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Atlanta born Civil Rights activist that believed in non-violent protests.; gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington.
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Cesar Chavez
Thurgood Marshall
More than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally for jobs and freedom.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Freedom Riders
March on Washington
Refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus.
Mary Washington
Jackie Kennedy
Cesar Chavez
Rosa Parks
Desegregated all public schools. This was a major court case that involved Linda Brown attending an all-black school when an all-white school was closer to her home.
Brown vs. the Board of Education
13th Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Jim Crow Laws
First African American Supreme Court judge. He was the attorney for Linda Brown with Brown vs. the Board of Education.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
John F. Kennedy
Thurgood Marshall
Rosa Parks
When African Americans refused to ride the public busses as a sign of protest; this began when Rosa Parks was jailed for refusing to give up her seat to a black man.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
March on Washington
Montgomery Bus Boycott
15th Amendment
Prohibits racial discrimination in voting (voting people, voting)
13th Amendment
Jim Crow Laws
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace and in public places, including schools.
13th Amendment
Jim Crow Laws
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1964
Separation of two or more races based on skin color
segregation
racism
oppression
facism
Enforced racial segregation in the South; all were enacted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures after the Reconstruction period.
13th Amendment
Jim Crow Laws
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Where did the most famous bus boycott take place?
Birmingham, Al
Memphis, TN
Montgomery, AL
Little Rock, Arkansas
Who were the Little Rock 9?
9 white students who went to a black school.
9 black students who sat at a lunch counter.
9 black students who went to a white school.
9 Civil Rights protests.
What is the name of MLK's most famous speech?
Freedom
Tear Down the Wall
I Have a Dream
I Have a Promise
What is segregation?
The separation of religions
The time period when African Americans were fighting for equal rights
The separation of races
a nonviolent protest
College students used _____ to protest against segregation in diners and at lunch counters.
sit-ins
freedom rides
speeches
death threats
Protesters rode buses to protest segregation in train/bus stations, the bus trips were called:
segregation
freedom rides
boycott
integration rides
What did the civil rights movement accomplish?
It immediately improved rights for women.
It improved rights and opportunities for African Americans.
It improved the rights for Japanese Americans.
It gave all African American men jobs.
How did television help the civil rights movement?
It brought entertainment to those who were being punished.
It distracted those who were part of the civil rights.
It gave African Americans performance opportunities.
Average Americans were able to see the violence and protests.
The Civil Rights Act declared that ...
discrimination could not be based on someone's effort
discrimination could not be based on race, color, or origin
discrimination based on ability to perform a job was illegal
discrimination could not be based on gender
Separate but equal and segregation in public schools was made illegal because of ...
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Jim Crow Laws
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
The Voting Rights Act caused (more or less) African Americans to vote in the South?
more
less
A form of nonviolent protest where people stop buying a product.
march
boycott
sit in
activist
What does the word amend mean?
to sew clothes
to approve a law
to improve or change something for the better
the right to vote
In this court case, Oliver Brown sued the white school that refused to let his daughter enroll at their school.
Martin Luther King Jr. vs Board of Education
Brown vs. Board of Education
Jim Crow vs. Board of Education
Plessy vs. Ferguson
The national effort in the 1950s and 1960s to eliminate segregation and gain equal rights for everyone
Civil Rights Movement
14th Amendment
Declaration of Independence
the Civil War
To stop supporting a business or country in protest.
Boycott
Sit-in
Refusal
Civil Right
To peacefully protest by refusing to leave a place.
March
Riot
Sit-In
Dance off
discrimination means
the unjust or harmful treatment of different groups of people, especially on the grounds of race
the enforced separation of different racial groups into separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, or organizations
: bringing groups with different characteristics together in social groups or institutions
the removal of laws that separate people into different public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, or organizations based on race
racism means
ongoing cruel or unjust treatment or control
difference in circumstances
a person who works towards social change
prejudice, discrimination, or hostility directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is better
inequality means
difference in circumstances
a person who works towards social change
ongoing cruel or unjust treatment or control
a person who takes action to show the public they disagree
oppression means
a person who works towards social change
the use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change
a person who takes action to show the public they disagree
ongoing cruel or unjust treatment or control
an activist is
a person who takes action to show the public they disagree
a person who works towards social change
a public meeting or march protesting against something or expressing views on an issue
the use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change
a protester is
a public meeting or march protesting against something or expressing views on an issue
a person who takes action to show the public they disagree
the use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change
to refuse to participate or interact with an organization as a protest
nonviolence means
a public meeting or march protesting against something or expressing views on an issue
a form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met
the use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change
to refuse to participate or interact with an organization as a protest
demonstration means
a form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met
to refuse to participate or interact with an organization as a protest
a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd
a public meeting or march protesting against something or expressing views on an issue
boycott means
to refuse to participate or interact with an organization as a protest
a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd
a group of people working together towards a cause
a form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met
sit-in means
a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd
a form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met
lack of fairness
a group of people working together towards a cause
riot means
the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality
a group of people working together towards a cause
a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd
lack of fairness
a movement is
the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality
lack of fairness
the refusal to follow certain laws as a peaceful form of protest
a group of people working together towards a cause
civil rights are
the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality
the refusal to follow certain laws as a peaceful form of protest
the refusal to follow certain laws as a peaceful form of protest
the refusal to follow certain laws as a peaceful form of protest
civil disobedience means
a part of the law that allowed racial segregation
the refusal to follow certain laws as a peaceful form of protest
the unjust or harmful treatment of different groups of people, especially on the grounds of race
not in agreement with the U.S. Constitution
unconstitutional means
a part of the law that allowed racial segregation
the enforced separation of different racial groups into separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, or organizations
not in agreement with the U.S. Constitution
the unjust or harmful treatment of different groups of people, especially on the grounds of race
“separate but equal” means
the enforced separation of different racial groups into separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, or organizations
the unjust or harmful treatment of different groups of people, especially on the grounds of race
bringing groups with different characteristics together in social groups or institutions
a part of the law that allowed racial segregation
A belief that people of one race are superior to the people of another
prejudice
segregation
racism
discrimination
Ending the policy of keeping people of different races separate.
desegregation
segregation
integration
Brown v. Board of Education
Dr. King believed all people should have _______.
