human rights

Question 1

Abraham Lincoln

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16th president of the USA in 1861, issuing the emancipiton proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the confedaracy

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Martin Luther King Jr

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Leader of Civil Rights Leader and doption of nonviolent resistance to achieve equal rights for Black Americans

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Rosa Parks

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Known as the mother of the civil rights movement because she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man

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Bull Connor

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Ardent segeragation who served for 22 years as a comisoner of public safety. Enforced legal racial segreation in Birmingham

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George Floyd

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African American man who was murdered in 2020 by a white police as a suspect of a $20 counterfiet bill used in store

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Ahmaud Arbery

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A 25 year old black man who was jogging in broad daylight and got shot by 2 men

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American Civil War

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Americas worst ever war, putting the union army againist the confederate states of America ( 1861-65 ). It was caused due to slavery states vs federal rights and election of Abraham Lincoln

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Brown vs Board Of Education

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In 1954 a supreme court case that declared racial segeration in public schools, overturning ‘seperate but equal’. It was a key movement in the Civil Rights Movement

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Central High School, Little Rock Nine

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In Arkansas the central high school is known for little rock nine, who interegated the school in 1957 amid strong opposition for civil rights and had to be escorted by security

Question 10

Emancipition Proclamation

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Issued by Lincoln on Jan 1st 1863, declared enslaved people in confederate states to be free

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Montgamery Bus Boycott

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Started in Dec 1955 after Rosa Parks was arrested. African Americans refused to use buses for a year leading to supreme court ruling that ended bus segeration

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Birmingham Campaign

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In 1963 sought to end segeration in Alabama. Led by Martin Luther King Jr protests and sit ends drew national attention to the civil rights struggle

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The March on Washington

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The March on Washington was on August 28, 1963, with over 250,000 people advocating for civil rights, featuring Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

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United Nations Decleration On Human Rights

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1948 document that defines rights, freedom and promoting dignity for all people

Question 15

Seperate but equal

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Justified racial segeration claiming seperate facilities were equal. It was upheld in Plessy vs Ferguson and overturned by Brown vs Board

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Segeration

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Enforced segeration of different racial or ethic groups in various aspects of life such as schools, housing and public facilities

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Desgeration

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Process of ending the seperation of racial or ethic groups especially in schools

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Intergration

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Process of combining different racial or ethnic groups into a single system or community promoting equality and inclusion

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NAACP - National association for the advacement of coloured people

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A civil rights movement founded in 1909 to fight racial discrimination and promote social justice

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Jim crow laws

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State and local laws statues that enforced racial segeration in the southern USA from the late 19th century until the 1960s

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War registration

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Process by which eligible citizens sign up to vote in elections often involving providing personal information and proof of identity

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BLM

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A movement that advocates racial justice aganist police violence towards black individuals showing the importance of Black lives and adressing systemic racism - 2013

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Amensty International

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Global human rights organisation that campaigns to protest individuals rights, promote justice and prevent abuses world wide

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Prisoners of conscience

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Individuals that are jailed for their beliefs or opinions, often political or religious without comitting crime