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Unit #11 Civil Rights

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  • What the G.I. Bill?
    assisting former soldiers with money for college or houses.
  • What is the definition of Segregation?
    The act of separating people based off race
  • Define 1965 Voting Rights Act
    Elimated Literacy tests and gave more freedom for anyone to vote
  • What is the Equal Rights Amendment?
    You cannot be denied any right biased off gender
  • What is the definition of Jim Crow Laws?
    a state and local laws introduced into the southern states to enforce segregation
  • What was the impact of Brown vs Board of Education?
    stop school segregation
  • What was the Boldt Decision?
    That fishing restrictions on Native Americans in WA were violating the treaties from the 1850s.
  • What happened to Japanese Families as they returned back from concentration camps?
    Majority of their belongings were gone and properties were taken over by other people
  • What percent of Farmers in Yakimia were living in poverty?
    40%
  • How many babies were born during the baby boom?
    1946-1964 77 million babies were born
  • What is the definition of American Dream?
    a belief that anyone can attain their own version of success in America
  • What is something women were not allowed to do?
    Have a credit card, had less job opportunity, and not many opportunities for school / sports
  • What was the arms race?
    race USSR and US to have the most powerful weapons
  • Define 1964 Civil Rights Act
    prohibiting any kind of discrimination
  • What major issue faces Native Americans today?
    Declining Fish populations
  • What is an example of early residential segregation?
    Native Americans banned from city in the 1800s, Chinese drvien out in 1886
  • When and where was Seattle's first sit-in? How long did it last?
    24 hrs, July 1963, Mayors Office
  • What is the definition of Activist?
    a person who campaigns to bring about political change
  • Define the 19678 Fair Housing Act
    Eliminated discrimination for the sale or renting of homes
  • Who was Wing Luke?
    First Chinese American to be elected to a state office
  • What is the definition of Civil Disobediance?
    the refusal to obey the demands or commands of a government without resorting to violence
  • What was the 1st shopping mall in Washington state?
    Northgate
  • What happened to University of Washington during the Red Scare?
    University professors were fired or suspected of being communists.
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