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American Studies chapter 8 vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name

Class

Date

If a country tries to accommodate new immigrants, is it trying to help them succeed or trying to prevent them from entering the country?

help

prevent

exit

reject

If there is discrimination against a minority group, how might the people be treated differently?

treated worst

treated the differently

treated great

Is a federal government program one at the state level or at the national level?

(a)

If you are inclined to do something, are you likely or unlikely to do it? Why or why not?

4 lines

Instruction

is usually done by a teacher

Is usually done by a student

When public facilities were segregated in the South, did blacks and whites go to different schools and sit in separate areas of a restaurants and movie theaters?

yes

To treat people in a certain way because of their race, gender, age, or other factor.

rule of law

common good

discriminate

suffrage

Adjusting or changing the way something is done so that everyone has an equal chance

suffrage

representative democracy

discriminate

accommodating

Cynthia ______ her students every day to learn.

Relentless

Discourage

Apply

Inspires

10.

the complete loss or absence of hope.

Heroic

Extraordinary

Blockade

Despair

11.

to improve or enhance

discrimminate

enrich

despair

scribe

12.

What is prejudice?

Unfavourable opinion formed about someone without examination of facts.

All citizens having equal rights and opportunities.

Condition of being equal.

Disparity in the distribution of wealth and income.

13.

Inequality means not everyone gets treated the same or has the same access to opportunities.

True

False

14.

What word means a material that people can use?

resource

capital

money

trade

15.

lower rank or quality

supreme

sophisticated

restoration

inferior

administered

16.

Segregation most closely means . . .

Enslavement of people by race

The separation of people by race in public

All forms of racial discrimination

Denying citizens the right to vote due to race

17.

Check which places were subject to segregation laws in the US in the past? (Check all that apply)

Movie theaters

Schools

Trains

Churches

Parks

18.

A slave is bought and sold like property or a pet.

true

false

19.

Which of the following is true about slaves?

slaves were forced or threatened by their owners

slaves were always kept in their family groups; they were never split up

slaves were able to choose which job they were responsible for

20.

A person living in (a) doesn't have all of the necessary resources to live well.

Choose from the below words

poverty

wealth

the United States

enrichment

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American Studies chapter 8 vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

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