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Written by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776. The declaration declared independence from Britain. The 13 colonies would form a new nation.
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The first Continental Congress was a meeting with representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies.
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The Revolutionary War was a war fought by the American Colonists to gain their independence from England.
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The first form of the constitution.
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A group of farmers imprisoned other farmers who could not pay their debts and took control of courts.
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• The Virginia Plan- separation of powers (checks and balances) and two chambers of congress
• The Great Compromise-representation decided in the House of Representatives and the Senate
• One provision in the Virginia Plan that was debated was whether or not congress could override states laws.
• Method for choosing elected officials (President and Congress)
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• Unanimous decision to not enforce the “separate but equal” provision of Plessy v. Fergusson • Led to “desegregation” of all public schools
• Ruling broken down into two separate decisions, known as Brown I and Brown II
• Brown I ruled that desegregation must happen
• Brown II set forth (although very ambiguously) the steps to accomplish desegregation – no guidelines or time-frames provided by the court -
• Some southern school districts requested extra time to implement desegregation • Court denied the requests
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• Court reaffirmed the “all deliberate speed” portion of Brown in telling southern states to speed up the desegregation process
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• The first U.S. federal civil rights protection for people with disabilities • Helped to pave the way for the Virginians with Disabilities Act in 1985 and the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act.
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• Court narrowly reversed a lower court decision • Previous decision had allowed forced busing to end desegregation • Even though lower court decision applied only to single school district, Supreme Court reversed
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• Federal law the protects the rights of student records • Legal guardian are granted the rights to review and request change is students records • Schools cannot release any student records without written permission from a legal guardian • Signed into law by President Ford
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• Court said that school districts that were desegregating could end forced busing
• Court said even though it would create racial imbalance, districts could return to neighborhood schools
• Ruled that desegregation could be stopped, as long as the school districts eliminated “ the vestiges of past discrimination” -
• Court ruled that federal courts could stop supervising local school districts
• This could be done even if full compliance with Brown had not occurred yet
