Knowledge 11 Pre-Assessment

Civil rights: Are civil rights those rights promised by the government to all people, such as the right to vote?

Discrimination: Before the civil rights movement, was discrimination against certain groups of people common?

Nonviolence: Are fighting and breaking windows examples of nonviolence?

Suffrage: Is suffrage when you have to eat something you don’t like?

First Lady: Is the First Lady the wife of the president?

Human rights: Are human rights those that belong to all people, even if they aren’t promised by the government, such as the right to food, shelter, an education, and a job?

Boycott: Is a boycott when you refuse to go to a business as a sign of protest?

Segregation: Is segregation when everyone is allowed to be a part of something?

Sit-ins: Were sit-ins peaceful protests because they involved people occupying, or sitting, at a place to show everyone they were upset about some unfair treatment?

Migrant workers: Did migrant workers tend to stay in the same town from season to season?