Civil Rights

What famous phrase came out of the Plessy v. Ferguson case?

• "Separate but equal"
• "Give me liberty or give me death."
• "May the force be with you."
• "I'll be back."

What previous Supreme Court decision did Brown v. Board overturn?

• Worcester v. Georgia
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Roe v. Wade
• Marbury v. Madison

Supreme Court case where the court ruled that racial segregation of schools violated the Constitution, segregated schools were unequal.

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Desegregation
• Lau v. Nichols
• Civil Rights Act

After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to

• let African Americans ride the bus.
• deny someone of a job because of their race.
• fire someone for not doing their job.
• kick someone out of the military.

Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.

• Sit-In
• Freedom Rides
• Selma March
• Filibuster

The federal law outlawing literacy tests, poll taxes, and other requirements that made it difficult for southern blacks to exercise their right for suffrage    

• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Civil Rights Act of 1957
• Sweatt v. Painter

Black nationalist leader who for awhile was a spokesman for the Nation of Islam; talked about black freedom “by any means necessary;” was assassinated on February 21, 1965, in NYC by Nation of Islam members . He suported a more militant  towards achieving racial equality. 

• Malcolm X
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Robert Kennedy
• LBJ

A form of nonviolent protest where people stop buying a product?

• march
• boycott
• sit in
• activist

intentional action of increasing minority representation within an organization

• Affirmative Action

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Civil Rights Act of 1957

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

abolished slavery.

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment