Civil Rights I
Quiz Content
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lecture
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chapter
4
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bolded
terms on p.145
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Roe
v. Wade
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Chapter
5 up to 172
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Bolded
terms up to 184
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Plessy v.
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Brown
v. Board of Education
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Letter
from
Civil
Rights as Positive Liberties
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Ability
of individualize to achieve self-advancement, personal self-determination,
moral realization
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Achieve
dignity and well-being
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Capabilities
approach (Sen & Nussbaum)
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Right
to vote, participate in politics, be a citizen
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Usual
require positive actions by the government
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Negative
liberties require government restraint or refraining from actions
Black American
Civil Rights Movement
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social
movement: group or class of people seeking redress of grievances
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religious
basis: Southern Christian Leadership Conference and churches
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addressed
principles beyond black American issues
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race, color, religion, gender, and national
origin
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culminates
in Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968 & Voting Rights Act of 1965
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action
by federal government necessary to realize liberties
Letter from
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mutuality
or interconnection of communities and states
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a
national movement, not regional
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civil
and economic spheres, not just citizen-government relations
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discrimination
by merchants
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direct
action to force confrontation
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constitutional
and religious claims
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role
of church in public life
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dignity
and self-realization
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tyranny
of majority
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white
moderates