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51 Cards in this Set
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Immigrants
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Settlers from other lands who came to america to live
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Slaves
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people first brought from africa in 1619 to work in the colonies.
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Red men
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Early term for american indian.
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MLK Jr.
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Famous black leader who said "I have a dream"
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John brown
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Abolitionist who led a raid on Harpers Ferry
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Harret Beecher Stowe
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Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
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MLK Jr.
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famous black leader and clergyman who was assassinated.
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Irish
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People who encountered prejudice when they emigrated in large numbers because of a potato famine in their native country.
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Indentured servents
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people in colonial times who agreed to work for 7 years after arriving in america to pay their passage.
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Abolitionist
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people who worked openly to end slavery
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Elijah Muhammad
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leader of the black muslims
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Betty Friedan
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Woman who helped found the national organization.
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Cesar Chavez
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Well-known chicano leader of the 1960's and 1970's/
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Chicanos
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What mexican-americans during the 1960's wished to be called
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KKK
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Org. of whites begun after the civil war to opress black people.
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Black Panthers
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Militant black org. that emerged in the 60's.
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National org. of woman
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one of the most powerful orgs for the women's rights.
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Bureau of the indian affairs
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body of the federal gov. that deals with indian problems.
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Red power
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Name for indian protest movement.
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South christian leadership
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org. led by MLK Jr.
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National urban league
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org founded in 1910 to help southern blacks adjust to city life as they moved north.
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Emarcipation proclamation
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document issued by the president lincoln in 1862 as a step toward freeing the slaves.
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Dred scott desision
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Supreme court decision of 1857 that said blacks could not be citizens or have the same rights.
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NAACP
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org that has worked for equal rights for blacks in the 20th century.
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24th amendment
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constitutional amendment that outlawed the poll tax.
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13th amendment
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constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery.
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Civil rights act
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act passed in 1964 that guaranteed blacks equal opportunity in employment.
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Race
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Class or kind of individuals with common pysical characteristics.
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Civil rights
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rights of citizenship that should belong to all.
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Majority
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more than half a group
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sitins
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form of protest used by blacks at segragated resteruants.
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prejuduice
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judging someone before knowing them
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manority
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less then half a group
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segregation
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separation of races
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protest
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objecting to something
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Busing
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form of antisegragation in which children were sent to schools out of their own neighborhoods.
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Boycott
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refusal of blacks to ride segregated buses in alabama city.
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stereo types
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preconceived ideas about indivduals.
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Integration
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incorporation as equals into society
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Melting pot
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what the US has been called because many different nationalities have blended together.
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Discrimination
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unfair treatment because of race and creed.
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Assimilation
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becoming part of a group; learning a new culture
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Alien
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not belonging; foregin
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Reservations
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places in which american indians were forced to live.
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Radical: 一
Nr. Strokes: 1 Pinyin: heng2 Rad. Nr: 1 Meaning: one Examples: 丁 七 万 丈 三 |
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Ghetto
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part of a city in which members of a minority live.
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Ireland
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country where the potatp famine occured, causing many people to emigrate to america.
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Montgomery
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city in which blacks first refused to ride buses.
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Alcatraz
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prison captured by indians in San fransico in the 1960's.
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Barrio
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Spanish word for a ghetto or poor section of a large city.
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Relocation centers
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Camps where Jap- americans were sent after pearl harbor.
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