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Purpose of Affirmative Action?

Aid groups facing past discrimination; race can be a factor.

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Purpose of Affirmative Action?

Aid groups facing past discrimination; race can be a factor.

Purpose of Title IX?

Prohibits sex-based discrimination in federally funded education.

Differences between civil liberties and civil rights?

Liberties: protections from government. Rights: protections against discrimination.

Compare Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause.

Establishment: no government-sponsored religion. Free Exercise: right to practice religion.

Cause and effect of selective incorporation?

Cause: 14th Amendment. Effect: Bill of Rights applies to states.

Cause and effect of Brown v. Board of Education?

Cause: Segregation in schools. Effect: Overturned 'separate but equal'.