All Flashcards
Causes and effects of the Warren Court?
Cause: Desire to expand individual rights. Effect: Landmark cases impacting civil rights, criminal justice.
Causes and effects of The Feminine Mystique?
Cause: Dissatisfaction of women in traditional roles. Effect: Sparked the Women's Movement, led to the founding of NOW.
Causes and effects of the Stonewall Riots?
Cause: Police raids and discrimination against LGBTQ+ individuals. Effect: Beginning of the modern gay rights movement.
Causes and effects of Title IX?
Cause: Aim to prohibit gender discrimination in education. Effect: Increased opportunities for women in sports and education.
Causes and effects of the Lavender Scare?
Cause: Red Scare and fear of homosexuals as security risks. Effect: Firing of thousands of homosexuals from federal employment.
Causes and effects of the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975?
Cause: AIM advocacy for self-determination. Effect: Gave tribes greater control over their programs and resources.
Causes and effects of Executive Order 11246?
Cause: LBJ's desire to combat employment discrimination. Effect: Required federal contractors to take affirmative action.
Compare Title IX and the ERA.
Title IX focuses on gender discrimination in education. The ERA aimed for a constitutional guarantee of gender equality but was not ratified.
Compare the goals of the Women's Movement and the Gay Liberation Movement.
Both movements sought equality and an end to discrimination, but one focused on gender, the other on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Compare the strategies of the Civil Rights Movement and the American Indian Movement.
Both used activism and legal challenges, but AIM also employed more militant tactics like occupations.
Define Exclusionary Rule.
Illegally seized evidence cannot be used in court.
Define LGBTQ.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (or Questioning).
Define Gender.
Social constructs assigned to males and females.
Define Cisgender.
Gender identity aligns with the sex assigned at birth.
Define Queer.
An umbrella term for those who reject binary categories of gender and sexual orientation.
What was the Lavender Scare?
A witch hunt targeting homosexuals in the US government during the 1950s.
Define Glass Ceiling.
An invisible barrier preventing women from rising to higher positions in the corporate world.
Define Sexual Harassment.
A form of discrimination under the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Define Affirmative Action.
Policies promoting diversity in education and the workforce to address past discrimination.
Define Civil Unions.
Legally recognized same-sex relationships, offering some rights of marriage.