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Vocabulary
Vocabulary II
Segregation in American Life
Steps Towards Equality
100
Segregation by practice and custom, rather than law
What is de facto segregation
100
This means to deny voting rights to
What is disenfranchise
100
Gerrymandering and the white primary were ways segregation existed in this aspect of American life
What is politics
100
Who was the first African American to play major league baseball?
Who is Jackie Robinson
200
Another term for interracial marriage
What is miscegenation
200
Segregation by law
What is de jure segregation
200
How were white schools different than black schools?
What is white schools had more money, teachers in black schools were paid less, lacked books and supplies, and the school facilities were substandard.
200
Who signed executive order 9981?
Who is President Truman
300
This made desegregation the official policy of the armed forces
What is Executive Order 9981
300
This supreme court case made segregation legal
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson
300
What was the result of restrictive covenants?
What is they forced blacks into poor neighborhoods that were farther from jobs, public transport, or good schools
300
This group was committed to nonviolent direct action as a means of changing segregation.
What is the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
400
Local laws that defined where the different races could live
What is racial zoning
400
An agreement among neighbors not to sell or rent to African Americans
What is restrictive covenant
400
What caused segregation in the workplace?
What is racism, illiteracy and a lack of education
400
This group focused on fighting segregation through the court system
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
500
The practice of redrawing the lines of a voting district to give one party or group of voters an advantage
What is gerrymandering
500
A barrier created by custom, law and economic differences that separated whites from nonwhites
What is the color line
500
What did segregation in public accommodations look like?
What is seperate theatres, restaurants, libraries, parks and transportation services
500
This court case declared segregation illegal
What is Brown vs. Board of Education