American History

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Vocabulary flashcards based on lecture notes about the Civil Rights Movement, immigration, and American history.

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Bürgerrechtsbewegung

Civil Rights Movement

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gesetzgebend, legislativ

Legislative

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desegregation

Abolition of racial segregation

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jdm. etw. vorenthalten

To deprive someone of something

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verfallen

To decay

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Verbrechen heimgesucht

Crime-ridden

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Vorort

Suburb

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Wohngegend

Neighborhood

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rassenvorurteil

Racial Prejudice

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abschätzig

Pejorative

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Minderwertigkeit

Inferiority

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Überlegenheit

Superiority

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Mischehe

Intermarriage

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Rassismus

Racism

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Kampf, Strife

Conflict, struggle

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Rassistisch, ein Rassist

A racist

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Leichtathletik

Track and field

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Eingliederung

Integration

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Wohnviertel

Residential area

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offen, öffentlich

Overt

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Wohnverhältnisse

Housing

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Freizeitbeschäftigung

Recreation

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fein, subtil

Subtle

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oberflächlich

Superficial

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freundlich

Amicable

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getrennt

Separate

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Begeisterung

Enthusiasm

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unterrepräsentiert

Under-represented

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Ungleichheit, Unterschied

Disparity

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gesellschaftliche Stellung

Social Standing

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Brutstätte

Hotbed

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Bandenkriege

Gang warfare

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Hispanic

US-Bürger/in spanischer Kultur

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Armutsgrenze

Poverty line

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Wohlfahrt

Welfare

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Lebensmittelgutschein

Food stamp

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Gesundheitsfürsorge für Bedürftige

Medicaid

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Beihilfe, Unterstützung

Benefits

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(die Schule) abbrechen

To drop out

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Säuglingssterblichkeit

Infant mortality rate

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Abhilfe

Remedy

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entfremden

To alienate

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Arbeitsmoral

Work ethic

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sozialer Aufstieg

Upward mobility

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Verfolgung

Persecution

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Schicksal

Destiny

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unterdrücken

To oppress

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Hungersnot

Famine

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sich vermischen

To blend

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Vorurteil

Bias

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Schmelztiegel

Melting pot

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Vielheit

Pluralism

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offensichtlich

Evident

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ethnisch

Ethnic

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Charakter, Eigenheit

Identity

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Pilgerväter

Pilgrim Fathers

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Flüchtling

Refugee

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Siedler/in

Settler

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Abkommen, Vertrag

Compact

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Plan

blueprint

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Monarch/in, Herrscher/in

Monarch

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Andersdenkende/r

Dissenter

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gründen

To found, establish

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Küste

Seaboard

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Abstammung, Herkunft

Ancestry, origin

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annehmen

To adopt

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unveräußerlich

Unalienable

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Streben nach Glück

Pursuit of happiness

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abschaffen

To abolish

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abfassen, entwerfen

To draft

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Verfassung

Constitution

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In Kraft treten

To come into effect

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Ausbreitung

Expansion

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Grenzer

Frontiersman

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Grenzland

Frontier

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Planwagen

Covered wagon

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schließen

To conclude

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(Land) bestellen

To cultivate

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Gemeinschaftsgeist

Community spirit

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Vielfalt

Diversity

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Herausforderung

Challenge

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unfruchtbar

Barren

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Hochebene

Plateau

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Wüste

Desert

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fruchtbar

Fertile

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Ebene

Plain

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Sumpf

Swamp