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Civil Rights Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

to refuse to buy, use, or participate in (something) as a way of protesting : to stop using the goods or services of (a company, country, etc.) until changes are made.

a)

segregation

b)

boycott

c)

race

2.

separating people into groups based on race (or skin color). For example black children could not go to school with white children.

a)

segregation

b)

boycott

c)

traumatic

3.

everyone has the same rights or opportunities.

a)

Jim crow laws

b)

race

c)

equality

4.

Judging someone before you even meet them based on how they look.

a)

prejudice (pre judge)

b)

segregation

c)

boycott

5.

Something terrible that has long lasting effects

a)

racist

b)

power

c)

traumatic

6.

What is race as it refers to the Civil Rights movement?

a)

a group of humans based on physical appearance

b)

judging someone by what they look like

c)

separating people based on their beliefs

7.

something that you have or are allowed to do because of a law.

a)

equality

b)

rights

c)

rule

8.

What is a movement as it relates to the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

going out to the streets to protest.

b)

separating people based on their skin color

c)

a group of many people who agree and want the same thing and actively work or move toward that same goal.

9.

When you do this, you say that you think something is wrong or you do something to show that you disagree with something.

a)

protest

b)

yell

c)

equality

10.

Black and white children going to separate schools is an example of what.

a)

boycott

b)

segregation

c)

rights

11.

Not liking someone based on their skin color or hair is an example of what?

a)

boycott

b)

prejudice

c)

race

12.

To win the right to vote, women held marches and....

a)

parties

b)

protests

c)

get togethers

13.

where there is ______ among a group of people it means that everyone has the same rights or opportunities.

a)

equality

b)

fair

c)

rights

14.

Even today not all people are treated equally.

a)

yes

b)

no

15.

What do you think we can do to help make sure all people have the same rights and are treated fair?

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