5.1 What Are Civil Rights and How Do We Identify Them?
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strict scrutiny- used with discrimination of racial ethnic or religious groups
immediate scrutiny- used with discrimination on basis of sex or gender
affirmative action- government programs and policies designed to benefit members historically subject to discrimination
5.2 The African American Struggle for Equality
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fourteenth amendment- equal protection
fifteenth- people could not be denies the right to vote based on race or color or previous servitude
disenfranchisement- the revocation of voting rights
Brown v. Board of Education overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
de jure segregation- segregation mandated by law
civil disobedience- the refusal to follow an unjust law
5.3 The Fight for Women’s Rights
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coverture-
womens suffarage moment
National Organization for Women
Title IX- prohibits schools with federal funding from providing things with more money for man than women
5.4 Civil Rights for Indigenous Groups: Native Americans, Alaskans, and Hawaiians
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notable people: Sarah Winnemucca (spoke to white audiences about the injustices), Charles Eastman
AIM- American Indian Movement
Pine Ridge Reservation- site of a standoff between the Lakota tribe and the FBI
5.5 Equal Protection for Other Groups
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**Latinos**- came in with Texas, Puerto Rico
great depression caused many to be deported to get white people jobs, mexican children were not allowed to go to white schools
important people- Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta- they fought for the rights of agricultural workers through UFW
**Asian American**
submitted to some of the same laws enforcing segregation and forbidding interracial marriage
Executive Order 9066- Japanese americans could be removed from their homes if thought to be unloyal to the country
not as active anymore
**LGBT**
Stonewall Riots
called not only for equality and rights, but liberation
"Don't ask, don't tell" US military policy
Lawerence v. Texas- state laws that criminalized sexual intercourse between consenting adults of the same sex were unconstitutional
Obergefell v. Hodges- made same sex marriage legal throughout the nation
**People with Disabilities**
sterilization of people with disabilities
Rehabilitation Act- made it illegal to discriminate against people with disabilities in federal employment or in programs run by federal agencies or receiving federal funding
Handicapped Children Act of 1975- required public schools to educate children with disabilities
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)- passed in 1990 - prohibits discrimination in employment based on disability, and requires employers to make accommodations for those that need them
**Religious Minorities**
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964- prevents employment discrimination based on religion and and requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for them to participate religious