I & S: Perspectives on Equity

Flashcards covering definitions, amendments, civil rights, and protests.

__ is to treat a person or a group of people differently than other people, often because of traits such as race, gender, religion, ethnicity or sexual orientation

Discrimination

__ is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing

Stereotype

__ is a prejudged opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

Prejudice

__ is the quality of being fair and impartial

Equity

The Emancipation Proclamation (1863) declared that all persons held as slaves within any States shall be __

then, thenceforward, and forever free

A __ is a set of fundamental rules that determine how a country or state is run.

Constitution

An __ is a change or addition to the terms of a contract or document

Amendment

The __ officially ended slavery in the United States.

13th Amendment (1865)

The __ guaranteed citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. and promised equal protection under the law.

14th Amendment (1868)

The __ gave all men the right to vote, regardless of race or color.

15th Amendment (1870)

The Reconstruction Period occurred between __

1863 - 1877

The __ was the period after the civil war that focused on rebuilding and brought great changes to the Constitution and race relations in the South.

Reconstruction Period

Jim Crow Laws existed between __

1870s - 1960s

__ mandated racial segregation in all public facilities in the states of the former Confederate States of America and in some others

Jim Crow Laws

__ Enforced segregation, contradicted the US Constitution, and allowed states to make their own decisions

Jim Crow Laws

__ established Separate but equal.

'Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

__ is the public killing of an individual who has not received any due process

Lynching

One of the most renowned units of African American combat troops was the highly decorated __ - best known as the Harlem Hellfighters.

369th Infantry Regiment

The __ was a social movement in the United States from 1954 to 1968 which aimed to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country.

Civil Rights Movement

__ rallied support to protest against the verdict after the Emmett Till Case.

Mamie Till

__ use the Legal system to challenge, oppose or bring attention to issues

Legal Action

__ withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.

Boycotts

During the spring of 1961, student activists from the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) launched the __ to challenge segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals.

Freedom Rides

__ generally involves a group of people walking from an assembly point to a predetermined destination, usually culminating in a political rally

Marches

__ is defined as people occupying a place as a form of protest

Sit-ins

__ are organizations that coordinate people to participate in an area's election.

Political Parties

__ is the separation or isolation of a race, class, or ethnic group by enforced or voluntary residence in a restricted area

Segregation

__ is The act of incorporating a religious or racial group into a community.

Integration

__ refused to give up her seat on a public bus and caused the 1955 - 56 Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama

Rosa Parks

NAACP, CORE, KKK are examples of __ during the Civil Rights Movement

Organizations formed

__ Overrules Plessy v. Ferguson ('Separate but equal'). Racial segregation violates 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause ('separate is inherently unequal')

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)