Exam 5: Civil Rights

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. advocated for active resistance to unjust government laws.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed in

The _____________ Act of 1964 outlawed racial segregation in public places and barred discrimination in employment of the basis of sex.

Suffrage is

_____________ discrimination is discrimination that exists in fact, real life, or in practice.

Before the Nineteenth Amendment, no states allowed women to vote.

Quality before the law is enough to end discrimination against minorities.

The ___________ Movement uses social media to de-stigmatize survivors of sexual violence and highlight the prevalence of sexual harassment and assault in society.

The best-known incident to focus national attention on the plight of ____________ was the 71-day occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota in 1973.

The metaphor of the _____________ clarifies the distinction between civil liberties and civil rights.

The 1965 ____________ Act authorized the federal government to ensure that eligible voters were not denied access to the ballot.

_________is the deliberate disobedience of laws viewed as morally repugnant.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 targeted ___________ laws primarily used in the southern states to disenfranchise African American voters.