"The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century," Vocabulary from Chapter 21

This list focuses on civil rights (Unit 6, Chapter 21).

Here are links to all the chapters in Unit 6, Living with Great Turmoil: Chapter 20, Chapter 21, Chapter 22, Chapter 23

Here are links to all the units of the California edition of the textbook published by McDougal Littell: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7
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  1. civil
    of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals
  2. right
    an abstract idea of that which is due by law or nature
  3. prejudice
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  4. inequality
    lack of balance or similarity in status
  5. violation
    an act that disregards an agreement or a right
  6. desegregation
    incorporation of a formerly excluded group into a community
  7. demonstration
    a public display of group feelings
  8. protest
    a public manifestation of dissent
  9. crusade
    a series of actions tending toward a particular end
  10. activist
    advocating direct action to achieve social change
  11. unjust
    not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception
  12. opposition
    a body of people united against something
  13. register
    sign up to be a voter
  14. entrenched
    established firmly and securely
  15. de facto
    existing, whether with lawful authority or not
  16. custom
    accepted or habitual practice
  17. eliminate
    end, take out, or do away with
  18. intensify
    increase in extent or strength
  19. comply
    act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
  20. marshal
    a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff
  21. preach
    deliver a sermon
  22. solidarity
    a union of interests or purposes among members of a group
  23. encounter
    a hostile disagreement face-to-face
  24. brutality
    a barbarous savage act
  25. sufficiency
    enough resources to provide comfort and meet obligations
  26. impassioned
    characterized by intense emotion
  27. polarization
    having a relation between two opposite attributes
  28. identity
    the characteristics by which a thing or person is known
  29. racism
    the prejudice that one people are superior to another
  30. reverse
    change to the contrary
  31. affirmative
    giving assent
  32. minority
    a group of people who differ from a larger group
  33. deprive
    take away
  34. interact
    do something together or with others
  35. lofty
    of high moral or intellectual value
Created on Wed Nov 16 12:32:46 EST 2016 (updated Tue Nov 22 16:52:23 EST 2016)

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