POL 102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Of 2009, Equal Rights Amendment, Exit Poll

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 102
• Professor: Elizabeth Connors

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Pol 102 exam 2 study guide: government has 3 options when dealing with civil rights. Equality was not dealt with in the constitution whereas civil liberties are; left up to states the degree of equality that they wanted to present to their people. Chapter 5- civil rights (lecture notes: civil rights v civil liberties. Civil liberties are barriers that protects the interference by government, freedom from. Civil rights are active involvement from the government, freedom to. Civil rights throughout history and their restrictions: slavery began in 1619 in virginia with indentured servitude, became full on slavery in 1664 in. Maryland, lasted until 1865 when the 13th amendment was passed. Around 1856 after the civil war the south implemented black codes, which prevented blacks from voting, owning land, and leaving their plantations (backlash to the ending of slavery and the end of the civil.