The Fight for Freedom: Unit 4 Knowledge Organizer Scavenger Hunt

Which event on the timeline marks the legal end of slavery in the United States?

• The Haitian Revolution begins

• Brown v. Board decision

• The 13th Amendment passes

• Plessy v. Ferguson ruling

What did the Supreme Court decide in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?

• Separate but equal is allowed

• Bus boycotts are protected

• Segregation is unconstitutional

• Voting tests are illegal

Which case overturned school segregation as unconstitutional in 1954?

• Roe v. Wade

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Brown v. Board of Education

What was a key tactic used during the Sit-in Movement of 1960?

• Organizing voter registration

• Protesting segregated lunch counters

• Blocking factory entrances

• Boycotting city buses system

What was the primary goal of the Freedom Rides in 1961?

• Create jobs programs for youth

• End poll taxes in elections

• Challenge segregation in transportation

• Desegregate public schools nationwide

Which law banned discrimination in public places and employment in 1964?

• Reconstruction Act

• Fair Housing Act

• Civil Rights Act

• Voting Rights Act

Which description best matches Frederick Douglass?

• NAACP cofounder and judge

• Harlem Renaissance musician

• Abolitionist speaker and writer

• Civil War general and inventor

Harriet Tubman is best known for which role?

• Attorney in school desegregation

• Author of slave narratives

• Conductor on Underground Railroad

• Leader of student sit-ins

Booker T. Washington believed Black Americans could gain equality primarily through what?

• Immediate federal legislation

• International migration plans

• Armed resistance and strikes

• Hard work and job skills

Which organization, founded in 1909, used courts and protests to fight discrimination?

• CORE

• NAACP

• SNCC

• SCLC