SS9 Civil Rights Vocabulary

Front

What is the term for a call by some civil rights activists for African Americans to have economic/political power NOT nonviolent protest?

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Black Power

Front

Fill in the blank: ________ is a peaceful protest or noncooperation with authorities to achieve social/political goals.

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nonviolent resistance

Front

What is the form of peaceful protest in which people occupied seats in a segregated facility?

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sit-in

Front

The 1954 Supreme Court ruling declaring segregation in public schools was unconstitutional is known as ________.

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Brown v. Board of Education

Front

What term describes the harsh, cruel, or violent treatment of another person?

Back

brutality

Front

What term describes being willing to use strong, extreme, and sometimes violent methods to achieve something?

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militant

Front

What is the blending of people of all races as equals, the opposite of segregation?

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integration

Front

Fill in the blank: The term that means 'usual or traditional; accepted by most people' is ________.

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conventional

Front

What word means 'leaving no question as to meaning or intent'?

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explicitly

Front

What word means 'separated or set apart from other people or things'?

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isolated