Women's Suffrage
This very important vocabulary word simply means "the right to vote."
What is suffrage?
To get the government's attention, women would often hold these large, peaceful walks down city streets.
What are marches (or parades)?
This movement was the fight to end unfair laws and secure equal rights and respect for Black Americans.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
She famously sparked a massive movement when she bravely refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Both the Suffrage and Civil Rights movements fought for this idea, meaning everyone is treated exactly the same under the law.
What is fairness (or equality)?
________________ means the right to vote
What is suffrage?
This movement was the organized fight by brave women to gain a voice in the government.
What is the Women's Suffrage Movement?
Women wanted the right to vote so they could finally have a say in how this rule-making body was run.
What is the government?
These unfair rules, also known as Jim Crow laws, kept Black and White Americans separated.
What is segregation?
He was a famous leader and minister who gave powerful speeches, like the "I Have a Dream" speech, to fight for equality.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
When citizens see an unfair law, they can use their rights to gather and demand change, showing that the power belongs to these people.
Who are the citizens (or the people)?
The woman who got arrested for illegally voting in an election?
Who is Susan B Anthony?
She helped organize a major women's conference to speak out and fight for equal rights.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
Passed in the year 1920, this specific change to the Constitution officially gave women the legal right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
Because of segregation, Black and White Americans were forced to use different schools, restaurants, and these public facilities.
What are bathrooms (or water fountains)?
As a young girl in Louisiana, she bravely became one of the first Black students to attend an all-White school.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
Changing the Constitution to give groups new rights requires adding one of these additions to the document.
What is an amendment?
The Amendment that gave women the right to vote?
What is the 19th Amendment?
She famously protested for women's suffrage by voting illegally and going to jail.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
Before the 19th Amendment, the Constitution began with "We the People," but it did not treat everyone with this "E" word.
What is equality (or equal rights)?
Civil Rights leaders proved that real change could happen without using violence by organizing these types of protests.
What are peaceful (or nonviolent) protests?
Rosa Parks's brave action led to a massive boycott of this specific type of public transportation in Montgomery, Alabama.
What are buses?
The title of this unit, "Toward a More Perfect Union," is a famous quote taken directly from the introduction of this important U.S. document.
What is the Constitution?
What document does "all men and women are created equal" come from?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
To demand the right to vote, this bold leader organized protests right outside the White House.
Who is Alice Paul?
Suffragists proved that citizens can change unfair laws by using their First Amendment right to do this peacefully.
What is protest?
A peaceful method used during the Civil Rights Movement where people refused to buy or use a service (like a bus) until it changed its unfair rules.
What is a boycott?
Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders organized famous peaceful marches to demand change, including a massive march in this U.S. capital city.
What is Washington, D.C.?
Ruby Bridges' bravery in Louisiana helped lead to this vocabulary word, which is the opposite of segregation and means bringing people together.
What is integration?
the name given to the fight to end segregation and discrimination against African Americans in the United States
What is the Civil Rights Movement?