Civil Rights

Question 1

Civil Rights

Answer 1

Freedoms guaranteed by the constitution

Question 2

Dissent

Answer 2

Protesting or speaking out against people in charge, rules, or laws

Question 3

Civil Disobedience

Answer 3

Breaking a law as a form of protest because you believe it is wrong
a form of dissent

Question 4

Institutionalized

Answer 4

Official policy from the Govt. of a business

EX: racism was institutionalized in the South; it was the LAW to segregate Blacks & Whites

Question 5

Discrimination

Answer 5

Treating a group of people unfairly because they are a member of that group
EX: Not hiring women; Not letting African Americans vote; Not letting Muslims into the country

Question 6

Segregation

Answer 6

dividing people based on race

Question 7

Jim Crow Laws

Answer 7

Southern laws enforcing segregation

Question 8

Poll Tax

Answer 8

a tax someone had to pay before they could vote

used to keep minorities from voting in the south

Question 9

Literacy Test

Answer 9

a complicated test that people had to pass to before they were allowed to vote
used to keep minorities from voting in the south

Question 10

Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 10

said segregation was ok
you can have separate facilities as long as they are equal
“separate but equal”

Question 11

Redress

Answer 11

v. setting things right

n. remedy or compensation for wrongdoing

Question 12

Brown v. Board of Education

Answer 12

ended segregation in public schools
overturned Plessy v Ferguson
said school segregation violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment

Question 13

Quota

Answer 13

a number that must be met

Question 14

Affirmative Action

Answer 14

trying to overcome past racism by encouraging diversity in a workplace or school admissions

Question 15

University of California Regents v. Bakke

Answer 15

said cannot use racial quotas for admissions to colleges
you can use race as A factor however
allowed limited affirmative action

Question 16

1st Amendment

Answer 16

freedom of religion
freedom to protest (or petition)
freedom to assemble
freedom of the press
freedom of religion

Question 17

13th Amendment

Answer 17

Ended Slavery

Question 18

14th Amendment

Answer 18

If you are born in the U.S. you’re a citizen

All citizens are guaranteed equal protection under the law (this is called the “equal protection clause”)

Question 19

15th Amendment

Answer 19

states cannot deny the right to vote based on race

Question 20

1964 Civil Rights Act

Answer 20

banned racial and sex discrimination in public places (ended Jim Crow laws)
banned racial and sex discrimination in hiring

Question 21

1965 Voting Rights Act

Answer 21

banned poll taxes as a requirement for
voting
banned literacy tests as a requirement
for voting
created federal government oversight
for states with a poor civil rights record

Question 22

26th Amendment

Answer 22

said citizens can vote at 18 years old

Question 23

N.O.W.

Answer 23

National Organization for Women

fights to end sex discrimination

Question 24

Migrant Workers

Answer 24

Low-paid Immigrant farm laborers
Move around from farm to farm, season to
season
Usually Latin-American
Often undocumented

Question 25

UFW

Answer 25

United farm workers

Worked to improve conditions for migrant farm workers

Question 26

AIM

Answer 26

American Indian Movement

Works to protect the rights of American Indians