Across
- 4. Court: a group of 9 judges, nominated by the President of the United States, who have the most power in America to make decisions about how laws are interpreted or followed
- 7. an action where many people stay away from a person or an organization in order to force that person or organization to change
- 8. when everyone has the same opportunities
- 10. solving conflicts peacefully
- 13. Rights: the enjoyment of having choices, like where to eat, shop, live, go to school, or work
- 16. unfairly keeping some people from getting things that other people have
Down
- 1. working, living, playing, and sharing together without being unfair
- 2. fairness
- 3. where there is nothing keeping a person from having choices, being treated fairly, and having the same opportunities as everyone else
- 4. keeping people apart from each other
- 5. having negative feelings about people without an intelligent reason; often feelings based on fear or ignorance
- 6. people walking together as a group in order to let other people know how they feel about a problem
- 9. all citizens of the United States
- 11. Rights Act of 1965: a law that makes it a crime to keep people from voting on account of race or color
- 12. Crow: laws that divided African Americans and white Americans by making African Americans use different public spaces like schools, parks, water fountains, restaurants, bathrooms, stores, and movie theaters
- 14. Rights Act of 1964: a law that guaranteed the enjoyment of having choices
- 15. a rule made by a city, county, state, or national government, which all citizens must obey