_Women_s_Equality

Suffrage

The right to vote in political elections.

Prohibition

A legal ban on the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.

Lynch

To execute someone without a legal trial, often by hanging.

NAACP

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, an organization founded to fight for the civil rights of African Americans.

Barrio

A neighborhood in a city, especially one associated with Spanish-speaking residents.

Mutualista

A social organization formed by Mexican Americans for mutual aid, often providing insurance and legal advice.

Radical

A person who advocates for thorough or complete political or social reform.

Ph.D.

A doctor of philosophy degree, a higher academic degree.

Nineteenth Amendment

The constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote in the United States.

Temperance Movement

A social movement aimed at stopping alcohol consumption and the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Civil Rights Movement

A decades-long struggle for social justice in the United States aimed at ending racial discrimination against African Americans.

Segregation

The enforced separation of different racial or ethnic groups in a country, community, or establishment.

Boycott

A form of protest involving the refusal to engage with or purchase from a company or organization as a means to effect change.

Jim Crow Laws

State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States enacted after the Reconstruction period.

Affirmative Action

Policies that support members of disadvantaged groups by favoring them in admissions or hiring.

Desegregation

The process of ending the separation of two groups, typically referring to races.