Unit 10: Civil Rights Era

​ (a)   are rights that everyone should have, regardless of identity

• Civil Rights
• Boycotts
• Nonviolence

(a)   states that everyone should be treated equally under the law.

• 14th amendment
• 15th amendment
• 13th amendment

What is segregation?

• Keeping people of different races, religions, etc, separate

• The practice of dividing people into different social classes

• Creating a border between countries

Which was the main activist group for Black Americans? (a)  

• NAACP
• Black Panther Party
• LULAC
• Congress of Racial Equality

Which was the main activist group for Mexican Americans?

• NAACP

• Tejano Organization for Equality

• LULAC

• SNCC

Match the following court cases

• Expanded civil rights to Mexican Americans

• Sweatt v. Painter

• Said segregation at the University of Texas was illegal

• Hernandez v. Texas

• Made school segregation illegal

• Brown v. Board

Lyndon B. Johnson signed the ​ (a)   in 1964. It made ​ ​ (b)   in the work place and schools illegal.

• Civil Rights Act
• discrimination
• Voting Rights Act
• payment

Match the following people to their achievements.

• First Black woman to be elected to the US Congress.

• Raymond L. Telles

• First Mexican American mayor of a US city

• Hector P. Garcia

• Founded the American GI Forum. Fought for the rights of Hispanic Americans

• Barbara Jordan

​ ​ (a)   integrated the University of Texas.

• Sweatt v. Painter
• Hernandez v. Texas
• Brown v. Board

What is conservative?

(a)  

• Not accepting changes or new ideas
• Not opposed to new ideas or ways of thinking
• A person who is careful with money and resources
• An attitude of wanting to change