CIVIL RIGHTS UNIT VOCABULARY HOW CAN WE DEFINE

CIVIL RIGHTS UNIT VOCABULARY

HOW CAN WE DEFINE CIVIL RIGHTS? • The rights that every person should have, such as the right to vote or be treated fairly by law, whatever their sex, race, or religion. (The rights of individuals to receive equal treatment. )

HOW CAN WE DEFINE CITIZEN? • Someone who legally belongs to a particular country and has rights and responsibilities there

HOW CAN WE DEFINE EQUAL PROTECTION? • A guarantee under the 14 th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution that a state must treat all individuals in the same way.

HOW CAN WE DEFINE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? • The government of a country.

HOW CAN WE DEFINE STATE GOVERNMENT? • The government of a state (e. g. New York, Texas, etc. )

HOW CAN WE DEFINE RACISM? • The belief that racial differences produce an inherent (present at birth) superiority of a particular race

HOW CAN WE DEFINE DISCRIMINATION? • The practice of treating one person or group differently from another in an unfair way

HOW CAN WE DEFINE VIOLATE? • To break a promise, a rule, or a law.

HOW CAN WE DEFINE PREJUDICE? • A personal and unreasonable judgment, not necessarily based on personal experience (i. e. bias)

HOW CAN WE DEFINE SEGREGATION? • The separation or isolation of a race, class, or ethnic group by enforced or voluntary barriers

HOW CAN WE DEFINE DESEGREGATION? • To eliminate segregation or the isolation by race, class, or ethnicity

HOW CAN WE DEFINE OPPRESSION? • The act of treating people in a cruel and unjust way.

HOW CAN WE DEFINE BOYCOTT? • To refuse to buy something or to take part in something as a way of protesting.

HOW CAN WE DEFINE PROTEST? • A public showing of disapproval for a rule or event, such as a march or rally