Chapter 5: Citizenship & Civic Engagement Flashcards
(42 cards)
Worked for the right to be treated equally under the law, the right to own property, the right to leave the country and return. Fought for human rights.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Someone who fights on behalf of a cause
Advocate
Of the 19th amendment, and the Brown vs Board of Education decision was to…
Expand equal treatment on the law to all citizens
Fought for Women’s suffrage
Susan B. Anthony
A person who works hard for a cause
Activist
Someone whose good behavior sets an example for others
Role model
A duty
Responsibility
To work or give without being paid
Volunteer
A basic idea or truth, that people value
Right
An official rule
Law
To follow rules
Obey
Money paid for violating a law
Fine
Fought to change laws, unfair to children, and opened Hull house where children could be cared for and learn skills.
Jane Adams
Two major civil rights laws were passed in 1964 in 1965
As a result of the work of King and other leaders
Worked for equal rights
Martin Luther King Jr.
Help enslaved African-Americans on the underground railroad
Harriet Tubman
Was an abolitionist, which is someone who worked to abolish or get rid of slavery
Frederick Douglas
Aided soldiers during the Civil War and later started the Red Cross
Clara Barton
Wrote the emancipation proclamation his purpose was to free all enslaved African-Americans living in the southern states
Abraham Lincoln
Fought to end segregation
Thurgood Marshall
Fought for freedom of religion
Anne Hutchinson
The character and behavior of a citizen
Citizenship
A committee center located in a poor area of a city
Settlement house
A person who worked to get rid of slavery
Abolitionist
