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Vocabulary Quiz 1 -- Civil Rights

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_____________________ means disagreement

a)

disenfranchised

b)

dissension

c)

insurgent

d)

compulsory

2.

___________________ means deprived of a privilege or a right, especially the right to vote

a)

dispassionate

b)

unanimous

c)

inconspicuous

d)

disenfranchised

3.

___________________ means rebellious

a)

insurgent

b)

despicable

c)

caste status

d)

tangible

4.

___________________ means the quality or state of being in agreement

a)

mulatto

b)

unanimous

c)

plaintiffs

d)

apathy

5.

____________________ means a person of mixed white and black ancestry

a)

atone

b)

dissension

c)

mulatto

d)

tangible

6.

__________________ means those who file suit

a)

mulatto

b)

despicable

c)

insurgent

d)

plaintiffs

7.

_____________________ means separated or divided based or race

a)

segregated

b)

compulsory

c)

inconspicuous

d)

acquiescence

8.

___________________ means not readily noticeable

a)

acquiescence

b)

dispassionate

c)

inconspicuous

d)

insurgent

9.

____________________ means enforced; mandatory

a)

compulsory

b)

despicable

c)

jitney

d)

dissension

10.

_____________________ means worth of moral indignation

a)

disenfranchised

b)

dissension

c)

despicable

d)

dispassionate

11.

____________________ means a tendency to accept

a)

apathy

b)

acquiescence

c)

atone

d)

segregated

12.

_____________________ means capable of being identified and assessed at a certain value

a)

mulatto

b)

dissension

c)

tangible

d)

insurgent

13.

_______________________ means a small bus or van that transports passengers on a route for a small fare

a)

caste status

b)

compulsory

c)

plaintiffs

d)

jitney

14.

____________________ means indifferency; lack of interest or concern

a)

despicable

b)

apathy

c)

atone

d)

acquiescence

15.

____________________ means social class position, meaning that this kind of law creates inequality by forcing member of the minority group into a subclass of society

a)

segregated

b)

unanimous

c)

compulsory

d)

caste status

16.

____________________ means to make amends, as for a sin or a fault

a)

atone

b)

apathy

c)

acquiescence

d)

arbitrarily

17.

_____________________ means fair, not influenced by personal or emotional involvement

a)

disenfranchised

b)

dispassionate

c)

dissension

d)

despicable

18.

____________________ means honored or revered

a)

partisan

b)

tribulation

c)

hallowed

d)

manacles

19.

_____________________ means based on individual preference and random choices rather than on fixed laws

a)

unfettered

b)

abyss

c)

discretionary

d)

arbitrarily

20.

____________________ means one who holds political and social views that avoid extremes

a)

elegy

b)

moderate

c)

gradualism

d)

tribulation

21.

___________________ means a great affliction, trial or distress; suffering

a)

abyss

b)

interposition

c)

tribulation

d)

reprisal

22.

____________________ means a poem or song of death and dying

a)

heckle

b)

incitement

c)

unfettered

d)

elegy

23.

____________________ means freed

a)

redress

b)

unfettered

c)

hallowed

d)

creed

24.

___________________ means one who is a member of a socially prominent family

a)

abyss

b)

paternalistically

c)

gradualism

d)

bluebird

25.

____________________ means harass

a)

heckle

b)

reprisal

c)

taciturn

d)

incitement

26.

____________________ means involving individual choice or judgment

a)

incitement

b)

discretionary

c)

moderate

d)

paternalistically

27.

_____________________ means a stiffing up and urging on

a)

taciturn

b)

tribulation

c)

incitement

d)

unfettered

28.

______________________ means acts of retaliation

a)

reprisal

b)

hallowed

c)

gradualism

d)

moderate

29.

_____________________ means shackles

a)

creed

b)

abyss

c)

manacles

d)

bluebird

30.

____________________ means the policy or principle of achieving something by gradual steps rather than by drastic change

a)

tribulation

b)

gradualism

c)

patenalistically

d)

bluebird

31.

____________________ means like a father who deals benevolently and often intrusively with his children

a)

reprisal

b)

partisan

c)

gradualism

d)

paternalistically

32.

___________________ means devoted to or biased in support of a party, group or cause

a)

elegy

b)

reprisal

c)

abyss

d)

partisan