A | B |
Boycott | refusing to buy a product or good to protest. |
cease-fire | an agreement to stop fighting |
welfare | a program to give people assistance from the government |
abolitionists | people who spoke out against slavery in the Civil War |
Freedom Riders | people who tested the Supreme Court's decision to end segregation by riding whites- only buses |
Debt | money that is owed to other people |
Credit | money that is given to you that you have to pay back (sometimes with interest) |
civil Rights | Rights that countries guarantee their citizens |
secondary source | second-hand information |
primary source | first hand information (they witnessed it) |
sufferage | fight for women's right to vote |
labor union | formed to protect the rights of workers |
segregation | to separate on the basis of race |
aviation | dealing with pilots and aircraft |
urban | city |
rural | country |
suburbs | homes located in neighborhoods just outside of the city |