Chapter 5 Flashcards
What is a DEED?
A deed is an ACTION
For example, a good deed is an action that helps a friend.
What is an AMENDMENT?
Amendment is a CHANGE to the Constitution
What is a VOLUNTEER
A person who improves the community and helps others
What is a CONVENTION?
A large meeting.
For example, women organized a convention to discuss women’s rights.
What is SUFFRAGE?
The right to vote
CIVIL RIGHTS
The rights of all citizens to be treated equally under the Law
For example, Thurgood Marshall believed all citizens, not just same citizens, should have civil rights.
SEGREGATE
To separate
DELEGATE
A person chosen to act for others
For example, Eleanor Roosevelt was the American delegate in the United Nations for human rights
What is a CAUSE?
A cause is something people feel strongly about.
For example, people work for world Peace, others protect the Earth, and some groups raise money for research to help cure diseases.
What is a UNION?
A groups of workers that join together.
The workers usually want better treatment and better pay.
What is a MOTTO?
A motto is a saying.
For example, VIVA LA CAUSA, “LONG LIVE THE CAUSE”
The motto for the National Farm Workers of America
What is a STRIKE?
When workers stop working until things change
What is a BOYCOTT?
When people refuse to do something for a reason.
For example, Chávez asked customers to stop eating grapes. And stores to stop selling grapes because farm owners were not treating workers fairly.
Why was Mary McLeod Bethune’s case an important one?
Mary McLeod Bethune’s case was very important because she wanted African Americans to be good citizens, so they could work in the community also.
She taught them how to read, write, sew, cook and clean.
She wanted to give African American people a chance to go to school.
Why is it important for people to stand up for causes they believe?
It is important to stand up for the causes they believe in because when they see something wrong they will try to change that and the world will get better.
