Chapter 5 Vocab

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  1. 3. Worth women who hold traditional female jobs are paid less than men for working at jobs requiring the same comparable skill
  2. 5. Primaries One of the means used to discourage African-American voting that permitted political parties in the heavily Democratic South to exclude African Americans from primary elections, thus depriving them of a voice in the real contests. The Supreme Court declared White primaries unconstitutional in 1944.
  3. 6. Taxes Small taxes, levied on the right to vote, that often fell due at a time of year when poor African-American sharecroppers had the least cash on hand. This method was used by most Southern states to exclude African Americans from voting registers. Poll taxes were declared void by the Twenty-fourth Amendment in 1964.
  4. 7. Rights Act of 1965 A law designed to help end formal and informal barriers to African-American suffrage. Under the law, hundreds of thousands of African Americans were registered and the number of African-American elected officials increased dramatically.
  5. 8. Amendment The constitutional amendment adopted in 1920 that guarantees women the right to vote.
  6. 10. Amendment The constitutional amendment passed in 1964 that declared poll taxes void in federal elections.
  7. 11. Amendment The constitutional amendment adopted in 1870 to extend suffrage to African Americans.
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  1. 1. protection of the laws part of the 14th amendment emphasizing that the laws must provide equivalent "protection" to all people
  2. 2. with Disabilities Act of 1990 Policy requiring employers and administrators to make "reasonable accommodations" and prohibits discrimination based on disability
  3. 3. Rights Act of 1964 created EEOC, no racial discrim in hotels, restaurants etc
  4. 4. Action Policy designed to give special attention or compensatory treatment of members of some previously disadvantaged group 1990
  5. 8. Amendment The constitutional amendment ratified after the Civil War that forbade slavery and involuntary servitude.
  6. 9. Amendment The constitutional amendment adopted the Civil War that states, "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; not deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."