Levels of Government and Civil Rights Vocabulary
Hernandez v. Texas
A 1954 Supreme Court decision that extended protection against discrimination to Hispanics.
Gutter vs. Bollinger
A college gave more acceptance points to minorities
Affirmative Action
A policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities
Earl Warren
Chief Justice during the 1950's and 1960's who used a loose interpretation to expand rights for both African-Americans and those accused of crimes.
Monopolies
Corporations that gain complete control of the production of a single good or service.
14th Amendment
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
Segregation
Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences
Immigrant and Nationality Act of 1965
This changed America's immigration quota system.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
a law designed to help end formal and informal barriers to African-American suffrage
communist economic system
economic system in which the means of production are owned by the government for governmental control of the resources
Civil Rights Act of 1875
law that banned discrimination in public facilities and transportation
Free Enterprise Economic
one in which consumers and privately owned businesses, rather than the government, make the majority of the WHAT, HOW, and FOR WHOM decisions
Civil Rights Act of 1964
outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
Serviceman ´ s Readjustment Act of 1944
provided World War II veterans with funds for college education, unemployment insurance, and housing
Patent Protections
right to exclude others from from making, using, selling, exporting the patented material