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Chapter 8
Civil Rights Vocab
Civil Rights cont.
Civil Rights History
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have no connection to
What is to have no bearing?
100
not make a decision quickly; think about something and make a decision later
What is to sleep on it?
100
forcing one group of people to work without pay and without the possibility of leaving
What is slavery?
100
the attitudes and behaviors of a people who believe that one race is superior to another
What is racism?
100
an organized protest in which demonstrators occupy seats prohibited to them
What is a sit-in?
200
succeed in doing something undesirable or illegal without being caught or punished
What is to get away with something?
200
to add to what I have already said, here is one more thing that makes what happened either better or worse
What is to top that off?
200
setting someone free
What is emancipation?
200
the laws in the southern US that separated black and white people
What are the Jim Crow laws?
200
the catalyst (or beginning) of the women's movement for civil rights
What is WW2 when the men returned to their jobs and women returned to the home?
300
exaggerate the importance of something
What is to blow something out of proportion?
300
introduce a new topic
What is to broach the subject?
300
to hold someone down in an inferior social and political position
What is to oppress?
300
separation
What is segregation?
300
The two examples of civil disobedience that the LADY lecturer mentioned were significant in the Civil Rights movement
What is Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat to a white person and the student Montgomery sit-in?
400
something to fight or argue about
What is a bone of contention?
400
something finally became clear deep in one's heart or mind
What is it hit home that?
400
the act of treating one group of people badly just because they belong to that group
What is discrimination?
400
the rights guaranteed to a citizens of a country
What are civil rights?
400
a legal, financial instrument in which one person or group promises in writing to pay money to another
What is a promissory note?
500
reach someone with ideas
What is to get through to someone?
500
talk or write about a topic on a superficial level
What is scratch the surface?
500
negative views and opinions of a group of people just because they belong to that group
What is prejudice?
500
deliberately breaking the law in order to prove that the law goes against the Constitution; typically non-violent
What is civil disobedience?
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the phrase Malcolm X continuously repeated to show that violence may be necessary in gaining equality
What is "kill that dog?"