Civil Rights Vocab

Abolish

• To get rid of

• to keep something

• a person who advocated for the end of slavery an the freeing of all slaves

• a change or addition to a document

Abolitionist

• the elimination of laws that allowed for segregation

• a person who advocated for the end of slavery an the freeing of all slaves

• using peaceful means rather than force, especially to bring about change politically or socially

• a violent disturbance of peace by a crowd

Amendment

• to change the person's citizenship

• to end or do away with

•  the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different people

• a change or addition to a document

Civil Rights

• the keeping of slaves as a practice

• right to full legal, social, and economic equality

• uniform and balanced treatment

• belief that there are natural differences between people who are different colors and that one race is superior to others

Desegregation

• the elimination of laws that allowed for segregation

•  the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different people

• part of the 14th Amendment that prevents states from denying any man equal protection of its laws

• uniform and balanced treatment

Discrimination

• the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different people

• the right to vote

• the enforced separation of different racial groups

•  expressing disapproval about someone or something

Emancipation Proclamation

• rights that are granted and can not be taken away

• a practice or policy of segregating or discriminating against Black people as in public places, public vehicles, or employment

• an executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, which freed slaves in the 13 slave states still involved in the rebellion against the Union

•  part of the 14th Amendment that prevents states from denying any man equal protection of its laws

Equal Protection Clause

• the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different people

• rights that are granted and can not be taken away

• an emancipated slave

• part of the 14th Amendment that prevents states from denying any man equal protection of its laws

Equality

• uniform and balanced treatment

• an emancipated slave

•  made right by law

• the elimination of laws that allowed for segregation

Freedman

•  an emancipated slave

• a violent disturbance of peace by a crowd

• a person who advocated for the end of slavery an the freeing of all slaves

• allowed freed slaves to join the Union Army and to be paid for their service. While it freed slaves, the Emancipation Proclamation did not make slavery illegal.