Early Civil Rights

Atlanta born Civil Rights activist that believed in non-violent protests.; gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington.

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Cesar Chavez

• Thurgood Marshall

First African American Supreme Court judge. He was the attorney for Linda Brown with Brown vs. the Board of Education.

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• John F. Kennedy

• Thurgood Marshall

• Rosa Parks

Outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace and in public places, including schools.

• 13th Amendment

• Jim Crow Laws

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1964

Separation of two or more races based on skin color

• segregation

• racism

• oppression

• facism

Enforced racial segregation in the South; all were enacted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures after the Reconstruction period.

• 13th Amendment

• Jim Crow Laws

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

Gave all male United States citizens over the age of 21 the right to vote

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

Gave all citizens born in the United States citizenship (rights of citizens)

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

The Supreme Court Case, "Brown vs. Board"  said that

• " Separate facilities were ok as long as they were equal"
• "African Americans had the right to vote just as much as any other citizen."
• " separate educational facilities were inherently unequal."
• " Slavery is not allowed in any part of the United States."

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

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

What does President Dwight Eisenhower’s response to events at Little Rock High School (1957) show?

• unconstitutional federal supremacy clause of the Constitution is

• rarely enforced states have been successful in defying federal law

• Supreme Court has often declared presidential actions

• president may use troops to enforce federal decisions