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Chapter 5: Civil Rights
American Democracy Now 2/e

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Civil Rights
The Meaning of Equality Under the Law
Inherent characteristics
Strict scrutiny, heightened scrutiny, and ordinary scrutiny
Suspect classifications
Race
Religion
National origin
Sex
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Civil Rights
Slavery and Its Aftermath
Slavery in the United States
Opposition to Slavery
The Civil War Era
Reconstruction and the First Civil Rights Acts
Backlash: Jim Crow Laws
Governmental Acceptance of Discrimination
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Civil Rights
Where Do You Stand?
Do you think there will always be problems between African Americans and white Americans in the United States, or will there eventually be a solution?
a. There will always be problems.
b. There will be a solution.
Source: “Americans Mostly Upbeat About Current Race Relations,”
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Civil Rights
The Civil Rights Movement
Fighting Back: Early Civil Rights Organizations
The End of Separate But Equal
Rosa Parks’s Civil Disobedience on a Montgomery Bus
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Strategy of Civil Disobedience
Nonviolent civil disobedience
The reaction to civil disobedience
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Civil Rights
Where Do You Stand?
With regard to Martin Luther King Jr. and the 1960s civil rights movement, how many goals of that movement have been achieved so far?
a. All
b. Most
c. Only some
d. Almost none
Source: “On King Holidays, a Split Response to Civil Rights Progress,”
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Civil Rights
The Government’s Response to the Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Other Civil Rights Legislation in the 1960s
Impact of the Civil Rights Movement
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Civil Rights
The Movement for Women’s Civil Rights
First Wave of the Women’s Rights Movement
State-Level Rights
The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution
Second Wave of the Women’s Rights Movement
Federal Legislation and Women’s Rights
Women’s Rights and the Equal Protection Clause
The Proposed Equal Rights Amendment
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Civil Rights
Other Civil Rights Movements
Native Americans’ Rights
Citizens of Latin American Descent
Early Struggles of Mexican Americans
The Chicano Movement
Employment Discrimination and Other Civil Rights Issues
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Civil Rights
Other Civil Rights Movements
Citizens of Asian Descent
Internment of Japanese Americans During WWII
Contemporary Issues for Asian Americans
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Civil Rights
Where Do You Stand?
Have you ever dated someone from a different racial or ethnic background than your own?
a. Yes
b. No
Source: “Most Americans Approve of Interracial Dating,”
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Civil Rights
Other Civil Rights Movements
Citizens with Disabilities
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Citizens (LGBT)
The Gay Pride Movement
Backlash Against the Movement for LGBT Civil Rights
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Civil Rights
Affirmative Action: Is It Constitutional?
How Affirmative Action Works
Opposition to Affirmative Action
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