Unit 9 Vocabulary

2. refers to the removal of segregationist barriers in society
3. was a labor union established to improve working conditions for migrant farm workers
6. was formed to fight discrimination against latinos
9. was a civil rights group of African Americans students who coordinated protests and worked to strengthen local communities.
10. involves refusing to obey laws that a person considers unjust
14. (1896) the Supreme Court determined that "separate but equal" segregated facilities were Constitutional
16. one who aggressively supports a cause
18. was organized for the purpose of empowering American Indians and expanding their rights.

1. involves separating groups of race
4. emerged in the 1960s and 1970s as a movement that held that women are equal to men and deserved equal rights
5. practice of eliminating legal separation of races, ethnicities, or religious groups
7. condition in which all members of society have the same rights and opportunities
8. was a civil rights group that organized nonviolent protests to advocate for equal rights for African American
11. the current conditions
12. legally sanctioned individual freedoms guaranteed to citizens
13. was founded to promote women's rights and worked to win ratification of the ERA
15. was written to guarantee equal rights for women; it was never ratified
17. Worked to bring about equality for African Americans, often through legal challenges of segregation