Unit 3 Week 3 Vocabulary

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anecdotes

Back

Stories people tell

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constrained

Back

Something that is held back or limited

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redemption

Back

The act of being saved after wrong doing

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dissent

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To differ in opinion

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simile

Back

Compares two different things using the words like or as

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metaphor

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Compares two different things saying that something is something else

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Jim Crow Laws

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Laws enforced throughout the south that enforced segregation, and also prevented African Americans and poor people from voting through poll taxes and literacy tests

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Rosa Parks

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Known as the “mother” of the civil rights movement because her bravery sparked others to act against segregation

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Civil Rights leader who believed in the power of nonviolent protests

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Ceasar Chavez

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Worked to gain equal rights for farm workers in California. He fought for better pay and working conditions.