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Constitution
A charter written which explains how the US government works. It explains the 3 branches of government. It is a living document which can be updated (contain amendments)
Executive Branch
Enforces, carries out laws, includes the president, vice president, the Cabinet, agencies
Legislative Branch
Creates laws, controls taxing and spending policies
Judicial Branch
Judges laws, includes the Supreme Court and lower courts
Congress
The legislative branch/part of the US government which creates laws. It represents the US people.
Supreme Court
The highest court in the US government. It acts as the final authority (power) of the judicial branch of government
KKK
The Ku Klux Klan, formed in 1865, an American white supremacist terrorist group which aims to spread hatred against African Americans and other communities
White Supremacy
The belief that white people are superior to other races and that white people should control society
Plessy vs Ferguson
A Supreme Court case that created the “separate but equal” doctrine
"Separate but Equal" Doctrine
A policy made by the Supreme Court in 1896, establishing that white and black people would have separate but supposedly equal facilities and services
Brown vs Board of Education, 1954
A case where the father of Linda Brown filed a suit to the Supreme Court about all-white and all-black schools being an unequal and unfair education system that goes against the “equal protection clause” of the 14th Amendment. The case was somewhat successful.
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