Chapter 5 Review Questions 1. Civil Rights are the government-protected rights of individuals against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by governments or individuals. The concept of equality got introduced into the constitution. The 14th Amendment‚ one of three Civil war Amendments ratified from 1865 to 1870‚ introduced the notion of equality into the constitution by specifying that a state could not deny “any person within jurisdiction equal protection of the laws.” It is evident in the recent
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the nation’s premier civil rights legislation. The Act outlawed discrimination on the basis of race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ or national origin‚ required equal access to public places and employment‚ and enforced desegregation of schools and the right to vote. It did not end discrimination‚ but it did open the door to further progress. Although the 13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th amendments outlawed slavery‚ provided for equal protection under the law‚ guaranteed citizenship‚
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Civil Rights Movement was Only the Start Sprouting in the 1950s and 1960s‚ the Civil Rights Movement officially picked up when the residues of racial oppression served no place in the United States. As a progressing nation‚ the United States slowly began its journey to strip discriminatory practices from its people in the areas of their military‚ education‚ workforce‚ and public domains. The leadership and tact of several presidents‚ Martin Luther King Jr‚ Rosa Parks‚ among many others‚ guided
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fictitious state of Xanadu passes a law that states "All people are welcome at all state-run swimming‚ beach and golf facilities‚ as long as they are white. Non-whites may not use any of those facilities." Within 24 hours after passage‚ Brenda‚ a civil rights attorney‚ brings a cause of action in federal court to have the new regulation ruled unconstitutional. The federal court immediately rules that the state law violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment and issues an injunction against
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During the 1960s African Americans weren’t treated well and now they are treated as equals. They are valued better because of what Martin Luther King Jr did to help his race. People will act differently now if the Tom Robinson trial was happening now because people aren’t racist anymore‚ people will make up assumptions‚ and they have equal rights now. First and foremost‚ people would act differently because no one is really racist anymore and people have changed. For example‚ in the late 1960s
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Civil Liberties (And how they differ from civil rights) "If the fires of freedom and civil liberties burn low in other lands‚ they must be made brighter in our own. If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored‚ we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free. If in other lands the eternal truths of the past are threatened by intolerance‚ we must provide a safe place for their perpetuation." Franklin Delano Roosevelt‚ 1938 (Isaacs 66) Freedom of speech
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Civil Rights Movements in Alabama Segregation was a way of life in the South at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. Many people treated others terribly because the color of their skin and went on without it even fazing them‚ they all went on thinking it was okay‚ when it was not morally right. African Americans were treated horribly‚ almost as if they were not human. It was impossible to find any aspect of life unsegregated in the south. The Schools‚ restaurants‚ and even bathrooms were all
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America‚ the Civil Rights Act of 1964 would be passed. The Act would be the starting point for another America like the first domino falling on a domino line. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a standout amongst the most noteworthy occasions in U.S. law on civil rights since Reconstruction‚ the period from 1865 through 1877 that took after the American Civil War which endeavors were made to settle political‚ social‚ monetary‚ and enslavement issues‚ and is a sign of the American Civil rights movement
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CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES AXIA COLLEGE OF UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX POS / 110 Civil Liberties: The Right to Privacy Civil Liberties 2 Sub Category: Controversy over Abortion In this assignment I will examine civil liberties‚ main
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Throughout the period of time in which African Americans had to fight for equal rights. Desegregation and racism the United States made massive changes. Beginning with the Jim Crow Laws‚ the countless court cases and the huge impact on the Civil Rights leaders. Our country made changes with new teachings and changes were made too many different minds. Throughout 1954 in May‚ Topeka‚ Kansas the Brown vs. the BOE (Board of Education) made it to where the Supreme Court ruled against segregation of
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