Key Concepts in Civil Rights and Voting

Flashcards covering key vocabulary and concepts related to civil rights, voting, and landmark legislation.

Crossover Voting

Voting in the primary of a party in which the voter is not registered.

Split Ticket Voting

Voting for candidates of one party in one race and candidates of other party/ies in other races.

Civil Liberties

Bans on what government can do to individuals, ensuring equal treatment regardless of identity differences.

Civil Rights

Guarantees equal treatment and nons-discrimination in social and economic aspects, such as race and gender.

14th Amendment

Bans insurrectionists from holding office, defines citizenship, and enforces equal treatment by the federal government.

Supremacy Clause

Establishes that federal law takes precedence over state laws.

Incorporation Doctrine

The Supreme Court's ability to apply the Bill of Rights to the states.

Barron v Baltimore

Supreme Court case establishing that the Bill of Rights only applies to the federal government.

Jim Crow Laws

Strict segregation laws in the South, starting in the 1890s, legitimizing discrimination.

Plessy v Ferguson

1896 Supreme Court decision that upheld 'separate but equal' doctrine.

Brown v Topeka Board of Education

1954 Supreme Court decision that declared separate educational facilities inherently unequal.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Legislation that banned racial and gender discrimination in public businesses and employment.

Fair Housing Act

Legislation that banned racial and gender discrimination in the sale and rental of real estate.

1st Amendment

Protects freedoms concerning religion, expression, assembly, and the right to petition.