Ch. 13 Vocabulary Quiz

The act of treating people unfairly based on their race, religion, gender, or other characteristics

• Discrimination

• Oppression

• Racism

• Segregation

What was the name of the famous slave rebellion that took place in Virginia in 1831?

• Discrimination

• Oppression

• Racism

• Nat Turner's Rebellion

What term describes the systematic and prolonged mistreatment of a group of people, often through unjust laws or policies?

• Oppression

• Rebellion

• Civil Rights

• Jim Crow Laws

A term describing the belief in the inherent superiority of one race over another, leading to prejudice and discrimination

• Discrimination

• Oppression

• Racism

• Segregation

What term describes a system of separation based on race that existed in the Southern United States after the Civil War?

• Nat Turner's Rebellion

• Oppression

• Racism

• Segregation

What term describes a secret network of safe houses and routes used to help enslaved people escape to freedom in the 19th century?

• Discrimination

• Oppression

• Racism

• Underground Railroad

What term describes the way a society organizes the manufacture and exchange of things of value, such as money, food, products, and services?

• Economics/Economy

• Reformer

• Passive

• Sympathetic

The act of resisting or defying an authority, government, or established system

• Rebellion

• Reformer

• Passive

• Sympathetic

What term describes the belief in the equal rights and opportunities for all individuals, regardless of their race or ethnicity?

• Civil Rights

• Reformer

• Passive

• Sympathetic

What term describes the laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States, often denying African Americans equal rights and access to public facilities?

• Jim Crow Laws

• Reformer

• Passive

• Sympathetic