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____ are things we are required to do as citizens.

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Duties

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The case that started segregation was ___.

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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The reason that the Civil Rights Act and Voting rights Act were passed was ____.

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African Americans were not receiving protection of their basic rights.

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African Americans fought for over 100 years for their ___.

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Civil Rights

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Men were called up for the ____ during the Vietnam War.

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Draft

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The difference between duties and responsibilities is ___.

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We are required by law to fulfill duties and not required by law to fulfill responsibilities.

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Which organization worked mainly through the courts to challenge laws and customs that denied blacks their constitutional rights?

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

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___ is the heart of the most charitable organizations such as Boy Scouts.

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Volunteerism

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What program was launched in the early 60’s by John F. Kennedy to assist the poorest countries in the World?

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Peace Corps

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Name a group that was targeted by the KKK other than blacks.

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White Republicans, Jews, Immigrants

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What was the group Homer Plessy was a member of?

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Citizens Committee to test the Constitutionality of the Separate Car Law

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Many Southern states practiced ____, or the social separation of the races.

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segregation

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What encouraged the hiring and promoting of minorities and women in fields that were traditionally closed to them?

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Affirmative Action

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Unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group is called what?

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discrimination

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Who believed in nonviolent resistance, or the peaceful protests of unfair laws?

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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What amendment were the African-American contesting?

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14th Amendment

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Since the end of the Vietnam War, there has been no ___.

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Draft

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What is legally required of every adult citizen?

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Obeying the Law

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What do we call a group of people who share the same interests and concerns?

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A community

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Good citizens are concerned about the ____ of all members of the community.

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Welfare

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What organization provides volunteer opportunities to Americans aged 55 and older?

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Senior Corps

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The ____ will bring together the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and Senior Corps.

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US Freedom Corps.

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US Freedom Corps

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____ are things people should do; they are obligations that should be fulfilled voluntarily.

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Responsibilities

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Without ____, the government could not pay its employees or maintain an army.

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taxes

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What teaches us to think through problems, form opinions, and express ourselves clearly?

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school

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Respecting and accepting others, regardless of their differences, is called

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tolerance

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Americans must be ____ participants if people want their communities to thrive.

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Active

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What is the term for a complex system with many departments and rules?

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Bureaucracy

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What is the practice of offering time and services to others without payment?

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volunteerism

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Which group’s volunteers receive an allowance to live on and money for college?

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AmeriCorps

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Volunteers in the ____ work one on one with children with special needs.

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Foster Grandparent

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Which organization can we join to help our fellow citizens in an emergency?

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Red Cross

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One way to simultaneously act on personal beliefs and satisfy a civic responsibility is to ___.

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vote

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Since the 1960’s, U.S. affirmative action policies have required that ___.

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government contractors give equal consideration to minority job applicants.

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How did Jim Crow laws violate basic principles of American democracy?

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by depriving African Americans of some basic human rights

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Affirmative action programs were originally developed primarily for the purpose of ___.

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increasing employment opportunities for minorities