PPL 2010 Study Guide - Civil Rights Cases, Equal Protection Clause, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

• School: University of Virginia
• Department: Political Philosophy, Policy, and Law
• Course: PPL 2010
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Civil rights- the government-protected rights of individuals against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by the government or individuals. Thirteen amendment- one of the three civil war amendments; specifically bans slavery in the united states. Black codes- laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves, assed by southern states following the civil war. Fourteenth amendment- one of the three civil war amendments; guarantees equal protection and due process of the law to all u. s. citizens. Fifteenth amendment- one of the three civil war amendments; specifically enfranchised newly freed male slaves- guarantees the right to vote of citizens to vote regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude . Jim crow laws- laws enacted by southern states that discriminated against blacks by creating whites only schools, theatres, hotels, and other public accommodations. Civil rights cases (1883)- name attached to five cases brought under the civil.