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Separate but Equal Vocabulary

Mahogany Alajiah Civics and Economics 10th Grade Englisch 23 Karten

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114th AmendmentOne of the Civil War Amendments; defines citizenship and equal protection
2De Jure SegregationSegregation established by law.
3De Facto SegregationLatin phrase means "by fact". Segregation that happened not because of law but tradition
4JIm Crow LawsSegregation laws in the South
5Original Jurisdictionauthority of a court to hear a case for the first time
6Appellate Jurisdictionauthority of a court to hear a case appealed from a lower court
7Legal Briefwritten document explaining position of 1 side or the other in a case
8Majority Opinionstatement that represents the views of the majority of Supreme Court Justices on a case
9Dissenting Opinionstatement that represents side of Justices who disagreed with the majority vote
10"Stare Decisis"Latin term that means "Let yesterday's decision stand"
11PrecedentRuling that is used as a basis for a Judicial Decision in a later case
12Due Process of LawsFair and Equal Treatment in a court of Law. 5th and 14th Amendments
13Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)Slave named Dred Scott. Supreme Court ruled saying that blacks are property and not citizens and had no rights under the Constitution
14Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)Homer Plessy a black man got a ticket to ride a whites only train in Louisiana. Established Separate but Equal
15Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)Banned Segregation in Public Schools
16Briggs v. Elliot (1954)Challenged Segregated schools in Clarendon County, SC
17Korematsu v. United States (1944)During WWII, Japanese US Citizens forced to move to internment camps. Supported by US Supreme Court. Examples of President's power of executive order, checks and balances and judicial review
18University of California v. Bakke (1978)Stops use of racial quota systems in college admissions but also affirmative action programs are contsitutional
19Reverend J. A. DelaineHelped start the Briggs v. Elliot case
20Harry Briggs Jr.One of the students whose parents filed the lawsuit
21Thurgood MarshallFirst Black Justice
22John W. DavisRepresented losing side in Briggs v. Elliot
23Earl Warren14th Chief Justice of the United States