semester 1 exam Flashcards

1
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what is steerage?

A

the cheapest accommodations on a steamship

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2
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What is Ellis Island?

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an island in the New York harbor that served as the processing center for many of the immigrants arriving from Europe.

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3
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what is Angel island?

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An island in California that served as the processing center for many immigrants arriving from Asia.

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4
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What is nativism?

A

an extreme dislike of immigrants by native born people

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5
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What is segregation?

A

separation of races

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6
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What are Jim Crow Laws?

A

laws that enforced discrimination

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7
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What is a poll tax?

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All citizens of Mississippi were forced to pay a $2 when registering to vote

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8
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what are lynchings?

A

hangings without proper court proceedings

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9
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Who was Ida B. wells?

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African American woman who launched a crusade against lynching

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Who was Booker T. Washington?

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African American educator who proposed that black’s should concentrate on achieving economic goals rather than political ones.

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Who was WEB De Bois?

A

black activist who refused to give up civil rights. Particularly concerned about protecting voting rights.

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12
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Who was Rosa Parks?

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refused to give up her seat on the bus

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13
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What was the NAACP?

A

national Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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14
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What was “separate but equal”?

A

this made laws that segregated African americans permitted as long as equal facilities were provided for them

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15
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What is de facto segregation?

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segregation by custom and tradition (segregation by choice)

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16
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What are sit ins?

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a form of protest that attempted to desegregate restaurants by sitting at a lunch counter and refusing to leave until they got the service they desired.

17
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Who is Thurgood Marshall?

A

an African American attorney

18
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What is the SCLC?

A

Southern Christian Leadership Conference. set out to eliminate segregation

19
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What was the SNCC?

A

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

20
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Who was James Meredith?

A

Black air force veteran who was not allowed in University of Mississippi

21
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what is a filibuster?

A

this occurs when a small group of senators take turns speaking and refuse to stop the debate and allow a bill to come to vote

22
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what is a cloture?

A

a motion that cuts off debate and forces a vote

23
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What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

A

gave the federal government broad power to prevent racial discrimination in a number of areas

24
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what did the voting rights act of 1965 do?

A

authorized the US attorney general to send federal examiners to register qualified voters. Also suspended literacy tests

25
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what is racism?

A

prejudice or discrimination toward someone because of his or her race

26
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what is black power?

A

physical self defense or violence

27
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who was stokely carmichael?

A

leader of SNCC

28
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who was Malcolm X?

A

famous black muslim who became a symbol of the black power movement

29
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what were black panthers?

A

believed that a revolution was necessary in the US and they urged african americans to arm themselves and prepare to force whites to grant them equal rights

30
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what did the immigration act of 1965 do?

A

abolished the national origins quota system

31
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what are refugees?

A

someone leaving his country due to a well founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, or nationality

32
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what did the immigration reform and control act of 1986 do?

A

established penalties for employers who knowingly hire unauthorized immigrants

33
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what is amnesty?

A

the act of granting a pardon to a large group of people

34
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what did the illegal immigration reform and immigrant responsibility act of 1996 do?

A

required families sponsoring an immigrant to have an income above the poverty line. did other stuff too.