Black History Vocabulary List #1

Question 1

Abolitionist

Answer 1

a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.

Question 2

harass

Answer 2

subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation

Question 3

lynching

Answer 3

(of a mob) kill (someone), especially by hanging, for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial.
“her father had been lynched for a crime he didn’t commit

Question 4

segregation

Answer 4

the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apar

Question 5

justice

Answer 5

the quality of being fair and reasonable.

Question 6

Integration

Answer 6

the action or process of integrating.

Question 7

equality

Answer 7

the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.

Question 8

Acquitted

Answer 8

free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty.

Question 9

Diversity

Answer 9

the state of being diverse; variety.

Question 10

Discrimination

Answer 10

the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

Question 11

Racism

Answer 11

prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.

Question 12

Prejudice

Answer 12

preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.

Question 13

Boycott

Answer 13

withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.

Question 14

Sharecropper

Answer 14

a tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent.

Question 15

Appeal

Answer 15

make a serious or urgent request, typically to the public.