Unit 4 Flashcards

(43 cards)

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Citizen Advocacy

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Movement to strengthen citizen action and motivation to participate in community and civic affairs; often focuses on bringing the marginalized back into the community

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Citizenship

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membership by birth or naturalization in a society that entails definable rights of participation and protection, and certain responsibilities and duties to the society

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Political Participation

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any number of ways a citizen can be involved in the political process (e.g. voting, running as a candidate, protesting, etc.)

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Jus Soli

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right of the soil: A person’s citizenship is determined by place of birth

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Jus Sanguinis

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right of blood: A person’s citizenship is the same as the natural parents, wherever the child is born

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Naturalization

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process of applying for citizenship and becoming a citizen

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United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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Adopted in 1948, it outlines human rights to which all people are entitled

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Pacifism

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Commitment to peace and opposition to war

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Anti-war movements

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Organized campaigns against war or specific military campaigns (e.g., the Vietnam anti-war movement during the late 1960s)

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Civility

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Thoughtfulness about how our actions may affect others, based on the recognition that human beings live together

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Apartheid

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Strict, legislated system of racial segregation & discrimination against black and other “colored” South Africans set in place by the National Party of South Africa from 1948-1994

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Nelson Mandela

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South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, who served as president of South Africa in 1994-1999; first Black chief executive, and elected in the first fully representative democratic election

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Non-violence

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Philosophy or strategy used to bring about political change

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Civil disobedience

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Refusal to obey a law because it is considered to be unjust; a form of non-violent political protest

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Pro-democracy movement

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Ukrainian Orange Revolution

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Viktor Yushchenko

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Election fraud

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Liberation movements

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ANC

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Association for New Canadians

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PAC

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(Political Action Committees)
Federal non-profit corporations

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TRC

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(Truth and Reconciliation Commission)

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Sharpeville tragedy

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“The Great Society” policy

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Draft dodgers
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“Just war”
27
SDS
28
Peace march on Washington
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Case-Church Amendment
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Pamela Adoyo
31
Fancisco Soberón
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Waseem Mahmood
33
Tommie Smith and John Carlos
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Change from inside society
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Change from outside society
36
Rwandan genocide
37
Dixie Chicks’ and Iraq War controversy
38
Great Bear Rainforest Agreement
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Charlotte Haley
40
Ten Thousand Villages
41
Sam Singh
42
Simon Jackson
43
Paul Hogan