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CivilRights Movement
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| prejudice | chiefly law harm or injury that results or may result from some action or judgement |
| Discrimination | the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, esp. on the grounds of race, age, or sex |
| Racism | prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on such a belief |
| Segregation | the enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment |
| Integration | the intermixing of people or groups previously segregate |
| Boycott | withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest. |
| Civil Disobedience | failure or refusal to obey rules or someone in authority |
| Poverty | the state of being extremely poor |
| Medicare | a federal system of health insurance for people over 65 years of age and for certain younger people with disabilities. |
| Medicaid | a federal system of health insurance for those requiring financial assistance. |
| Sit-In | a form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met. |
| Feminist | a person who supports feminism. |
| Interstate | existing or carried on between states |
| Hispanic | of or relating to Spain or to Spanish-speaking countries, esp. those of Latin America |