Civil Rights

What does the word "Discrimination" mean?

• what happens when one group is treated differently from another

• what happens when many groups get treated differently

• what happens when a person is treated differently from others

• what happens you fall asleep in class

What does the word "Segregation" mean?

• to bring groups together

• what happens when one group is kept separate from another group

• what happens when people hate each other

• to allow people to live together in one house

What is another word for "Prejudice?"

• caring

• funny

• intolerance

• humanity

The Civil Rights Movement allowed people to...

• stop working and go home early

• have free education anywhere in the country

• stand up to whoever they wanted

• stand up to intimidation, violence, and threats of arrest

Martin Luther King Jr helped found the...

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• Southern Catholic Leadership Conference

• Southern Jewish Leadership Conference

• Southern Leadership Conference

Malcolm X promoted...

• love, friendship, and peace

• black independence, self-defense, and human rights

• war, violence, and threats

• to go to work and school

Medgar Evers investigated cases for the....

• National Friends All Over the Country

• National Advancement of Everyone

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples

• National Placement of African Americans

Little Rock Nine...

• integrated their all black school in 1957

• integrated all the students in 1958

• integrated many schools in 1960

• integrated their all white high school in 1957

Civil Rights Act of 1964...

• prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, and national origin

• prohibits discrimination based on kindness, love, and friendship

• prohibits discrimination based on background, culture, and diversity

• prohibits discrimination based on looks

24th Amendment...

• states that everyone is equal

• no longer charges citizens for the right to vote

• allows citizens to carry weapons

• states that everyone has to go to school