Globalization and Civil Rights

The linking of nations through trade,

information, technologies, and communication.

This often involves increased integration

of different societies.

• Isolationism
• Nationalization
• Globalization
• Localization

Relying on or requiring a person

or thing for support, supply, or what is needed.

• self-sufficient
• independent
• Interdependence

• autonomous

For the United States, doing this to American jobs has sometimes harmed sectors of the U.S. economy.

Other countries with lower standards of living and lower salary levels are

gaining wealth while jobs in the U.S. are lost to outside nations.

• Segregation

• Globalization

• Outsourcing

• Recession

New technologies in the area of communication have dramatically

affected American life. The use of pagers, cell phones, and television are all

forms of this.

• Telecommunications

• Communication devices
• Technological advancements
• Digital innovations

Many different types of this has benefited from new technologies.

For Example: All of these sectors of the economy have dramatically changed American life.

• Education
• Agriculture
• Manufacturing
• Industries

The practice or policy of keeping people of different

races, religions, or genders separate from each other.

Ex: “Jim Crow” laws.

• Segregation
• Integration
• Assimilation
• Harmony

This undertaking of like-minded individuals resulted

in legislation that ensured constitutional rights to all citizens

regardless of race.

• Human rights movement
• Equality revolution
• Civil rights movement
• Freedom campaign

In 1966 this group of women got together and fought for discrimination in

hiring practices, pay inequality, and domestic violence against women, as

well as, getting women into elected office in order to gain a voice in government.

• Worldwide Coalition for Women's Equality (WCWE)
• International Association for Women's Rights (IAWR)
• Global Organization for Women (GOW)
• National Organization for Women (NOW)

This amendment was passed by both federal

houses of Congress. On March 22, 1972, this proposed 27th

amendment to the Constitution was sent to the states to be ratified.,

but this resolution NEVER became law.

• Civil Rights Act
• Women's Suffrage Amendment
• Voting Rights Act
• Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

This Supreme Court decision made segregation of blacks and whites legal in

America. It stated that “separate, but equal” facilities could be

maintained for black and white Americans. However, many public

facilities were far from “equal.”

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Roe v. Wade
• Marbury v. Madison
• Brown v. Board of Education