Civil Rights Vocab

Question 1

Civil Rights

Answer 1

Freedoms guaranteed by the constitution

Question 2

Dissent

Answer 2

Protestor 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

Question 5

Discrimination

Answer 5

Treating a group of people unfairly because they are a member of that group:
• EX: Not hiring women

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

* examples: teachers must assign 9 assignments per 9-weeks

Question 14

Affirmative Action

Answer 14

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

Question 15

The 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 speech

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