| A | B |
|---|
| ordinance | regulation or law |
| secede | formally withdraw from a group or organization, such as the Confederate states from the Union in 1861 |
| confederacy | alliance of southern states that seceded from the Union and fought in the Civl War |
| Emancipation Proclamation | document issued by President Lincoln in 1863 that freed slaves in the Confederacy |
| suffrage | right to vote |
| suffragists | people who worked to get women the right to vote |
| poll tax | fee or tax paid before a person can vote |
| discrimination | act or process of treating people of one group differently because of race, religion, or any factor not based on individual merit |
| abolitionist | person who worked to end slavery |
| affirmative action | policies and efforts made to improve opportunties for minority groups |
| segregation | policy that forces the separation of one group of people from another, based on race, sex, religiion, or any other similar characteristic |
| quota | rule about the number or proportion of people admitted to an organization, school, company, or country |
| racial profiling | making generalizations based on skin color or ethnicity in policing or security work |
| reverse discrimination | discrimination against a majority group such as whites or males |
