Theme 2- Social Upheaval and Conflict

suffrage

the right to vote

secede

break away from

attrition

war of who can last longer

emancipation proclaimation

freed slaves in the south, now slaves could fight in the Civil War

13th admendment

abolished slavery

14th admendment

everyone who was born in america are now citizens

reconstruction

rebuilding of america after the Civil war

Plessy vs. Ferguson

decided that seprate but equal was okay

Brown vs Board of Education

got rid of segegation in schools

NAACP

organization to represent people of color

Title IX

prohibated discrimination in colleges and started women's sports

Roe vs. Wade

legalized abortion laws, recently overturned it and is now up to individual states to decide

Jim Crow Laws/Black Codes

laws against black people ex: literacy tests, poll taxes

Civil Disobedience

refuse to obey an unjust law

18th Admendment

prohibbated the manufacturing, sales, and transportation of alcohol

Watergate Scandal

politcal scandal acusing President Nixon of hiring 5 buglars to spy on the Democratic Party's plans

Executive Privlage

presidental power say that the president doesn't have to share information for the safety of america

boycott

refusing to use or buy a certain thing

sit-in

refusing to leave a place until you are helped

Malcolm X

violent civil rights leader

MLK

non-violent/peaceful civil rights leader, helped organize the first bus boycott

Declaration oof Sentiments

speech given that listed rights that men took away from women

10% Plan

10% of each returning state would have to pledge on oath of allegence

Johnson's Plan

10% plan + pass the 13th admendment

Congress Plan

pass 13th, 14th, and 15th admendments + send military into the states

Chicano Movement

movement for hispanic rights, wanted better living conditions, end discrimination

Ceaser Chavez

main leader of Chicano Movement

American Indian Movement

protecting rights of natives, wanted land protection, attention for conditions, soverenty

Sharecropping

sharing farmland with a plantation owner, but land owner got a lot of their profit and the renter would have to pay for certain items

Andaconda plan

north's plan to win civil war