POLI 2051 : STUDY GUIDE EXAM TWO
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Study guide exam two: loving v. virginia interacial couple married in the 50"s, plessy v. ferguson, - established separate but equal docterine, brown v. board of education ordered desergragation of schools with all deliberate speed. Difference between civil rights and civil liberties : civil rights can be by govt, businesses, or individual/// liberties can only surpress government. Civil war amendments: thirteen (abolished slavery), fourteen (rights of citizens) fifteen (right to vote) Jim crow laws : forced segregation of whites and african americans, prohibited inter raciall marragies. Difference between de jure segregation mandated by law or decreased by government officials de facto segregation occurs because of the past economicand social conditions such as residential racial patterns. Rosa parks : arrested for not giving up her seat. Civil rights act of 1965: no segregation in public accommodations, no discrimination in employment, education, and voting, accomidations involved in interstate commerce. Voting rights act: no literacy tests, federal govt registered voters.
