Flashcards
Separate But Equal Vocab
Cards in this deck (23)
- 114th AmendmentOne of the Civil War Amendments; defined US citizenship and guarantees "equal protection under the laws"
- 2De Jure SegregationSegregation established by law. For example Jim Crow & the Supreme Court decision Plessy vs. Ferguson
- 3De Facto SegregationLatin phrase meaning "by fact". Segregation that occured NOT by law, but as a result of tradition.Ex. In 1900's blacks and whites attended separate churches
- 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 the position of one side or the other in a case
- 8Majority OpinionStatement that presents the views of the majority of the Supreme Court justices regarding a case
- 9Dissenting OpinionStatement written by a Supreme Court justice who disagrees with the majority opinion, presenting his or her own opinion
- 10"State Decisis"Principle followed by judges and the Supreme Court: a Latin term that means "Let yesterday's decisions stand"
- 11PrecedentRuling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case
- 12Due Process of LawFair and equal treatment in a court of law. 5th & 14th amendments mention due process of laws.
- 13Dred Scott vs. Sanford(1857)Case of a slave named Dred Scott. The Supreme Court ruled that enslaved African Americans were not property, not citizens, and had no rights under the Constitution
- 14Plessy vs. Ferguson(1896)Case about Homer Plessy, a black man, who purchased a ticked to ride in the whites only railroad car in Louisiana. Case established "separate but equal" doctrine.
- 15Brown vs. Board Of Education of Topeka, Kansas(1954)Banned segregation in public schools
- 16Briggs vs. Elliot(1954)Case that challenged segregated schools in Clarendon County, South Carolina
- 17Korematsu vs. United States(1944)During WWII Japanese American citizens living on the West Coast were moved to internment camps. Supreme Court upheld the President's authority to do this. This case is an example of the President's power to issue an executive order, checks and balances, and judicial review
- 18University of California vs. Bakke(1978)Supreme Court case on affirmative action. It bars use of racial quota systems in college admissions but also affirmative action programs are constitutional
- 19Reverend J. A. DelaineBorn outside of Manning, S.C. he came from a family of proud, self-possessed people of some means. The 1931 Allen University graduate worked in various areas of the state before returning to Clarendon County. He quickly became a community leader organizing the county's first branch of the NAACP (1943) and securing educational opportunities for black veterans. Due to his involvement in civil rights, Rev. DeLaine was fired from his job as principal.
- 20Harry Briggs Jr.One of the students at the school where Rev. J. A. Delaine was Principle during the Briggs v. Elliott Case
- 21Thurgood MarshallThurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American justice.
- 22John W. DavisJohn William Davis was an American politician, diplomat and lawyer. He served as a United States Representative from West Virginia from 1911 to 1913, then as Solicitor General of the United States and US Ambassador to the UK under President Woodrow Wilson. Over a 60-year legal career, he argued 140 cases before the US Supreme Court.
- 23Earl WarrenEarl Warren (March 19, 1891 – July 9, 1974) was an American jurist and politician, who served as the 30th Governor of California (1943–1953) and later the 14th Chief Justice of the United States (1953–1969).
