Unit 1 Resources: Foundations of American Citizenship - Deerlake ...

Answer Key3. Civil rights are the rights of full citizenshipand equality under the law. It hastaken more than 100 years after theCivil War for African Americans to gaintheir civil rights.4. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,Kansas was important because it ruledthat racially segregated public schoolswere unconstitutional. Segregation violatesthe Fourteenth Amendment’sprinciple of equal protection under thelaw.5. African Americans organized marches,boycotts, and demonstrations; stagedsit-ins at lunch counters that servedonly whites; and African Americansand some whites became “FreedomRiders” to protest segregation on publictransportation.6. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibiteddiscrimination in public facilities,employment, education, and voterregistration.7. Affirmative action programs were createdto try and correct past practices ofdiscrimination. These programs weredesigned to promote the hiring andadvancement of minorities and womenin fields that were traditionally closedto them, and to open colleges up toaccepting more minority students.8. Affirmative action has been controversial.Some believe that it gives preferentialtreatment to women and minoritiesand discriminates against whitesand men. Recent court rulings havecut many affirmative action programs.9. Racial profiling is the singling out of aperson or group of people based on theway they look.VOCABULARY ACTIVITY 5A M E R I B A N C C I T I W EE R I L H T S A N O Y D Y D UM X Z H D R A F T M T R C F ML W Y D G G H N M M I V A W ZT D J L Y N C D Y U L R R T JK O T B R J T T Z N I C C L FR N L Y X V Y R W I B C U N XX X M E Z K H Q W T I N A F MN F K M R H X E G Y S B E M MF J W R F A L G J H N P R D DN D H X W F N W Y L O L U L HL P J L A L Z C G C P N B G DL T H R Q K V K E C S K D N DX R E C H X M S I R E E T N UQ Y V W G J M F Y K R P T L J1. bureaucracy2. community3. draft4. duty5. responsibility6. welfare7. tolerance8. volunteerismCHAPTER SKILLS ACTIVITY 5N S HR I EK X FV X QH N NW L GM K JX M FT L YJ T BU T TR Z YV C YL O VZ C ZPracticing the Skill1. the process for becoming a BigBrother/Big Sister volunteer2. The shapes connect the titles on theleft with the descriptions on the right.3. three4. meeting the criteria for becoming avolunteer, the application process, andthe assignmentApplying the SkillStudent answers will vary. Diagrams shoulduse labels, colors, and symbols effectively,and the process outlined should be completeand logical. Student paragraphs shoulddiscuss the effectiveness of their diagramsand highlight any problems their partnershad following their directions.96