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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.
Industry:Government
Set of laws which deal with private rights of individuals. Laws which are not civil laws are criminal laws.
Industry:Government
Personal freedoms, most of which are protected by the Bill of Rights from government interference.
Industry:Government
Constitutional rights and privileges enjoyed by individuals and groups, which the government promises to protect from interference by others.
Industry:Government
Laws designed to protect individuals or groups from having their civil rights violated by other individuals, organizations or groups.
Industry:Government
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.
Industry:Government
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.
Industry:Government
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.
Industry:Government
Documents given by Britain to authorize the establishment of colonies in North America.
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