Chapter 5 Review Questions 1. Civil Rights are the government-protected rights of individuals against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by governments or individuals. The concept of equality got introduced into the constitution. The 14th Amendment‚ one of three Civil war Amendments ratified from 1865 to 1870‚ introduced the notion of equality into the constitution by specifying that a state could not deny “any person within jurisdiction equal protection of the laws.” It is evident in the recent
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"Even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow‚ I have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed we hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal’." -Martin Luther King Jr. The Civil Rights movement may have started out on a mission to improve the lives of the large population of African-Americans‚ but who would have guessed that King’s quest
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to participate in Reconstruction. They were in many ways precursors to the Jim Crow laws‚ creating a separate and unequal system for African Americans. The Black Codes varied from state to state‚ but they had common features. They provided for labor contracts for Black laborers—often with terms not much different than slavery. They prohibited Blacks from migrating from one state to another unless they possessed papers specifying that he or she was bonded by contract to labor for an employer.
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justice system that was not in their favor‚ and an education system that deliberately made it difficult for blacks to obtain an education. 2. The Black Codes were laws enacted in 1865 and 1866 that reduced the rights of black people. 3. The Jim Crow laws were laws that supported racial segregation. 4. They segregated whites and black in schools‚ restaurants‚ buses‚ bathrooms‚ work‚ etc. 5. The first Ku Klux Klan was formed to oppose the reconstruction plans of the Radical Republic and
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can conclude that racism was a huge problem that lead to unfair punishments and rules towards a certain group. Whites were very racist towards African Americans. Meaning they did not treat them the same and made ridiculous laws against them. The Jim Crow Laws would be an example of ridiculous laws. The set of laws restricted Blacks from many things‚ like going to the same school as whites or communicating with whites. A few reasons why there was racism between blacks and whites was because they had
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aspirations of the African American race. The end of the Civil War in 1865 effectively ended slavery but did not openly give way for African Americans to have equal rights. The continuous struggle and persistence of the African American people lead to Jim Crow Laws that made them into second-class citizens. These laws dug deep holes for legal segregation between the races of black and white. To counter these laws the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was formed to increase racial
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successful during the first Brown case in 1954‚ the judgement of desegregating public schools was not enforced leading to the Brown case 2 which did successfully enforce the ruling. The judgement overruled the Plessy V Ferguson case of 1896 which allowed Jim Crow Laws. Plessy V. Ferguson was essentially the beginning of the ‘separate but equal’ ideology. Although a success in terms of “de jure” discrimination‚ it is important to remember
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POLITICO-RELIGIOUS TERRORISM: THE KKK AND AL QAEDA Religion is‚ “a most important source of constructing identity in the network society and a frequent part of collective identity building.” Religious extremist terrorist regimes can begin as political parties within their nations‚ rise to power and adopt authoritarian militancy practices to control their states. They can use their power to “repress religious competitors and political activism on the part of some groups guarantees the mobilization
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Racial Profiling An issue that is widely debated but often is left lingering if it’s correct to use racial profiling as a police tactic. Bob Herbert‚ wrote‚ ‘’Jim Crow Policing” published in 2010 in the New York City needs to be restrained. Herbert begins building his credibility by using rhetorical appeal of logos in the form of statistics to establish the incapability of the victims of racial profiling in New York City in the end of the article‚ he relies heavily on pathos and emotionally driven
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Running head: MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ’S SPEECH‚ "I HAVE A DREAM ’ Martin Luther King Jr. ’s Speech‚ "I Have a Dream ’ Marsha Spainhour Sandhills Community College Public Speaking Kathleen Kruska November 16‚ 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. ’s Speech‚ "I Have a Dream ’ The true test of a speech is born of its immediate impact and its long-term value as a rhetorical document. It is a small wonder that only a few speeches transcend their own moment in history and become resonant literature
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