POL_S 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Grandfather Clause, Literacy Test, Stonewall Riots
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Civil liberties are not civil rights: in general, civil liberties refer to the freedoms promised in the. Bill of rights: civil rights: laws protecting us from discrimination and. African american and the context of civil rights. Disenfranchised being denied a right, such as the right to vote: tools used to disenfranchise black voters included. Poll tax a tax levied to exercise the right to vote. Grandfather clause a clause permitting people the right to vote only if their grandfather had that right. Literacy test an exam administered at poll booths testing detailed knowledge of civic: usually targeted at black voters. Native americans and the context of civil rights. Native americans were systematically removed from their lands and often eradicated: brought to reservations, prevented from voting until 1924, most treaties that native americans signed with the u. s. government were broken or ignored.
