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WorksheetsEmmett Till Story Vocabulary
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
One who supports segregation is called a what?
desegregationist
segregationist
citizen
juror
"To segregate" is to what?
to teach students about the Civil Rights Movement
to prosecute a criminal in a court of law
to find a a racist guilty of something
legally require separation between races in public buildings
"To desegregate" is to what?
allow or enforce separations in public spaces
remove separations between races in public spaces
to provide help toward poor people who need it
to make students attend schools with only children of their same race
What kind of rights are afforded to citizens under the constitution?
civil rights
alien rights
desergregation rights
billable rights
The Civil Rights Movement in America was fought by whom?
Female Americans
Asian-Americans
African-Americans
Native Americans
During what decades did the Civil Rights movement make the biggest strides in America?
1910's-1920's
1950's-1960's
1990's-2000's
2010's-2020
What kind of "laws" enforced segregation in Southern states?
Segregationist Laws
African-American laws
Thomas P. Brady laws
Jim Crow laws
What case allowed Jim Crow laws to be legal?
Roe v. Wade
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
Hanover v. McKinley
Which case overturned (or revoked) Plessy v. Ferguson?
Brown v. The Board of Education
Hanover v. McKinley
The People v. John Doe
Roe v. Wade
The Brown v. Board of Education case had to do with desegregating what?
courtrooms
schools
bathrooms
stores
The ________________ did not want to abide by the Brown v. BOE decision.
East
West
North
South
Who authored the book called Black Monday which was about opposing desegregation?
Thomas P. Brady
Thurgood Marshall
JW Milam
Henry Bryant
Which book helped provide the philosophy and plan for segregation to continue and was adopted by the White Citizens' Council?
Black Tuesday
Segregation Forever
Black Monday
Black Friday
When a mob of people get "justice" illegally by killing someone, often by hanging, it is called what?
a lynching
mercy killing
euthanasia
race-injustice
When a person is formally accused of a crime by a court and is called to be put on trial, he/she is what?
evidenced
allighted
lynched
indicted
When legal charges are dropped against a person, it is said that that person has been what?
acquitted
released
removed
indicted
A system that is practiced by a society and considered "forbidden" and bad is called a what?
harbinger
taboo
recluse
indictment
