Civil Rights

Question 1

Brown v. Board of Education-

Answer 1

In the early 1950’s, five school segregation cases from Delaware, Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington, D.C., came together.

Question 2

Little Rock Nine-

Answer 2

Nine outstanding black people attend Central High School.

Question 3

Montgomery bus boycott-

Answer 3

This is a bus that barley anyone rides in because they don’t want to be judge.

Question 4

Sit-ins-

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee-

Answer 5

To continue the struggle for civil rights, the leaders of student protesters into this group in the spring of 1960.

Question 6

Rosa Parks-

Answer 6

She got arrested for refusing her seat.

Question 7

Martin Luther King Jr.-

Answer 7

Gave, “I have a dream,” speech that stop segregation.

Question 8

Thurgood Marshall-

Answer 8

Became a judge that was against segregation.

Question 9

John F. Kennedy-

Answer 9

Won an election of 1960 and known for being the youngest president.

Question 10

Freedom Rides-

Answer 10

One of the desegregated buses that blacks and whites to sit with each other.

Question 11

March on Washington-

Answer 11

A huge demonstration to civil rights.

Question 12

Lyndon B. Johnson-

Answer 12

He became a president quickly.

Question 13

Civil Rights Act of 1964-

Answer 13

The act banned segregation in public places. It also outlawed discrimination in the work place on the basis of color, skin, and gender.

Question 14

Voting Rights Act of 1965-

Answer 14

This law gave the federal government new powers to protect African Americans voting rights.

Question 15

Great Society-

Answer 15

It was Great Society because of this program of domestic reforms.

Question 16

Black Power-

Answer 16

Which is called for African Americans independence.

Question 17

Malcolm X-

Answer 17

He helped inspire the Black Power movement.

Question 18

Cesar Chavez-

Answer 18

He formed a union called United Farm Workers.

Question 19

United Farm Workers-

Answer 19

It’s a seasonally work from farm to farm.

Question 20

Betty Friedan-

Answer 20

She described the dissatisfaction that women felt.

Question 21

National Organization for Women-

Answer 21

It fights for equal rights for women and career choices.

Question 22

Shirley Chisholm-

Answer 22

She was the first African American to be elected in congress.

Question 23

Equal Rights Amendment-

Answer 23

It outlawed all discrimination based on sex.

Question 24

Phyllis Schlafly-

Answer 24

She found two groups to prevent ratification.

Question 25

American Indian Movement-

Answer 25

Was to fight for Native American Rights.

Question 26

Disabled in Action-

Answer 26

It makes people aware of challenges with disabilities.