Review - The Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement was a time period in U.S. history...

• during the 1860s when the northern states fought a war against the southern states.
• during the 1940s through the 1960s when people began to protest and take actions to end legal forms of segregation and discrimination.
• during the 1950s and 1960s when the Supreme Court began to make segregation legal.
• when slavery was made illegal

Match the following word to their definitions

• This is the 3rd Option

• Racial Integration

• When people of different ethnicities are brought together in one place.

• I Have To Give 3 Options

• When people are separated based on race

• Racial Segregation

During the Civil Rights Movement different groups and organizations came up with different ways of _______________ rules and laws enforced discrimination.

• Supporting
• Protesting
• Approving
• Suing

Match the following vocabulary words to the definition

• Prejudice

• Attitudes or opinions about a person (or group) simply because the person belongs to a specific religion, race, nationality, or other group.

• Discrimination

• When a person is treated differently (not in a good way) because of some aspect of their identity. It is against the law. It can include things like: Race. Religion.

• Because it makes me give 3

• Why can't I do two matching options?

Which Supreme Court case made segregation LEGAL in 1896?

• Brown v. the Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• The Montgomery Bus Boycotts
• Boynton v. Virginia

Why was Homer Plessy arrested?

Choose the best answer?

• He refused to give up his seat on a bus

• He sat in the "Whites Only" section of a train and refused to move

• He was caught shoplifting

• He was caught trespassing

In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court decided that segregation was legal as long as the separate places were ___________ to each other.

• unequal

• separate

• equal

During World War II, President _____________, started the process of desegregation in the United States when he made government jobs available to people of all races.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• John F. Kennedy

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?

• The first group of black pilots to fly for the United States military.

• The first group of African American astronauts to fly for the United States military.

• The first group of African American soldiers to fight in the Vietnam War.

• The first group of African American athletes to compete in the Olympics.

After World War II, president ___________________ helped partially inspire the Civil Rights Movement by desegregating the army.

• John F. Kennedy
• Harry Truman
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Ulysses S. Grant