Vocabulary Quiz 1

The Declaration, which was first introduced in 1862 by President Lincoln, freed all the slaves from confederate states that were not yet under unit control during the United States Civil War.

• Jim Crow

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Civil Rights

• Segregation

Which definition is the correct answer for the word oppression?

• To feel intense or passionate dislike for (someone).

• The practice of separating people according to groups, especially racial groups.

• An opinion that is formed without knowing or considering all the facts

• When a person or group of people who have power use it in a way that is not fair, unjust, or cruel.

An opinion that is formed without knowing or considering all the facts. 

• Prejudice

• Oppression

• Diversity

• Segregation

The practice of separating people according to groups, especially racial groups

• Prejudice

• Oppression

• Segregation

• Diversity

Which definition is the correct answer for Jim Crow?

 

 

• The declaration first introduced in 1862 by President Lincoln and freed all the slaves from the confederate states that were not yet under union control during the United States Civil War.

• The practice of separating people according to groups, especially racial groups

• In the United States, certain rights, such as the right to vote, own property, and have a fair trial, are guaranteed. These rights are guaranteed by the Constitution and acts of Congress.

• The set of laws in practice in the United States, particularly in evidence in the south, that enforced or sanctioned segregation of and discrimination against black Americans during the period between the late 1870s and the 1960s

The practice of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and different genders, sexual orientations, etc.

• Civil Rights

• Diversity

• Prejudice

• Jim Crow

In the United States, certain rights, such as the right to vote, own property, and have a fair trial, are guaranteed. These rights are guaranteed by the Constitution and acts of Congress.

• Segregation

• Prejudice

• Oppression

• Civil Rights

An assumption about what someone would do or how they would behave based on what social group they belong to, such as race.

• Oppression

• Stereotype

• Diversity

• Prejudice

Who are the individuals in the photo?

• Mae Jemison

  Martin King

  Maya Angelou

• Maya Angelou

  Cicely Tyson

  Muhammad Ali

• Maya Angelou

  Mae Jemison

  Martin Luther King Jr.

• Sidney Poitier

  Madam CJ Walker

  Mae Jemison

What is the antonym for segregation?

 

• Seclusion

• Integration

• Isolation

• Segregation