Georgia rights
equal rights
school rights
unfair rights
Jackie Robinson is best know for ...
Being the first man to play Major League Baseball.
Being an awesome college baseball player.
Being the first African American man to play Major League Baseball.
Being the first African American man to play Major League Basketball.
Jackie Robinson is known for his ______________.
honesty and openness
compassion and friendliness
athleticism and unfairness
courage and sportsmanship
John Lewis ended up with a very important job. What was it?
He was a teacher.
He was a doctor.
He was a member of Congress.
He was a judge.
On September 15, 1963, a bomb went off before Sunday morning services at the 16th Street Baptist Church, a church with a predominantly black congregation that served as a meeting place for civil rights leaders. Who were the four young children, who were killed the explosion?
14-year-olds Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley and Carole Robertson and 11-year-old Denise McNair
14-year-olds Emmitt Till, Medgar Evers and Carole Riccoli and 11-year-old Donna May Snitzel
14-year-olds Byron de la Beckwith, Thomas Blanton, Joyce Lewis, and 11-year-old Dianne Brett
14-year-olds Roberta Lee Chambliss, Jesse E. Hoover, Terry Downing, and 11-year-old Carole May Wallace
In 1963, what was Birmingham Alabama's nickname? Why?
Because racists were terrorizing African American homes and churches with homemade bombs so often, the city was nicknamed "Bombingham"
Because the Boeing Aircraft Company's Birmingham factory built B-52 jets there. The nickname was "Bomberham." The B-52 was the US Air Force's most effective heavy bomber in 1963... and 55 years later, it still is!
Birmingham was nicknamed the "Iron City" because so many Civil Rights workers were being arrested and put behind "iron bars' in the cit's jail.
Birmingham was named after Reggie Birmingham, a young man who mistakenly bombed the wrong place in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957 during the Little Rock Nine incident.
What event inspired the voting rights campaign in Alabama?
The Greensboro lunch counter sit ins
The bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham
The integration of public schools in Louisiana
What events on "Bloody Sunday" led to a national effort by religious leaders to draw media attention to Alabama?
The brutal clubbing of protesters and shooting death of Jimmie Lee Jackson.
The daily demonstrations outside of the Dallas County courthouse by students and teachers.
The bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham
The sitting in at segregated lunch counters throughout Alabama
Why was President Johnson’s use of the phrase “we shall overcome” meaningful to marchers?
It was the phrase used by the Dallas County sheriff in Selma.
It was the phrase displayed at the registrar's office in Selma.
It was the phrase used by segregationists.
It was a phrase used by African Americans in the civil rights movement.
What was the immediate effect of the passage of the Voting Rights Act?
Thousands of people were able to register to vote for the first time in their lives
Alabama shut down all polling locations.
All black citizens were automatically registered to vote in all elections.
Civil protest was banned once voting was made available to black citizens.
Who were the Little Rock nine?
First black students to attend a mixed school in Alabama
A group of KKK members
Number of students killed in a bombing after the Washington Marches
A group of Black Panthers
Where is the Edmund Pettus Bridge located?
Selma, Alabama
Jackson, Mississippi
Money, Mississippi
Montgomery, Alabama
How did the Edmund Pettus Bridge become a symbol of the struggle for Civil Rights in 1965?
On March 7, 1965, today known as "Bloody Sunday," people protesting the murder of Jimmy Lee Jackson tried to march across the bridge. They were met with violence and brutality from the Alabama State troopers and Selma's police force, led by Sheriff, Jim Clark.
On March 24, 2018, today known as "Bloody Saturday," people protesting gun violence in the USA marched across the bridge. They were met with violent and brutality from the Alabama State troopers led by Alabama's governor, George Wallace.
On April 4, 1968, today known as "Bloody Tuesday," people protesting the assassination of Martin Luther King marched across the bridge. They were joined by marchers from all over the nation led by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
On July 7, 1963, today known as "Bloody Sunday," people protesting the murder of Medgar Evers tried to march across the bridge. They were met with violence and brutality from the Mississippi Klu Klux Klan and Nazi Party, led by a local Baptist minister, Edgar Ray Killen.
What famous event in the Civil Rights Era occurred as a direct result of Jimmie Lee Jackson’s death?
The famous "Bloody Sunday" March from Selma to Montgomery on March 7, 1965.
The March on Washington, where D. Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous "I Have a Dream" Speech.
The Little Rock Nine students were able to safely enter Little Rock Central High School and begin their classes.
Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a crowded bus and give up seat to a white person - The beginning of the famous Montgomery Bus Boycott
What did abolitionists want to put an end to?
Eating meat
Slavery
War
After gaining his freedom, Frederick Douglass became a well-known...
speaker
lawyer
painter
officer
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to do what?
Play Negro league baseball
Play major league baseball
Hit a home run at Yankees Stadium
how did jackie change baseball
broke the color barrier
was very good
was very mean
