Social Studies Vocabulary - Nevada
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- Jim Crow Laws:
- Laws that legalized segregation of and discrimination against African Americans after the United States Civil War. The
expression
Jim Crow
refers to an early minstrel song.
- Judicial Review:
- Established by Marbury v. Madison; the power of the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of laws and
executive actions.
- Juvenile Court:
- A court that handles cases specifically relating to minors.