Civil Rights Vocabulary

Civil Rights

Vocabulary

Outlaws Slavery in the U.S.

(FREE)

13th Amendment

​Makes all those born on U.S. soil a U.S. citizen

(CITIZENS)

14th Amendment

​All U.S. citizens have the right to Vote

(VOTE)

15th Amendment

​Makes Poll Taxes illegal.

(2 and 4, Poll Tax No More)

24th Amendment

Lowers the voting age from 21 to 18

(2+6= 8...TEEN to vote)

26th Amendment

Match

Match the following

• 13th

• 26th

• 14th

• 24th

• 15th

Made slavery illegal

18 to vote

All births on U.S. soil are citizens

Made poll taxes illegal

All U.S. Citizens can vote

• Made slavery illegal

• 18 to vote

• All births on U.S. soil are citizens

• Made poll taxes illegal

• All U.S. Citizens can vote

Establishes the "Separate but Equal" clause. Legalizes segregation.

Plessy v. Ferguson

Overturns Plessy v Ferguson. Makes segregation illegal.

Brown v. Board of Education

Dropdown

Plessy v. Ferguson established the ​

Select answer

clause and in 1954, Brown v. Board of Education ​

Select answer

the Plessy ruling, making segregation ​

Select answer

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​Last group of segregationist Democrats located primarily in the south.

Opposes the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Congressional Bloc of Southern Democrats

Multiple Choice

The Congressional Bloc of Southern Democrats supported the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

• True

• False

Those rights that are enjoyed by ALL Americans. They are founded in the Bill of Rights and defended by the Constitution.

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​Civil Rights

Americans of Mexican descent.

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Chicanos

​A form of Non-Violent protest in which citizens disobey city laws and ordinances.

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Civil Disobedience

Multiple Select

Which of the following would be considered "Civil Disobedience"? (Select all that apply)

• Rioting

• Staging a "Walk Out"

• Not wearing a face mask when ordered to do so in a government building

• Burning stores

​When all citizens have the same rights and privileges under the law and social norms.

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Social Equality

Movement that rejected a woman's value and identity to be controlled, compared to, or determined by men.

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Feminism (Classical)

Multiple Choice

Classical Feminism is NOT

• Advocating for equal rights for women

• Man-Hating

• Supporting an Equal Pay law

• A woman's right to choose what to do with her body

​To bring together all parts

Integrate

​To separate based on identities

Segregate

Local or State laws that applied the law differently to Whites and Blacks.

Could be customary laws or legal laws.

Jim Crow Laws

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of Jim Crow?

• Poll Taxes

• Blacks must enter a building from the back door

• Literacy Tests

​Bills and Laws passed by Congress

​​Legislation

The process of arguing a case in court

Litigation

Open Ended

What is the difference between Legislation and Litigation?

Nine African-American students that were originally denied entry into Little Rock Central High School, then escorted in by the Army

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Little Rock Nine

Multiple Choice

The Little Rock Nine were initially denied entry into...

• High School

• College

• Work

• A Government Building

​Organization that fought for equal rights and treatment for women,

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NOW

(National Organization of Women)

Dropdown

NOW advocated for ​

Select answer

The way things have always been

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Status Quo

Treaty with the Sioux that stated any lands taken by the U.S. from Native Americans and vacated would return to the possession of the Native Americans

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​Treaty of Ft. Laramie