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The College Board is a not-for-profit membership organization that was formed in 1900 with the mission to promote excellence and equity in education through programs for K–12 and higher education institutions, and by providing students a path to college opportunities, including financial support ...
A division of the U.S. Department of Justice. The Civil Division deals with most of the civil cases in which the United States is a party, i.e., all civil cases which are not under the jurisdiction of any other division of the Department of Justice.
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Set of laws which deal with private rights of individuals. Laws which are not civil laws are criminal laws.
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Personal freedoms, most of which are protected by the Bill of Rights from government interference.
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Constitutional rights and privileges enjoyed by individuals and groups, which the government promises to protect from interference by others.
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Laws designed to protect individuals or groups from having their civil rights violated by other individuals, organizations or groups.
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Organized efforts to get laws passed and enforced which protect people and groups from having their constitutional rights violated.
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System of hiring government employees on the basis of merit, rather than political considerations. The term is also used to refer to government employees outside the military.
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Constitutional amendments passed after the Civil War to free African Americans living under slavery, give them citizenship, and guarantee their rights as citizens. The Thirteenth Amendment was passed in 1865; the Fourteenth Amendment was passed in 1868; and the Fifteenth Amendment was passed in 1870.
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Manner of organizing society so that people are given certain rights and privileges according to their social class, and people in one class are prevented from moving into other classes.
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Documents given by Britain to authorize the establishment of colonies in North America.
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