6 Civil Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment

These flashcards cover key concepts related to civil rights, the Fourteenth Amendment, and pivotal Supreme Court cases and legislative acts that shaped civil rights in America.

Fourteenth Amendment

An amendment that addresses citizenship rights and equal protection under the law, ratified in 1868.

Slaughterhouse Cases

A Supreme Court case in 1873 that ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment did not extend the Bill of Rights to state governments.

Privileges and Immunities Clause

Part of the Fourteenth Amendment that was intended to protect citizens' rights, but was found to have limited application by the Supreme Court.

Due Process Clause

A clause that guarantees that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.

Civil Rights Act of 1875

A congressional act that aimed to prohibit discrimination against African Americans in public accommodations.

Jim Crow Laws

State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States after the Reconstruction period.

Miranda Rights

Rights that must be read to a person upon arrest, established by the Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona.

Prior Restraint

Government action that prohibits speech or other expression before it can take place, found unconstitutional in Near v. Minnesota.

Exclusionary Rule

A legal rule that prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial.

White Only Primaries

Primaries that restricted voting to whites, effectively disenfranchising African American voters.