Civil Rights Movement

What did a lot of Black veterans experience when they came back from WWII?

• equality

• discrimination

• chances to attend college for free

• travel

__________ lead the first wave of the Civil Rights Movement.

• MLK

• JFK

• Freedom Riders

• Black WWII Veterans

What is being described below?

Equal rights in politics, society, and the economy.

• Civil Rights

• Equality Policy

• Non-discrimination Policy

• America

What is being described below?

A nonviolent method of fighting Jim Crow laws.

• Obedience

• Violent Ignorance

• Civil Disobedience

• Rebellion

What was the Highlander Folk School in Monteagle, TN?

• a school that taught nonviolence & how to work for change

• a school that taught cooking

• a school that taught violent rebellion against Jim Crow

• a school that taught sign language

Who is being described below?

Fantastic speaker, leader of the nonviolent Civil Rights Movement, a preacher, felt very strongly about changing the world for good.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Diane Nash

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King Jr.

What was the purpose of the Sit-Ins?

• to practice self-control

• to relax

• to peacefully protest segregated restaurants and force change

• to encourage the government to step in and change the housing laws

What started the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• The Montgomery Riot

• Rosa Park's arrest

• MLK's arrest

• The new law against foot travel

What was the purpose of the Freedom Rides?

• To travel across the country on a bus

• To protest the discrimination in restaurants

• To create a crisis in order to force the federal government to enforce the law.

• To force the bus company to put nicer bathrooms in the buses

Who is being described below?

They played a key role in the organization and execution of sit-ins in Nashville, TN. They was also one of the main organizers of the Freedom Riders.

• MLK

• JFK

• Rosa Parks

• Diane Nash