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The Civil Rights Movement | A social movement in the United States that wanted equality for all races and to get rid of segregation |
Segregation | Segregation was the rule or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups |
De Jure Segregation | Segregation by law |
De Facto Segregation | Segregation by custom or practice |
Integration | The process of ending segregation |
Civil Disobedience | Protest without violence |
Black Power Movement | A movement in the 1960's that used "Black Power" as a slogan. The movement's ideas were aimed at achieving self-determination for Black Americans. |
British Invasion | A sensation during the 1960's where rock music acts from the British culture became popular in the United States |
The Feminine Mystique | A book written by Betty Friedan which led to the women's rights movement in the 1960's |
Women's Liberation | A feminist political movement that sought equality for women in pay, education, status, and respect |
Woodstock | The music and Art Festival where Music artists of the counterculture all came together for a 3-day event |
Counterculture | A counterculture is a group of people who have different beliefs than the majority of society |
Haight-Ashbury | A district of San Francisco that was a center for the "hippie" counterculture movement |
Assassination | The killing of a public figure by surprise attack |
Poll Taxes | Were fees a person had to pay in order to vote. |
Discrimination | A negative action toward a social group or its members on account of group membership such as race |
Racism | Is the act of discrimination directed at a specific racial group, because one believes that one race is superior to another |
Prejudice | A negative learned attitude toward a group of people |