chapter 8 vocabulary

a. to meet and talk together
b. dishonest
c. to officially end a law or system
d. someone who suffers bad treatment
e. to encourage someone to achieve something great
f. the murder of an important person
g. rights that every person should have
h. recording names on an official list
i. to destroy something so that nothing remains
j. a situation that exists as a result of things that happened at an earlier time
k. a picture made by fitting together small pieces of colored stones, glass, or paper
l. a movement of people or things into a place in very small numbers or amounts

mingle

a. to meet and talk together
b. dishonest
c. to officially end a law or system
d. someone who suffers bad treatment
e. to encourage someone to achieve something great
f. the murder of an important person
g. rights that every person should have
h. recording names on an official list
i. to destroy something so that nothing remains
j. a situation that exists as a result of things that happened at an earlier time
k. a picture made by fitting together small pieces of colored stones, glass, or paper
l. a movement of people or things into a place in very small numbers or amounts

corrupt

a. to meet and talk together
b. dishonest
c. to officially end a law or system
d. someone who suffers bad treatment
e. to encourage someone to achieve something great
f. the murder of an important person
g. rights that every person should have
h. recording names on an official list
i. to destroy something so that nothing remains
j. a situation that exists as a result of things that happened at an earlier time
k. a picture made by fitting together small pieces of colored stones, glass, or paper
l. a movement of people or things into a place in very small numbers or amounts

abolish

a. to meet and talk together
b. dishonest
c. to officially end a law or system
d. someone who suffers bad treatment
e. to encourage someone to achieve something great
f. the murder of an important person
g. rights that every person should have
h. recording names on an official list
i. to destroy something so that nothing remains
j. a situation that exists as a result of things that happened at an earlier time
k. a picture made by fitting together small pieces of colored stones, glass, or paper
l. a movement of people or things into a place in very small numbers or amounts

victim

a. to meet and talk together
b. dishonest
c. to officially end a law or system
d. someone who suffers bad treatment
e. to encourage someone to achieve something great
f. the murder of an important person
g. rights that every person should have
h. recording names on an official list
i. to destroy something so that nothing remains
j. a situation that exists as a result of things that happened at an earlier time
k. a picture made by fitting together small pieces of colored stones, glass, or paper
l. a movement of people or things into a place in very small numbers or amounts

inspire

a. to meet and talk together
b. dishonest
c. to officially end a law or system
d. someone who suffers bad treatment
e. to encourage someone to achieve something great
f. the murder of an important person
g. rights that every person should have
h. recording names on an official list
i. to destroy something so that nothing remains
j. a situation that exists as a result of things that happened at an earlier time
k. a picture made by fitting together small pieces of colored stones, glass, or paper
l. a movement of people or things into a place in very small numbers or amounts

assassination

a. to meet and talk together
b. dishonest
c. to officially end a law or system
d. someone who suffers bad treatment
e. to encourage someone to achieve something great
f. the murder of an important person
g. rights that every person should have
h. recording names on an official list
i. to destroy something so that nothing remains
j. a situation that exists as a result of things that happened at an earlier time
k. a picture made by fitting together small pieces of colored stones, glass, or paper
l. a movement of people or things into a place in very small numbers or amounts

civil rights

a. to meet and talk together
b. dishonest
c. to officially end a law or system
d. someone who suffers bad treatment
e. to encourage someone to achieve something great
f. the murder of an important person
g. rights that every person should have
h. recording names on an official list
i. to destroy something so that nothing remains
j. a situation that exists as a result of things that happened at an earlier time
k. a picture made by fitting together small pieces of colored stones, glass, or paper
l. a movement of people or things into a place in very small numbers or amounts

registration

a. to meet and talk together
b. dishonest
c. to officially end a law or system
d. someone who suffers bad treatment
e. to encourage someone to achieve something great
f. the murder of an important person
g. rights that every person should have
h. recording names on an official list
i. to destroy something so that nothing remains
j. a situation that exists as a result of things that happened at an earlier time
k. a picture made by fitting together small pieces of colored stones, glass, or paper
l. a movement of people or things into a place in very small numbers or amounts

obliterate

a. to meet and talk together
b. dishonest
c. to officially end a law or system
d. someone who suffers bad treatment
e. to encourage someone to achieve something great
f. the murder of an important person
g. rights that every person should have
h. recording names on an official list
i. to destroy something so that nothing remains
j. a situation that exists as a result of things that happened at an earlier time
k. a picture made by fitting together small pieces of colored stones, glass, or paper
l. a movement of people or things into a place in very small numbers or amounts

legacy

a. to meet and talk together
b. dishonest
c. to officially end a law or system
d. someone who suffers bad treatment
e. to encourage someone to achieve something great
f. the murder of an important person
g. rights that every person should have
h. recording names on an official list
i. to destroy something so that nothing remains
j. a situation that exists as a result of things that happened at an earlier time
k. a picture made by fitting together small pieces of colored stones, glass, or paper
l. a movement of people or things into a place in very small numbers or amounts

mosaic

a. to meet and talk together
b. dishonest
c. to officially end a law or system
d. someone who suffers bad treatment
e. to encourage someone to achieve something great
f. the murder of an important person
g. rights that every person should have
h. recording names on an official list
i. to destroy something so that nothing remains
j. a situation that exists as a result of things that happened at an earlier time
k. a picture made by fitting together small pieces of colored stones, glass, or paper
l. a movement of people or things into a place in very small numbers or amounts

trickle

Although slavery had ended in the North by the late 1700s, it was not___ in the rest of the country until the 1860s

abolish

Black people in the 1950s and early 1960s did not have the same freedom and equality as whites in the South; they had to fight for their________

civil rights

Martin Luther King, Jr., was able to_______his followers to demonstrate against segregation

inspire

King was the most important black leader in America from the late 1950s until his______ by a white gunman in 1968

assimilation

Unfortunately, the_________of slavery continues in the United States, and there are still problems between the races

legacy

When John Lewis was organizing voter-_________drives, he never dreamed that one day an African American would be elected president

registration

People who come to the United States from many different countries have_______, and many have married persons of a different national origin

mingled

Often, it is the poor minorities who live in the inner cities who are the_______of crime

victims

Perhaps the United States is really more of a__________than a melting pot or a salad bowl

mosaic

Immigration by white europeans has now slowed to a________; the majority of the immigrants now come from Asia, Latin America, or the Caribbean

trickle

Few people would really want to_________the rich diversity of cultures living together in the United States

obliterate

Many of the big city political bosses of the late 1800s and early 1900s were________; they stole money from the city governments

corrupt

have an opinion about whether something is good or bad that influences how you deal with it

bias

working on new buildings

construction

even though something else exists or is true

despite

the practice of treating a person or group differently from another in an unfair way

discrimination

official papers that are used to prove that something is true

documentation

getting rid of something completely

eliminating

job

function

influenced toward a particular action or opinion

inclined

have all the races together, not segregated

integrated

a series of actions

process

relating to homes

residential

more than a little, but not very

somewhat