbal conduct in a sexual way that effects the persons job performance.

Law that defines crimes and provides punishment for violations.

Child custody falls under what body of law?

American Indians did not become United States citizens until.....

Law that made segregation illegal and banned discrimination based on race, religion, gender,etc

Standard used by the courts to determine a law that is discriminatory to women?

Law regulating conduct between private persons over noncriminal matters including contracts etc

What type of resistance against segregation did MLK Jr. advocate? 

Can minors enter into contracts for necessary items such as food and clothing?

Race can be used as a tiebreaker when it comes to admissions to college?

Law that outlawed discriminatory voter-registration tests?

Why were the Civil Rights Acts of 1865-1875 ineffective? 

What is the largest minority group in the United States?

What civil rights act banned discrimination in most housing?

Where do most of the immigrants come from today?

Which country do most of the immigrants come from today?

What job sector has suffered from the crack down on illegal immigrant employment? 

What restricted voting to those whose grandfathers had voted before 1867?

Policy or procedure that denies equality of treatment to a person or to group based on gender