the situation in which the government may not favor any religion or establish an official religion

information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

the act of uniting or bringing together, especially people of different races

Behaving differently, usually unfairly, toward the members of a group.

Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites

Principle upheld in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public facilities was legal.

A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific.

A ruler who has complete power over a country

Federal system of socialist republics established in 1923 in various ethnic regions of Russia; firmly controlled by Communist party; dissolved 1991