Chapter 16 Vocabulary

a person who has fought in a war

• soldier
• fighter
• combatant
• veteran

the years between 1945 and 1964 when 76 million babies were born in the United States

• Generation X
• Baby Boom

• Millennials
• Greatest Generation

a card that a person uses to borrow the money to buy goods and services; the cardholder then pays the total amount later by a set due date

• Cash
• Debit Card
• Gift Card
• Credit Card

a federal program that gave veterans funds for education, home loans, and other benefits

• VA Bill
• Veterans Act
• GI Bill of Rights

• Soldier Support Program

a community outside of a city but not far into the countryside

• hamlet
• suburb
• metropolis
• village

basic legal freedoms and protections, such as the right to a fair trial

• Basic legal restrictions

• Civil Rights

• Advanced rights

• Fundamental duties

unfair treatment of people based on their race, gender, age, or other characteristic

• Prejudice
• Partiality
• Inequality
• Discrimination

the mixing of different groups, usually of different races

• integration
• isolation
• segregation
• exclusion

a nonviolent protest in which people sit quietly and refuse to leave

• sit-in
• stand-up
• walk-out
• lie-down

a form of protest in which African Americans and whites rode buses together to integrate bus lines

• Freedom Rides
• Harmony Rides
• Equality Rides
• Unity Rides