Civil Rights – part 2

1. Civil Rights – part 2 AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS – Civil Rights

2. Civil Rights Act of 1964 Proposed by Kennedy 5 months before he died Pushed through Congress by Johnson “We’ve just lost the South for a generation”. Major Acts AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS – Civil Rights

3. Civil Rights Act of 1964 Made racial discrimination illegal in hotels, motels, restaurants, and other public places. Forbade discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or gender. Major Acts AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS – Civil Rights

4. VotingRights Act of 1965 Meant to end barriers to African American suffrage (voting). Prohibited use of procedures that denied a person the vote based on race or color. • Abolished use of literacy requirements for anyone who had completed the 6th grade. Major Acts AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS – Civil Rights

5. 15th. . . gave African Americans the vote (1870) • 19th. . . gave Women the vote (1920) • 24th. . . prohibited poll taxes (1964) • 26th. . . gave 18 year olds the vote(1964) Amendments AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS – Civil Rights

6. Abigail Adams • Wife of John Adams • In a letter to him while he attended the • Constitutional Convention . . . • . . . remember the ladies, and be more • generous and favorable to them than your • ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power • into the hands of the Husbands. Women AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS – Civil Rights

7. Remember all Men would be • tyrants if they could. • If particular care and attention • is not paid to the Ladies we are • determined to foment a Rebellion, • and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws • in which we have no voice, or Representation. Women AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS – Civil Rights

8. Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments • 1848 - Birth of the women’s rights movement • We hold these truths to be self-evident: • that all men and women are created equal; • . Women AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS – Civil Rights

9. Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments • The history of mankind is a history of repeated • injuries and usurpations on the part of man • toward woman, having in direct object the • establishment of an absolute tyranny over her. • . Women AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS – Civil Rights

10. Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments • . . . we insist that they have immediate • admission to all the rights and privileges • which belong to them as citizens of these • United States. • . Women AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS – Civil Rights

11. 1923 • Proposed the Equal Rights Amendment: • Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. Women AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS – Civil Rights

12. Equal Rights Amendment • Introduced every Congressional session • Finally passed in 1972 • Ratified by 35 states • Therefore, NOT the 28th Amendment Women AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS – Civil Rights

13. Title IX of the Education Act of 1972 • Forbids gender discrimination in federally subsidized education programs • Including athletics Women AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS – Civil Rights

14. Asian Americans • Korematsu v. United States • 1944 • The Court upheld constitutionality of • internment of Japanese Americans • during WW II Others AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS – Civil Rights