Vocab Flashcards
civil rights
the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality
Jim Crow Laws
state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the South US
13th Amendment
ratified in 1865; abolished slavery in the US.
Black Codes
laws passed by southern states in 1865 and 1866 in US after the Civil war with intent and the effect of restriction African American freedom
14th Amendment
was adopted on July 9th, 1968, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the Civil War
equal but separate
the doctrine set forth by the US Supreme Court that sanctioned the segregation of individuals by race in separate but equal facilities but that was invalidated as unconstitutional
KKK
secret hate group in the US, active for several years after the Civil War; aimed to suppress newly acquired rights of black people and to oppose carpetbaggers form the north - lawless and violent
Neo-Nazi
Neo-Nazism consists of post-WWII militant social or political movements seeking to revive and implement the ideologies of the Nazis
White privilege
it’s the societal privilege that benefits people who society identifies as white in some countries, beyond what is commonly experienced by non-white people under the same social, political, or economic circumstances
white supremacy
racist ideology based upon the belief that white people are superior in many ways to people of other races, and that therefore, white people should be dominant over other races
McCarthyism
a campaign or practice that endorses the use of unfair allegations and investigations
marginalization
Treatment of a person, group, or concept as insignificant. To put or keep someone in a powerless or unimportant position within a society or group
opprssion
prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control
ostracism
exclusion from a society or group
affirmative action
an action or polity favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education
social alienation
condition in social relationships reflected by a low degree of integration or common values and a high degree of distance or isolation between a individual and a group of people in a community or work environment
international human right laws
lays down obligations which states are bound to respect
anti-semitism
hostility or prejudice against Jews
sectarianism
excessive attachment to a particular sect or party, especially in religion
legal oppression
the subjugation of one group by another, carried out under conditions of unequal power, and often enforced by threats of or by actual violence
voting rights
Act of 1965 - a law passed at the time of the civil rights movement. Eliminated various devices such as literacy tests that had been used to restrict black people form voting
black nationalists
type of nationalism which espouses the belief that black people are a nation and seeks to develop and maintain a black identity
