African American Civil Rights

Question 1

Brown vs Board of Education decisions I

Answer 1

Ruled separate is unequal overturning Plessy vs. Fureson

Question 2

Brown vs Board of Education decisions II

Answer 2

2nd decision claiming that schools would have to no longer segregate

Question 3

Southern Manifesto

Answer 3

Document signed by many senators and representatives who opposed the 2nd ruling of Brown vs Board of Education decisions

Question 4

Who was Emmett Till

Answer 4

A black teenager who joked with 2 white women, 3 white men later came to his house and lynched him

Question 5

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Answer 5

After Rosa Park’s arrest, multiple black people sit at the fronts of busses, MLK led them as well, MLK also got arrested for going 5 over the limit

Question 6

Little Rock 9 and Central High School

Answer 6

African American students attempt to enter into Central High School

Question 7

Freedom Rides

Answer 7

Segregated bus seating/ transportation ruled unconstitutional, blacks met with violence

Question 8

Birmingham Church Bombing

Answer 8

KKK planted bomb in church, 4 little girls killed, many injured, 3KKK members imprisoned

Question 9

Selma to Montgomery March

Answer 9

Civil Rights protests, these were marches led by MLK

Question 10

1964 Civil Rights Act

Answer 10

prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

Question 11

1965 Voting Rights Act

Answer 11

Prohibited racial discrimination in voting