3rd Bayou Bridges Unit 5 Chapter 2 Vocabulary

Civil Rights is ___________.

• the unfair treatment of people because of something they cannot change.

• the things that the citizens of a country are allowed to say and do, based on the laws of that country.

Discrimination is __________________.

• the unfair treatment of people because of something they cannot change.

• the refusal to follow certain laws as a form of peaceful protects.

Boycott is __________________.

• the freedoms and legal protections guaranteed to all citizens.

• to refuse to buy a product or use a service due to protesting.

Sit-ins are __________________.

• freedoms and legal protections guaranteed to all citizens.

• a form of protest where the protesters refuse to leave due to showing an disagreement with an issue and taking a stand for a change.

Equal rights are __________________.

• the freedoms and legal protections guaranteed to all citizens.

• the acts of keeping people separate, usually on the basis of race.

Civil Rights Movement is __________________.

• the name given to the fight to end segregation and discrimination against African Americans in the United States.

• the acts of keeping people separate, usually on the basis of race.

Protest is __________________.

• saying or doing something to show disagreement with an issue.

• a group of people working together for a shared cause.

Segregation is __________________.

• the refusal to follow certain laws as a form of a peaceful protest.

• the act of keeping people separate, usually on the basis of someone's race.

An activist is __________________.

• the refusal to follow certain laws as a form of a peaceful protest.

• a person who campaigns or demonstrate a need for a social or political change.

Civil disobedience is __________________.

• the refusal to follow certain laws as a form of a peaceful protest.

• the act of keeping people separate, usually on the basis of someone's race.