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Civil Rights Movemen
Question | Answer |
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Jim Crow | Policy of segregating or discriminating against black people in the South of the US |
Direct action | Actions (things done) against an authority, aiming to achieve a specific result e.g. strikes and demonstrations |
Civil disobedience | The refusal to comply with certain laws, as a peaceful form of political protest |
Civil rights | The rights the citizens of a country have |
Constitutional rights | Legal rights granted to citizens by the Constitution of a country |
Boycott | A punitive ban that forbids relations with certain groups, cooperation with a policy, or handling of goods |
Disenfranchisement | Not having, or not being allowed, the vote |
Civil protest | When ordinary citizens take peaceful action against governments policies they consider to be unjust, aiming to pressure the government to change these policies |