Racial issues pages 120-121  (part II)

 

 

 

Complete using the words from the list below

 

.................................. advocates violence against virtually all minorities

 

.................................. has the second highest percentage of blacks after Mississippi

 

.................................. is an offensive term used by black people to describe another black man who is always humble and obedient to white people

 

.................................. means making sure that members of disadvantaged groups, such as racial minorities or women, get an appropriate share of the opportunities available

 

.................................. was a black American clergyman and a civil rights leader

 

.................................. was the most radical of black American leaders

 

.................................. were of French descent; they settled in Louisiana

 

 

Affirmative action / Louisiana / Malcolm X / Martin Luther King / The Cajuns / The Ku Klux Klan / Uncle Tom

 

 

 

Put back these events in the right chronological order

 

1- Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States

2- Jesse Jackson, a black Democrat, ran for president of the US

3- Slavery was abolished

4- The Blacks could vote

5- The Civil Rights Act was passed

6- The Dutch brought the first black slaves to America

7- The Secession War (Civil War) opposed the Confederate States (South) and          the Union (North)