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Chapter 545454545

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abolitionist   person who worked to end slavery  
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affirmative action   policies and efforts made to improve opportunities for minority groups  
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Confederacy   alliance of Southern states that seceded from the Union and fought int he civil war  
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discrimination   act or process of treating people of one group differently because of race, religion, or any factor not based on individual merit  
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Emancipation Proclamation   document issued by President Lincoln in 1863 that freed the slaves in the Confederacy  
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ordinance   regulation or law  
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poll tax   fee paid in order to vote  
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quota   rule about the number or proportion of people admitted to an organization, school, company, or country  
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racial profiling   making generalizations based on skin color or ethnicity in policing or security work  
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reverse discrimination   discrimination against a majority group such as whites or males  
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secede   formally withdraw from a group or organization, such as the Confederate states from the Union 1861  
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segregation   policy that forces the separation of one group of people from another, based on race, sex, religion, or other similar characteristics  
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suffrage   right to vote  
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suffragists   people who worked for women's right to vote  
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