The three amendments passed after the Civil War included the

This US constitutional amendment outlawed slavery, freeing hundreds of thousands of enslaved African Americans

The 13th Amendment banned this practice of forcing someone to work.

This amendment defined a citizen as anyone "born or naturalized in the United States," which included most African Americans.

This amendment gives every citizen "equal protection of the laws," and was originally aimed at ending laws that were unfair to African Americans after the Civil War

This amendment says that no state can deny a person the right to vote because of race.

Even though the Fifteenth Amendment guaranteed the right to vote for African Americans, it was originally only aimed at

For many years after the Civil War African Americans faced unfair treatment based on prejudice, which is called.

Southern states passed laws to separate African Americans and whites in most public places in a practice called

The segregation laws passed in the Southern states to segregate African Americans and whites were known by this name

Select all that apply: Jim Crow laws forced African Americans to

This Supreme Court case set a standard that states should offer "separate, but equal" services for African Americans

In the 1950s a girl from Topeka, Kansas was at the center of this supreme court case that ended "separate, but equal" education

Brown v. Board of Education's decision said that separating children in school by race violated this document

In 1955 this African American woman got on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama and refused to move when the bus driver told her to let white passengers take her seat

Rosa Park's arrest in Montgomery, Alabama led African Americans to refuse to ride the city buses, a form of this nonviolent resistance

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed in confronting injustice through peaceful protest against laws believed to be unfair, which he called

African American students sat at lunch counters that served only whites in this type of nonviolent resistance

In 1963 more than 200,000 people took part in a march on Washington, D.C. to show support for a new civil rights bill in a demonstration of this type of nonviolent resistance

This Congressional Act banned segregation based on race, gender, religion, and national origin

This Congressional Act banned the unfair use of literacy tests as a requirement to vote in elections

The way the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was written assured that it would apply to other groups including

This is a practice where law enforcement single out certain people as suspects because of the way they look

Violent acts against people because of a group they belong to is called

This is a policy meant to increase the number of minorities and women at work and in colleges

True or False: Colleges use affirmative action to help minority students and women enter college in larger numbers than before.

True or False: Companies use affirmative action to fire and demote members of minority groups and women

Many people around the world have joined a movement concerned with protecting our environment called

In 1970 Congress set up the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) when it passed this legislation

One environmental problem is getting rid of this, another word for "garbage"

True or False: Americans generate about 250 million tons of solid waste each year

The places where solid waste can be dumped are called

This is a way of getting rid of solid waste without putting it in landfills

For every 100 pounds of trash, about 31 pounds is made up of this material

When this material is recycled it saves forests and reduces air & water pollution

This is an approach to helping the environment that means preserving and protecting natural resources

Perhaps the most serious form of hazardous waste is this waste from nuclear power plants

Runoff from pesticides, motor oil, auto engine coolant, and batteries are considered this type of solid waste

The Sierra Club, the Audubon Society, and the Wilderness Society were organizations that worked to protect the _________ and conserve _________ resources

This Congressional Act set up ways to save animal species that were under threat of dying out completely

Shared, common characteristics that apply to all people are called

A basic freedom that all people should have simply because they are human is called

In 1948 the United Nations (UN) adopted these 30 separate articles that define specific human rights that all people should have

The awareness of right or wrong nature of someone's actions is called

When rulers prevent people from expressing themselves or from freely engaging in normal life it is called

Many nations, such as China, Iran, North Korea & Saudi Arabia use this to limit their people's ability to get information

The attempt to kill all members of a particular ethnic group, such as the Jews in WWII, is called

When governments are accused of violating the human rights of their citizens, the United Nations Security Council can refer cases to this court for trial

True or False: On the whole, democratic nations do a better job of respecting human rights than nations that are not democratic.