Vocab Group-Civil Rights

Question 1

Brown vs board of education

Answer 1

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 vs the Board of Education.

Question 2

Little Rock nine

Answer 2

It allowed 9nine outstanding black students to attend Central High School. These students became known as the Little Rock Nine.

Question 3

Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 3

Thousands of African Americans stopped riding the buses.

Question 4

Sit-ins

Answer 4

A demonstration of which protesters sit down and refuse to leave until they were served.

Question 5

(SNCC)

Answer 5

To continue the struggle for civil rights, the leaders of the Student protest formed the (SNCC) in the spring of 1960. The sncc leaders trained protesters

Question 6

Martin Luther King Jr.

Answer 6

He was a young baptist minister. The 26 year old already had a reputation as a powerful speaker.

Question 7

Thurgood Marshall

Answer 7

They became the Supreme Court justice

Question 8

Rosa Parks

Answer 8

She was arrested for not giving her seat to a white person

Question 9

JFK

Answer 9

He was the youngest person to ever be elected to be president.

Question 10

Freedom rides

Answer 10

it was where black and white traveled together to segregated bus stations in the south.

Question 11

March on Washington

Answer 11

demonstration for civil rights. Where over 200,000 people marched for civil rights.

Question 12

Lyndon B. Johnson

Answer 12

Was quickly sworn in as president.

Question 13

Civil rights act of 1964

Answer 13

The act banning segregation and giving everyone equal rights.

Question 14

Voting act of 1965

Answer 14

This protected African Americans’ voting rights.

Question 15

Great Society

Answer 15

This program was domestic reforms.

Question 16

Black Power

Answer 16

A movement which called for African American independents.

Question 17

Malcolm X

Answer 17

He inspired the black power movement by any means necessary.

Question 19

Cesar Chavez

Answer 19

He was one of many Hispanic Americans who worked to improve conditions.

Question 20

United Farm Workers

Answer 20

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 to work.

Question 21

Betty Friedan

Answer 21

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

Question 22

National Organization for women

Answer 22

To fight for equal education and career opportunities for women.

Question 23

Shirley Chisholm

Answer 23

Was elected to represent a New York district in the House of Representatives.

Question 25

Equal Rights Amendment

Answer 25

Would outlaw all discrimination based on sex.

Question 26

Phyllis Schlafly

Answer 26

A conservative activist, founded the group STOP ERA to prevent its ratification.

Question 27

American Indian Movement

Answer 27

founded in 1968 to fight for Native Americans’ rights.

Question 28

Disabled in action

Answer 28

To make people aware of challenges facing people with disabilities.