Question | Answer |
Desegregation | Actively ending the separation of people into different public areas. |
Segregation | The separation of people into different public areas because of their race, class, or ethnic group. |
Integration | Bringing people together in an area or group that was previously restricted to certain groups and providing all with equality. |
Tolerance | Allowing behavior to take place, even if one does not agree with it. |
Discrimination | Treating one person or one group differently from others based on something other than value. |
Bigot | A person who refuses to accept a certain group or groups of people based on prejudice and may express intolerance, hate, fear, and/or anger as a result. |
Barricades | |
Marshals | Law enforcement officers |
Separate but Equal | A legal term that allowed segregation, as long as both white and African American areas and services were equal. |
Civil Disobedience | The act of refusing to obey laws in order to direct the government's attention to an issue and influence social change. |
Sacrifice | The act of giving up one thing of value to receive something else of value. |
Unconstitutional | Against the rules and values of the legal foundation of a nation, such as the United States. |
Boycott | Refusing to do or be a part of something in protest, often to influence change. |
Civil Rights Movement | A national effort made by many Americans to obtain equal rights for African Americans in the U.S. during the 1950s and 1960s |
Federal | Part of or related to the government. |
Jim Crow Laws |
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