 | Term | Definition |
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Exile |
a person who is banished from their native land |
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Refugee |
a person who voluntarily leaves from their own country |
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Persecution |
a program or campaign that harrasses and might try to exterminate people because of race or religion |
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Xenophobia |
a fear or foreigners that can lead to racism |
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Rights |
legally enforceable power or freedoms that are due by law or tradition and cannot be taken away |
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Human Rights |
rights given to everyone because they are alive |
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Civil Rights |
rights that are given to citizens and are guarenteed by law |
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Due Process of Law |
a right that guarentees that every citizen gets a fair legal procedure |
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Equal Protection of the Law |
every citizen is equal under the law |
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Privilege |
earned freedoms that are exclusive and can be taken away by bad behavior |
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
a document created by the general assembly of the UN and Eleanor Roosevelt and states that all rights should be given to everyone |
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Eleanor Roosevelt |
main person who helped create UDHR |
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Holocaust |
biggest human rights violation of the 20th century and Jews were persucuted for their religion and millions were killed |
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Racism |
prejudice toward people who belong to other races |
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Majority |
more than half of the people 51% or more |
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Minority |
less than half of the people |
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US Bill of Rights |
first ten amendments to the constitution that explain some civil rights for citizens of America |
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13th Amendment |
ended slavery |
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14th Amendment |
gave due process of law |
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15th Amendment |
black men voting right |
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19th Amendment |
women voting right |
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Human Rights Watch |
an organization monitors all the rights around the worls and reports it |
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Human Rights Violation |
when a large group of people are denied some of their rights |
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Rank |
your ranking in the hierarchy |
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Hierarchy |
how people are catagorized |
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