Ideas

Question 1

Disenfranchise

Answer 1

To deny the right to vote

Question 2

Nonviolent direct action

Answer 2

A nonviolent protest used to promote change in a society without resorting to violence or other “lesser” measures (ex: Montgomery Bus Boycott)

Question 3

Civil disobedience

Answer 3

the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest

Question 4

Reverse discrimination

Answer 4

the practice or policy of favoring individuals belonging to groups known to have been discriminated against previously (ex: discriminating against white people)

Question 5

Afrocentrism

Answer 5

a cultural ideology or worldview mostly limited to the United States that focuses on the history of black Africans.

Question 6

Desegregation

Answer 6

the ending of a policy of racial segregation

Question 7

Filibuster

Answer 7

an action that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures (ex: a prolonged speech)

Question 8

Literacy tests

Answer 8

Tests of writing and reading ability. Used to deny African Americans the right to vote

Question 9

Poll tax

Answer 9

A tax needed to vote. Used in the US to disenfranchise poor whites as well as African Americans

Question 10

Sit-ins

Answer 10

a form of direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area for a protest, often to promote political, social, or economic change (ex: Greensboro sit-ins)

Question 11

Black Nationalism

Answer 11

the advocacy of separate national status for black people, especially in the US