History 7 Unit 4 Flashcards
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
A document made by the United Nations after the second World War. It consists of 30 rights that every human should have. The only problem is that these are optional, not required. A big person to take a part in writing these was Eleanor Roosevelt.
United Nations (UN)
The United Nations is a union of peacekeeping countries around the world. They do not have a military force, but can lock bank accounts and send peaceful protesters to make a country follow their rules. These countries also wrote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This union originally consisted of 51 countries, but has grown to 193 countries.
Pyramid of Hate
The Pyramid of Hate is a visual representation of the different levels of hate for groups. Race, gender, ethnicity, religion, ect. The worst level is genocide.
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal act was the operation passed by the Supreme Court to move all the “civilized” tribes and make them move to the what is modern day Oklahoma. The civilized tribes were the ones that tried to adjust to American way of life so they could fit in with society.
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the president during the time of the Indian Removal Act, and he passed the operation, trying to force the Indians out.
Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was the multiple paths that the different Indian tribes took to get to modern day Oklahoma. It is called this because of all the hardships they faced,
a few of those being deaths of loved ones, sickness, natural disasters, etc..
Discrimination
Unfair treatment of a person or group based on their identity, such as in job or school opportunities, housing, criminal justice, segregation
Prejudice
Negative attitudes towards a particular group based on their identity
Japanese Internment Camp
Camps that the Japanese Americans were kept in during World War II because of fear of betrayal or being a spy for Japan
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
He was the president that passed the camp act during World War II
Bias
Negative thoughts or ideas about, or against a certain group based on differences, real or imagined
Scapegoating
The act of blaming a group based on the actions of a few
Apartheid
Apartheid is a word from Afrikaans meaning apartness. This word was used in the Apartheid laws that were laws in South Africa regarding black and white segregation and rules
Segregation
Segregation means to be separated from other people
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela was a black South African man who was a civil rights activist and the first black president of South Africa. He was one of the leaders in the protests against the ANC
F.W. de Klerk
White president before Nelson Mandela. He helped Nelson and got rid of Apartheid laws. He and Nelson ran against each other after the laws were abolished.
African National Congress
The group of black Africans that stood against the Apartheid laws. Nelson Mandela was one of the big members of this group.
Political Cartoon
Political cartoons can be very funny, especially if you understand the issue that they’re commenting on. Their main purpose, though, is not to amuse you but to persuade you. A good political cartoon makes you think about current events, but it also tries to sway your opinion towards the artist’s point of view
Antisemitism
Bad acts against Jewish people
Patriotism
The quality of being patriotic; devotion to and vigorous support for one’s country. Ex.: Flying your country’s flag in your yard
Nationalism
Identification with one’s own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations
World War I
A war that took place from 1914-1918 between 135 countries. The two powers were the Allies and the Central Powers. It was caused by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and also foreign policies. America joined in 1917 because of the death of 128 Americans on a commercial ship that Germany sank.
Treaty of Versailles
A peace treaty between the Allies and the Central Powers, mainly Germany, to end World War I. The treaty’s conditions were, Germany would have to give land back to France and Poland, coal fields would be given to France for 15 years, Britain would get their colonies, Germany had to pay all war costs, Germany and Austria could not ally, Germany was forbidden from joining the League of Nations, Germany had to shrink their army to 100,000, their navy consisted of 6 battleships, but they couldn’t have any submarines or air force, and they had to take blame for the war.
National Socialist German Workers Party
The National Socialist German Workers’ Party, commonly referred to in English as the Nazi Party, was a far-right political party in Germany that was active between 1920 and 1945, that created and supported the ideology of Nazism.