Vocabulary
All Americans have civil rights under the law regardless of their race and where they come from.
What does civil rights mean?
Susan B. Anthony felt that it was _______ that women did not have the right to vote.
unfair
Black and white school children were segregated.
What does segregated mean?
to be seprarated.
Thurgood Marshall was extremely good at _______ that he went to law school for it.
debating
Women won suffrage after their hard work of advocating and fighting for themselves.
What does suffrage mean?
the right to vote.
Why was Susan B. Anthony arrested for voting in 1872?
a. She was not yet a citizen of the United States.
b. She tried to vote twice for the same candidate.
c. She broke a law prohibiting women from voting.
d. She gave a speech outside the place where she voted.
c. she broke a law prohibiting women from voting
Women back then had to talk about what to do when it came to their rights so they held a convention.
What does convention mean?
a large meeting
Mrs. Silva had to convince Ms. McGlinn for more candy.
What does convince mean?
Answers will vary: To cause someone by the use of evidence to take a course of action or to believe something
In the Brown v. Board of Education decision, the Supreme Court voted to....
a. support the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
b. give American Americans the right to vote.
c. allow women the right to vote
d. end school segregation
d. end school segregation
The president chose a person to become a delegate for Pennsylvania to report about healthcare laws.
What does delegate mean?
a person to act for others
Principal Waters was aware that Ms. Lee's class is not being nice to each other.
What does aware mean?
How did Eleanor Roosevelt influence and change communities while working at the United Nations?
a. She helped all women get the right to vote
b. She opened an international school for girls.
c. She led a group that worked for human rights.
d. She led a group that worked to end human slavery.
c. She led a group that worked for human rights.