23-24 US Unit 6 Vocab Part 1

1. A Black political organization that was against peaceful protest and for violence if needed. The organization marked a shift in policy of the black movement, favoring militant ideals rather than peaceful protest.
4. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s organization, they were best known for mobilizing large, nonviolent protests, focusing on moving the national conscience, and pushing the federal government to support civil rights initiatives.
6. A motion that ends debate and calls for an immediate vote.
10. A minimum level of income needed to support a family.
12. A landmark civil rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court which ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
14. The active, nonviolent refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders or commands of a government that they deem morally incorrect.
16. The practice of ensuring that all people have equal access to career opportunities based on their knowledge, skills, and abilities.
18. The following of procedures established by law.
19. Guarantees and freedoms that governments commit not to abridge, either by constitution, legislation, or judicial interpretation, without due process.
20. An attempt to kill or delay a bill by having a group of senators take turns speaking continuously so that a vote cannot take place.

2. An organization that came to prominence during the American Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. They focused on student-led nonviolent protests by college students.
3. A form of direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area for a protest, often to promote political, social, or economic change.
5. The establishment of electoral districts based on their populations.
7. Created to confront urban segregation in the north.
8. The practice of denying people access to credit because of where they live, even if they are personally qualified for loans.
9. Youth of the 1960s who were against the materialism of their parents, also known as hippies.
11. An informal extended discussion about a social or political issue.
13. Rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one's entitlement to participate in the civil and political life of society and the state.
15. A war fought with limited commitment of resources to achieve a limited objective, such as containing communism.
17. Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decision to desegregate buses.