Unit 4 Flashcards
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the written rights that give us freedom.There are 30 of them and these are the rights no one can take away from us.
United Nations
The United Nations are a group of powerful people that try to make international peace and security with everyone.
Pyramid of Hate
The Pyramid of Hate is a visual of all the hate crimes enlisted from bias attitude to Genocide
Indian Removal act
Began in 1830 and was the removal native Americans to relocate them to the eastern planes.
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was 7th president of American leading the country from 1829-1837.He was best known for strengthening relationships with nations globally.
Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was a forced movement of 60,000 indigenous people removed from their ancestral homelands from 1830 to 1850.
discrimination
Discrimination is judging someone by their race,disability,age,or sex just by seeing a visual of them
prejudice
Being prejudice is having an opinion about something or someone without actually experiencing it.For example A prejudice person could think a certain ethnic group was bad without meeting someone that ethnicity.
bias
Bias is favoring something more than the other like a group,perspective,or outcome more than others.
stereotypes
A stereotype is an assumption or belief made about someone based on their race,sexuality,age,disability,and sex.For example someone saying all Germans are bad after the Holocaust.
Apartheid
The Apartheid was the racial segregation in South Africa by race.The white government would separate people by if they were colored or not and would but them in divided areas they were allowed in.This started in 1948 and ended in 1994 due to Nelson Mandela convincing de Klerk to abolish the segregation.
segregation
Segregation is separating a group of people because they are a different ethnic group,nationality,sex,or many other factors.For example separating people by skin color.
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela was an activist and politician during the South African Apartheid.He was known for his commitment to peace and negotiating peace with former president during the Apartheid
F.W. de Klerk
F.W de Klerk was a South African politician who contributed to abolish the South African Apartheid.He was the former president before Nelson Mandela.
African National Congress
The African National Congress is a political party in South Africa known for it’s objection to the apartheid.