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,

Question 3

civil disobedience

Answer 3

breaking a law as a form of protest.

Question 4

institutionalized

Answer 4

official policy from the govt. of a business

Question 5

discrimination

Answer 5

treating a group of people unfairly

Question 6

segregation

Answer 6

diving 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 so they could vote

Question 9

literacy test

Answer 9

a complicated test that people had to pass to before they were allowed to vote

Question 10

plessy vs Ferguson

Answer 10

said segregation was ok

Question 11

redress

Answer 11

v. setting things right

Question 12

brown vs board of education

Answer 12

ended segregation in public schools

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

Question 15

university of California

Answer 15

said cannot use racial quotas admissions to colleges

Question 16

1st amendment

Answer 16

freedom of religion freedom to protest freedom to assemble freedom of the press freedom of religion

Question 17

13th amendment

Answer 17

ended slavery

Question 18

14th amendment

Answer 18

born here you got all rights

Question 19

15th amendment

Answer 19

cannot deny right to vote because of race

Question 20

1965 voting rights act

Answer 20

banned all pool taxes as a requirement for voting

Question 21

26th amendment

Answer 21

said citizens had to be 18 or older to vote

Question 22

n.o.w.

Answer 22

national organization for women

Question 23

ufw

Answer 23

united farm workers