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Civil Rights Vocabulary 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Refusing to work with someone because of his race is _______________________________________________.

a)

segregation

b)

equality

c)

discrimination

2.

Hating someone because of her race, religion, nationality, or lifestyle is __________________________.

a)

discrimination

b)

prejudice

c)

civil

3.

Abraham Lincoln believed ____________________________ was for all men, so he signed the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in the United States.

a)

equality

b)

segregation

c)

nationality

4.

A person born in the United States usually says their ___________________________________ is American.

a)

ethnicity

b)

nationality

c)

race

5.

Abraham Lincoln believed the practice of slavery was not __________________________________________________.

a)

consequential

b)

prejudice

c)

constitutional

6.

______________________________ of people on the basis of race in the United States lead to decades of racism against blacks in all areas of life.

a)

equality

b)

ethnicity

c)

segregation

7.

In order to describe ones ____________________________, they might talk about their nationality, culture and customs.

a)

race

b)

ethnicity

c)

prejudice

8.

The ________________________________ decision of the Supreme Court to allow legal segregation caused decades of inequalities and suffering for black citizens of the United States.

a)

Consequential

b)

Constitutional

c)

Civil

9.

__________________________ citizens treat others respectfully and equally as fellow human beings.

a)

prejudice

b)

consequential

c)

civil

10.

Latino, Caucasian, Pacific Islander and Eastern European are some ways people describe someone's ______________.

a)

nationality

b)

ethnicity

c)

race