Ch. 20: African Americans in the Mid-1800s Vocab

The belief that one race is superior to another.

• racism

• discrimination

• segregation

• oppression

unequal treatment based on a person's race, gender, religion, place of birth, or other arbitrary characteristics.

• race

• discrimination

• segregation

• oppression

the social separation of groups of people, especially by race

• racism

• discrimination

• segregation

• oppression

a secret network of free blacks and whites who helped thousands of slaves escape to free states and to Canada

• racism

• Underground Railroad

• Nat Turner's Rebellion

• oppression

a slave rebellion led by Nat Turner that took place in Virginia in 1831

• racism

• Rosa Park

• Underground Railroad

• Nat Turner's Rebellion

The feeling of being weighed down or held back by severe and unfair force

• racism

• discrimination

• oppression

• segregation