Civil Rights Vocabulary Quiz Crossword
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1) it protects the voting rights of African American men2) rights to personal liberty established by the 13th and 14th ammendment3) to pester or annoy someone4) refusing to obey someone or some organization5) to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority8) a massive monument built in Washington D.C. in honor of Abraham Lincoln11) a series of white supremacist organizations12) transporting students to schools out of their neighborhoods in order to create racially balanced schools13) it expand the definition of the U.S citizenship to include people of all races14) a place where justice is administered16) of, pertaining to, or consisting of citizens17) the way in which a thing is composed or made up; makeup; composition19) speech given by Abraham Lincoln to thank the warriors who fought in The Basttle of Gettysburg22) between, among or involving people of different races.23) to stop buying or using to send a message25) government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.26) senators prevent a vote by taking the floor and refuse to stop talking30) protesting without the use of violence35) to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly. |
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6) the quality of being just7) to put a stop or end to something, slavery.9) organized passive protests where people sit peacefully and refuse to leave10) the belief in the natural superiority of one race15) highly restrictive laws that Southern states adopted after the Civil War to regulate the freedom and movement of former slaves18) the act or practice of segregating.20) a member of a militant black American organization Black Panther party active in the 1960s and early 1970s, formed to work for the advancement of the rights of blacks, often by radical means.21) combination of different races24) wife of the great MLK Jr.26) activists who rode buses through parts of the south27) apportionment of voters in districts in such a way as to give unfair advantage to one racial or ethnic group or political party28) the way in which a thing is composed or made up; makeup; composition29) he advocated violence revolution31) African American famous for equality speeches32) treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit.33) the act or practice of segregating.34) officially prohibited slavery in the U.S36) African American women who refused to give up her seat on the bus37) - judging a group unfavorably, even if the do not know very much about its members38) the elimination of laws, customs, or practices under which different races, groups, etc., are restricted to specific or separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, organizations, or the like39) the elimination of laws, customs, or practices under which different races, groups, etc., are restricted to specific or separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, organizations, or the like |
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