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Civ Lib & Ter
Civil Liberties & Terrorism
Question | Answer |
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Advocacy | Public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy that brings about change. |
Sit-ins | An example of nonviolent protest where people refuse to leave a restaurant or other establishment until their demands are met. |
Non-Violent Resistance | the practice of achieving goals such as social change through protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation, or other methods while being nonviolent. |
Boycott | To refuse to buy something or to take part in something as a way of protesting. |
Integration | the practice of uniting people from different races in an attempt to give people equal rights. |
Segregation | The separation, either by law or by action, of people of different races in all manner of daily activities, such as education, housing, and the use of public facilities. |
Unconstitutional | A violation of the basic principles or laws set forth in the Constitution of the United States. |
Freedom Riders | Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States to challenge racial segregation. |
Injustice | Unfairness or undeserved outcomes that lack justice. |
Equality | The state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities. |