Set: History-The Long Journey to Equality-Part 1
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All 10 Terms
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Booker T Washington | After being born a slave, he got his degree from Hampton, then he founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama for African Americans. |
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W.E.B. Dubois | 1st African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard; encouraged African Americans to resist segregation and discrimination, helped create NAACP in 1910 |
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13th Amendment | Slavery Abolished in the US; Ratified in 1865 |
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14th Amendment | Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws |
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15th Amendment | the right to vote shall not be denied based on race or color |
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) | Upheld the Louisiana law and expressed a new legal doctrine endorsing "Separate but Equal" facilities for African Americans |
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas (1954) | Segregation in Public Schools is Unconstitutional |
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Segregation | the Separation of Isolation of a race, class, or group |
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NAACP | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People: founded in 1909 to work for racial equality and promote civil rights |
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Civil Disobedience | a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination) |
Set Information
| Terms | 10 |
| Creator | Sailor_Babo |
| Created | May 12, 2008 |
| Groups | None |
| Tags | henry, history, segregation, period 4, rachel, carson, rachel carson, rcms |
| Access | Anyone |
| Edit | Creator Only |
Description
Part One of The Long Journey to Equality, given to Mr. Henry's 4th pd. class on 5/12/08
Most Missed Words
- W.E.B. Dubois → 1st African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard; encouraged African Americans to resist segregation and discrimination, helped create NAACP in 1910 - 1 miss
- Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) → Upheld the Louisiana law and expressed a new legal doctrine endorsing "Separate but Equal" facilities for African Americans - 1 miss
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas (1954) → Segregation in Public Schools is Unconstitutional - 1 miss