CIVIL RIGHTS VOCAB

Question 1

Thurgood Marshall

Answer 1

NAACP Attorney Who went on to be a Supreme Court Justice

Question 2

Brown V. The Board of Education

Answer 2

In the early 1950s five school segregation cases from Delaware, Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., Came together under the title of Brown V. The Board of Education

Question 3

Little Rock Nine

Answer 3

It allowed nine outstanding black students to attend Central High School. These students became known as the Little Rock Nine

Question 4

Rosa Parks

Answer 4

A worker of the NAACP boarded a bus and sat in the black section when the bus was full she and three others were asked to give their seat up she refused and got arrested.

Question 5

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Answer 5

In the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Thousands of African Americans stopped riding the buses.

Question 6

Martin Luther King Jr.

Answer 6

A young Baptist Minister the 26 yr old Martin Luther King Jr. already had a reputation for a powerful speaker whose words could motivate and inspire listeners. He had his famous I had a dream speech which nearly ended Segregation.

Question 7

Sit in

Answer 7

A demonstration in which protesters sit down and refuse to leave.

Question 8

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

Answer 8

To continue the struggle for civil rights, the leaders of the student protests formed the SNCC in the spring of 1960

Question 9

John F. Kennedy

Answer 9

He won the election of 1960 and he became the youngest person to be elected as president of the United States.

Question 10

Freedom Rides

Answer 10

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) organized a series of protests called the Freedom Rides, in which black and white bus riders traveled together to segregated bus stations in the South.

Question 11

March on Washington

Answer 11

A massive demonstration for civil rights

Question 12

Lyndon B. Johnson

Answer 12

Was the Vice President that took over after John F. Kennedy was assassinated

Question 13

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Answer 13

The act banned segregation in public places. It also outlawed discrimination in the workplace on the basis of color, gender, religion, or national origin

Question 14

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Answer 14

Johnson signed this into law in August. This law gave the federal government new powers to protect African Americans’ voting rights

Question 15

Great Society

Answer 15

His program of domestic reforms that he called the Great Society

Question 16

Black Power

Answer 16

Movement which called for African American Independence.

Question 17

Malcom X

Answer 17

Helped inspire the black power movement. He was a leader of the Nation of Islam.

Question 18

Cesar Chavez

Answer 18

He was a Hispanic American who worked to improve conditions

Question 19

United Farm Workers (UFW)

Answer 19

This Union was committed to the goal of better pay and working conditions for migrant farm workers those who move seasonally from farm to farm for work

Question 20

Betty Friedan

Answer 20

Described the dissatisfaction some women felt with their traditional roles of wife, mother, and homemaker

Question 21

National Organization For Women (NOW)

Answer 21

To fight for equal education and career opportunities for women

Question 22

Shirley Chisholm

Answer 22

Was elected to represent a New York City District in The House of Representatives

Question 23

Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

Answer 23

Would outlaw all discrimination based on sex

Question 24

Phyllis Schlafly

Answer 24

A conservative activist founded the group STOP ERA To prevent its ratification

Question 25

American Indian Movement (AIM)

Answer 25

Founded in 1968 to fight for Native Americans’ Rights

Question 26

Disabled In Action (DIA)

Answer 26

To make People Aware of challenges facing people with disabilities