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THE IMMORTAL LIFE OFHENRIETTA LACKSAn INTRODUCTION ToJIM CROW andTHE GREAT MIGRATION(S)GENERAL VOCABULARY
The 13th Amendment tothe Constitutionabolished slavery in theUnited States.ABOLISH:TO END SOMETHING, TO GET RID OFSOMETHING
The Emancipation Proclamationfreed the slaves in the ConfederateStates. President Lincoln issued theEmancipation Proclamation in1863.EMANCIPATE:TO SET FREE, TO LIBERATE
The Emancipation Proclamation freedthe slaves in the Confederate States.President Lincoln issued theEmancipation Proclamation in 1863.PROCLAIM:TO ANNOUNCE, TO SAY OUT LOUD SO THATEVERYONE UNDERSTANDS
South Carolina seceded from theUnited States in 1860.SECEDE:TO WITHDRAW FROM AN ORGANIZATION.
President Truman integratedthe U.S. Army in 1948.After his Executive Order,black and white soldiers wouldserve together in the same units.INTEGRATE:TO COMBINE. TO PUT DIFFERENT THINGSTOGETHER.
By 1783,slavery wasillegal inMassachusetts.SLAVE:A SLAVE IS A PERSON WHO IS OWNED ASPROPERTY BY ANOTHER PERSON.
In the 1600s, indenturedservants typically worked fourto seven years. The agreementwas that the servant for wouldget ‘free’ travel to the Colonies,food, a room, and ‘freedomdues’ in exchange for work.At the end of a completedagreement, the servantbecame a free person.INDENTURED SERVANT:AN INDENTURED SERVANT WAS A PERSON WHO WASOWNED AS PROPERTY BY ANOTHER PERSON FOR ALIMITED PERIOD OF TIME, ACCORDING TO A CONTRACT.AFTER THAT TIME, IF THE CONTRACT WAS COMPLETED,THE INDENTURED SERVANT BECAME FREE.
Legal segregation of Blacks and Whites was typicalduring the Jim Crow period of American history.SEGREGATIONTO SEGREGATE IS TO KEEP THINGSSEPARATE, AND APART.
RACE vs. EthnicityRaceEthnicityCLASSIFICATION OF CULTURALLYHUMANSDEFINEDACCORDING TODIFFERENCESPHYSICALBETWEENCHARACTERISTICS ETHNIC GROUPSIN A SOCIETYSome people talk about the White Race or Black Race.RACERACE PUTS PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT GROUPSBASED ON PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICSLIKE SKIN COLOR.
Discrimination often refers to treating people differentlybased on their ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, etc.DISCRIMINATIONTO DISCRIMINATE IS TO NOTICE AND ACT ONDIFFERENCES.
To undermine someone or something is to work against them,to try to harm them, sometimes without their knowledge.UNDERMINETO WEAKEN. TO DAMAGE.
Migration is sometimes planned. Other times it is forced byconflict, or environmental disaster.MIGRATETO MIGRATE IS TO MOVE FROM ONE PLACETO ANOTHER PLACE.
There can be people, cars, and houses in rural areas. Butthey are not as crowded or built-up as cities.RURALRURAL MEANS ‘NOT CITY’, COUNTRYSIDE.
Urban areas have more buildings. There are usuallyfewer open spaces, trees, animals, etc.URBANURBAN MEANS ‘CITY.’
The tension betweenFederal powersand State powersgoes all the way backto the beginning ofthe United States.If states are in chargeof schools, can a statemake segregatedschools legal?If states are in chargeof marriage, can astate ban certaintypes of marriages?FEDERALFEDERAL MEANS THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THEWHOLE UNITED STATES. FEDERAL LAWS APPLY INEVERY STATE IN THE UNITED STATES.
THE INDENTURED SERVANT BECAME FREE. In the 1600s, indentured servants typically worked four to seven years. The agreement was that the servant for would get ‘free’ travel to the Colonies, food, a room, and ‘freedom dues’ in exchange for work. At the end of a completed agre
