Answer:
All statements are true:
1- Discrimination is treating people unequally because of prejudice or partiality.
2- The Fifteenth Amendment gave all male citizens the right to vote.
3- Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial.
4- President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.
5- An ethnic group is a group of people that share a common ancestry, nationality, or culture.
Explanation:
1- Discrimination is any action or omission made by individuals, groups or institutions that produce and reproduce inequalities in access to resources and opportunities as dissimilar as food, health services, education or employment, for or against other people, groups or institutions. It is the act of separating or forming groups of people based on certain criteria. It refers to the violation of the equality of human rights by age, color, height, abilities, ethnicity, family, gender, genetic characteristics, marital status, nationality, race, religion, sex and sexual orientation. Most of the people affected by discrimination are individuals belonging to the so-called minorities, small groups within a society.
2- The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution establishes that governments in the United States can not prevent a citizen from voting because of their race, color, or previous condition of slavery. It was ratified on February 3, 1870.
3- "I Have a Dream" is the name of the most famous speech of Martin Luther King Jr., when he spoke powerfully and eloquently of his desire for a future in which black and white people could coexist harmoniously and as same. This speech, delivered on August 28, 1963 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March in Washington for Jobs and Freedom, was a defining moment in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
4- The Civil Rights Act of 1964, passed during the presidency of Lyndon Johnson, was a landmark legislation in the United States that prohibits the application unequal voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, blood banks, in the workplace and public places.
5- An ethnic group is a group of people who have cultural features in common: language, religion, food, festivities, art or clothing. Frequently they also share historical or territorial ties. All these characteristics and customs are preserved through the years as a symbol of identity.
