Civil Rights Vocab

Civil disobedience refers to standing up against unfair laws or policies using _________.

• riots

• violence

• nonviolence

• any means necessary

To intentionally abstain from buying a product, or dealing with a person, organisation or country, as an expression of protest.

• Sedition

• Atrocity

• Martyr

• Boycott

Civil Rights means

• the rights of citizens to be unequal

• the rights of citizens to be equal

• the rights of citizens to watch TV

• the rights of citizens to have the same friends

What is a sit-in?

• Sitting on a bus

• Sitting in an area where you are not allowed as a form of protest

• Sitting on the floor rather than a chair

• Sitting rather than standing at a lunch counter

The issue of segregation caused the country to _______ and divide.

• polarize

• abolish

• emanate

• delegate

Which word is spelled correctly?

• rezonate

• reasonat

• resonnate

• resonate

By refusing to get up from her seat, Rosa Parks effectively started the _____________ in 1955.

• Selma March

• March on Washington

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Project Confrontation

What was the landmark U.S. Supreme Court Case in 1954 that overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine and effectively eliminated segregation?

• Roe v Wade

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Marbury v Madison

• Brown v Board of Education

The push for the political, economic and social advancement of African Americans is known as

• Pan-Africanism

• Black Panther Party

• Civil Disobedience

• Black Power

Students who integrated a previously segregated public high school in 1957 were known as the

• Little Rock Nine

• Children's Crusade

• Selma Marchers

• Greensboro Four