Civil Rights Vocabulary

Outlaws Slavery in the U.S.

(FREE)

13th Amendment

​Makes all those born on U.S. soil a U.S. citizen

(CITIZENS)

14th Amendment

​All U.S. citizens have the right to Vote

(VOTE)

15th Amendment

​Makes Poll Taxes illegal.

(2 and 4, Poll Tax No More)

24th Amendment

Lowers the voting age from 21 to 18

(2+6= 8...TEEN to vote)

26th Amendment

Establishes the "Separate but Equal" clause. Legalizes segregation.

Plessy v. Ferguson

Overturns Plessy v Ferguson. Makes segregation illegal.

Brown v. Board of Education

​Last group of segregationist Democrats located primarily in the south.

Opposes the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Those rights that are enjoyed by ALL Americans. They are founded in the Bill of Rights and defended by the Constitution.

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​Civil Rights

Americans of Mexican descent.

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Chicanos

​A form of Non-Violent protest in which citizens disobey city laws and ordinances.

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​When all citizens have the same rights and privileges under the law and social norms.

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Movement that rejected a woman's value and identity to be controlled, compared to, or determined by men.

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Feminism (Classical)

​To bring together all parts

Integrate

​To separate based on identities

Segregate

Local or State laws that applied the law differently to Whites and Blacks.

Could be customary laws or legal laws.

​Bills and Laws passed by Congress

​​Legislation

The process of arguing a case in court

Litigation

Nine African-American students that were originally denied entry into Little Rock Central High School, then escorted in by the Army

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Little Rock Nine

​Organization that fought for equal rights and treatment for women,

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(National Organization of Women)

The way things have always been

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Status Quo

Treaty with the Sioux that stated any lands taken by the U.S. from Native Americans and vacated would return to the possession of the Native Americans

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​Treaty of Ft. Laramie