S2 History CRM

More than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally for jobs and freedom.

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Freedom Riders

• March on Washington

When African Americans refused to ride the public busses as a sign of protest; this began when Rosa Parks was jailed for refusing to give up her seat to a white man.

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• March on Washington

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• 15th Amendment

Prohibits racial discrimination in voting

• 13th Amendment

• Jim Crow Laws

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

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

• 19th Amendment

• Jim Crow Laws

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

Separation of two or more races based on skin color

• segregation

• racism

• oppression

• fascism

Who was a main leader in the fight for African Americans' equal rights in the 1960s?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Linda Brown

• Lyndon B. Johnson

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

Refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus.

• Mary Washington

• Jackie Kennedy

• Cesar Chavez

• Rosa Parks

What are Jim Crow Laws?

• Laws that placed freedom limitations on nonwhite people
• Laws that made all people work together towards a common goal

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

• march
• boycott
• sit in
• activist