Civil Rights Flashcards
1
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Injustice
A
Lack of fairness
2
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Alien
A
A foreign born resident of the US
3
Q
Suffrage
A
The fancy term for the right to vote
4
Q
Justice
A
Morally right
5
Q
Literate
A
Ability to read or write
6
Q
The Enlightenment
A
This was a national and global movement
7
Q
Desegregate
A
To reverse segregation
8
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Milestone
A
Something important in a persons life
9
Q
Seperate but equal
A
An idea once accepted in America for a few generations
10
Q
Poll tax
A
A tax the people in the south had to pay in order to vote
11
Q
Jim Crow laws
A
It shall be unlawful for a negro and a white person to play together.
12
Q
Slavery
A
Owning people as property
13
Q
Unconstitutional
A
Not according to the constitution
14
Q
Brown vs board of education
A
1954 Supreme Court
15
Q
Literacy test
A
A test given to people to prove they were able to read or write in able to vote
