LRE-Texas and the Civil Rights Movement Content Module

A change in the words or meaning of a law or document.

• Amendment

• Revision

• Modification

• Alteration

The state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.

• Equity

• Equality

• Inequality

• Disparity

The policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change.

• Activism

• Passivism

• Neutralism

• Conformism

Relating to your own country.

• International

• Domestic

• Foreign

• Global

The rights that every person should have regardless of their sex, race, or religion.

• Civil liberties

• Civil rights

• Human rights

• Political rights

A series of organized activities in which many people work together to do or achieve something.

• Movement

• Gathering

• Event

• Collaboration

The right to vote in political elections.

• Suffrage

• Franchise

• Electorate

• Ballot

To end a policy that keeps people of different races apart: to end a policy of segregation.

• Integration

• Desegregation

• Segregation

• Discrimination

Public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy.

• Advocacy

• Opposition

• Indifference

• Criticism

The practice or policy of keeping people of different races, religions, etc., separate from each other.

• Integration

• Segregation

• Cooperation

• Assimilation