Civic Action Vocabulary

one group is kept separate from another group

• prejudice

• injustice

• democracy

• segregation

to make something valid by giving it approval

• boycott

• prejudice

• ratify

• fast

gave American women the right to vote

• 19th amendment

• Americans with Disabilities Act

• suffrage

• 1st amendment

the right to vote

• sit-ins

• discrimination

• suffrage

• marches

when something is not fair

• life

• injustice

• poverty

• marketing

activity that asks consumers to avoid a product or service

• injustice

• ratify

• economy

• boycott

an opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

• prejudice

• fast

• discrimination

• segregation

a change

• ratify

• marches

• boycott

• amendment

A civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public.

• 19th amendment

• Civil Rights Movement

• Americans with Disabilities Act

• injustice

to refuse to eat

• fast

• incentive

• a diet

• opportunity cost