There Is a Cognitive and Emotional Basis to Prejudice, and When

question 62

True/False

There is a cognitive and emotional basis to prejudice, and when prejudice is displayed behaviorally it is called discrimination.

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Definitions:

Federal Government

A system of government where powers are divided between a central, national government and various regional governments.

Formerly Enslaved

Individuals who were once subject to slavery but have since been emancipated or released from bondage.

Sea Islands Experiment

An early Reconstruction initiative in the 1860s aimed at redistributing land on the Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina to newly freed slaves.

Ten-Percent Plan

A Reconstruction plan proposed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, suggesting that a Southern state could be readmitted into the Union once 10% of its voters swore an oath of allegiance to the Union.