Civil Rights Vocab

Question 1

Civil Rights

Answer 1

Freedoms guaranteed by the

constitution

Question 2

Dissent

Answer 2

Protest 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. Fergusson

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

19964 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