ap gopo u2 vocab

Policies or programs designed to give preferential access to education or employment to historically under-represented groups (e.g., racial minorities or women) in order to remedy past discrimination.

• Affirmative Action

• Indictment

• Civil Liberties

• Jim Crow Laws

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.L.4.6

A formal charge issued by a grand jury stating there is enough evidence to bring a person to trial for a crime.

• Affirmative Action

• Indictment

• Civil Liberties

• Jim Crow Laws

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.L.4.6

Individual rights protected from governmental interference (e.g., freedom of speech, religion, due process) that the government cannot arbitrarily abridge.

• Affirmative Action

• Indictment

• Civil Liberties

• Jim Crow Laws

State and local laws (especially in the South) that enforced racial segregation and disenfranchised African Americans following Reconstruction.

• Affirmative Action

• Indictment

• Civil Liberties

• Jim Crow Laws

Rights that guarantee individuals receive equal treatment and are protected from discrimination based on characteristics such as race, gender, religion, etc.

• Civil Rights

• Literacy Test

• Clear and Present Danger Doctrine

• Minority-Majority Districts

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.L.4.6

An examination required (particularly in the Jim Crow era) of a person's reading or writing ability as a condition for voting — used to disenfranchise African Americans and other minorities.

• Civil Rights

• Literacy Test

• Clear and Present Danger Doctrine

• Minority-Majority Districts

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.L.4.6

A legal standard that permits the government to restrict certain speech when that speech presents a clear and imminent threat of serious harm (e.g., incitement).

• Civil Rights

• Literacy Test

• Clear and Present Danger Doctrine

• Minority-Majority Districts

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.L.4.6

Electoral districts drawn so that a racial or ethnic minority group constitutes a majority of the voters in that district — often used to enhance representation of historically under-represented minorities.

• Civil Rights

• Literacy Test

• Clear and Present Danger Doctrine

• Minority-Majority Districts

Segregation resulting from social, economic, or demographic factors (rather than by law) — for example, segregated neighborhoods or schools by custom or residential patterns.

• De facto Segregation

• Miranda Warnings

• Defamatory Speech

• National Organization for Women (NOW)

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

The required advisement by law enforcement of a suspect's rights (including right to remain silent and to an attorney) prior to custodial interrogation, under the doctrine of Miranda v. Arizona.

• De facto Segregation

• Miranda Warnings

• Defamatory Speech

• National Organization for Women (NOW)

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.L.4.6