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what is steerage?

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the cheapest accommodations on a steamship

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What is Ellis Island?

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an island in the New York harbor that served as the processing center for many of the immigrants arriving from Europe.

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what is Angel island?

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An island in California that served as the processing center for many immigrants arriving from Asia.

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What is nativism?

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an extreme dislike of immigrants by native born people

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What is segregation?

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separation of races

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What are Jim Crow Laws?

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laws that enforced discrimination

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What is a poll tax?

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All citizens of Mississippi were forced to pay a $2 when registering to vote

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what are lynchings?

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hangings without proper court proceedings

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Who was Ida B. wells?

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African American woman who launched a crusade against lynching

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Who was Booker T. Washington?

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African American educator who proposed that black’s should concentrate on achieving economic goals rather than political ones.

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Who was WEB De Bois?

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black activist who refused to give up civil rights. Particularly concerned about protecting voting rights.

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Who was Rosa Parks?

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refused to give up her seat on the bus

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What was the NAACP?

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national Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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What was “separate but equal”?

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this made laws that segregated African americans permitted as long as equal facilities were provided for them

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What is de facto segregation?

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segregation by custom and tradition (segregation by choice)

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What are sit ins?

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a form of protest that attempted to desegregate restaurants by sitting at a lunch counter and refusing to leave until they got the service they desired.

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Who is Thurgood Marshall?

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an African American attorney

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What is the SCLC?

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference. set out to eliminate segregation

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What was the SNCC?

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Who was James Meredith?

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Black air force veteran who was not allowed in University of Mississippi

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what is a filibuster?

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this occurs when a small group of senators take turns speaking and refuse to stop the debate and allow a bill to come to vote

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what is a cloture?

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a motion that cuts off debate and forces a vote

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What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

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gave the federal government broad power to prevent racial discrimination in a number of areas

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what did the voting rights act of 1965 do?

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authorized the US attorney general to send federal examiners to register qualified voters. Also suspended literacy tests

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what is racism?

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prejudice or discrimination toward someone because of his or her race

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what is black power?

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physical self defense or violence

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who was stokely carmichael?

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leader of SNCC

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who was Malcolm X?

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famous black muslim who became a symbol of the black power movement

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what were black panthers?

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believed that a revolution was necessary in the US and they urged african americans to arm themselves and prepare to force whites to grant them equal rights

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what did the immigration act of 1965 do?

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abolished the national origins quota system

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what are refugees?

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someone leaving his country due to a well founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, or nationality

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what did the immigration reform and control act of 1986 do?

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established penalties for employers who knowingly hire unauthorized immigrants

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what is amnesty?

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the act of granting a pardon to a large group of people

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what did the illegal immigration reform and immigrant responsibility act of 1996 do?

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required families sponsoring an immigrant to have an income above the poverty line. did other stuff too.

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