Agenda- 1/18 GRAB A CHROME BOOK AND THE WORKSHEETS! Crash Course Gov WS- Civil Rights and Liberties (LS) Lecture- Civil Rights and Liberties (RS) Civil Rights and Liberties WS (LS) HW: Test Review
Crash Course Government: Civil Rights and Liberties
Unit 1 Lecture 4 Civil Rights: Equal Justice Under the Law -What is the difference between civil liberties and civil rights? -What were some of the issues of the Civil Rights Movement?
Civil Liberties vs. Civil Rights -Government actions that make sure constitutional guarantees of liberty are upheld -Can be found in laws passed by Congress and amendments 11- 27 -Civil Rights Act of 1964 -Voting Rights Act of 1965 -Protections against government actions that interfere with individual freedom -Can be found in The Bill of Rights! (The 1st 10 Amendments) -Freedom of Speech -Guarantees of a fair trial
We will study civil liberties heavily next week We will study civil liberties heavily next week. Let’s review the civil rights movement from U.S. History… Segregation vs. Integration: Jim Crow Laws- laws put in place by southern states to avoid integration Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)- declared separate but equal facilities were constitutional Brown v. Board of Education (1954)- overturned Plessy, “separate is inherently unequal” De jure segregation- segregation by the government or law, is illegal De facto segregation- segregation by choice, is legal
Federal Civil Rights Laws Affirmative action – Govt. mandated special hiring for minority groups to right the past wrongs of discrimination Quotas - # hired has a minimum # of minorities hired Reverse discrimination – non-minority groups denied hiring or admission b/c of Affirmative Action or Quotas UC Regents v. Bakke (1978)- quotas are unconstitutional, but affirmative action is constitutional in some cases