Chapter 16- Womens Liberation Movement And Civil Rights

Question 1

Feminism=

Answer 1

The theory of political, economic, and social equality of men and women

Question 2

Who were feminist

Answer 2

Those who believed in this equality or took action to bring it about

Question 3

What does NOW stand for..

Answer 3

National Organization for Women

Question 4

What did NOW do and want

Answer 4

Wanted Equal job opportunities, attacked the false image of women in the media, wanted equal roles in the household

Question 5

What did congress pass in 1972 in regards to women’s rights..

Answer 5

They passed a prohibition against sec symbols

Question 6

What did congress pass in 1972 after the prohibition against sec symbols?

Answer 6

They passed the equal rights amendment

Question 7

What happened to the equal rights amendment?

Answer 7

The amendment was sent to the states for ratification, tho it was never achieved in 38 states.. not enough to ratify it

Question 8

What is Roe v. Wade

Answer 8

The legalization of abortion

Question 9

What did Brown v. Board of Education declare?

Answer 9

Declared that “Separate but equal” doctrine was unconstitutional and could not be applied to public education

Question 10

What happened a year after Brown v. Board of education declared their lil speachy thingy

Answer 10

The court rules that local school board should move to desegregate

Question 11

What made segregation in schools

Answer 11

Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 12

What ended segregation in schools

Answer 12

Brown v. Board of education

Question 13

What does NAACP stand for

Answer 13

National association for the advancement for colored people

Question 14

Who broke the color barrier in baseball

Answer 14

Jackie Robinson

Question 15

Who did Jackie play for

Answer 15

The dodgers

Question 16

What team threatens to strike if Jackie Robinson played against them

Answer 16

St. Louis cardinals

Question 17

What happened in 1955 Montgomery Alabama

Answer 17

Rosa parks refused to move out of a bus seat for a white person

Question 18

Rosa parks non-compliance led to what..

Answer 18

Bus boycotts

Question 19

What were the bus boycotts

Answer 19

A plan for African Americans to refuse to use the entire bus system until the segregation policy was changed

Question 20

Who organized and ran the bus boycotts

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The NAACP organized it and Martin Luther King Jr became the head of the protest

Question 21

Did the bus companies change their segregation rules?

Answer 21

No. The Supreme Court had to eventually rule the bus segregation to be unconstitutional

Question 22

What did the governor of Arkansas do about the intergration

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He posted national guard troops at central highschool and told them to turn African American students

Question 23

What did Eisenhower do in result of the governor of Arkansas instructions

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He took control of the national guard and told them to protect the 9 African American students

Question 24

Who were the first minority students to go to an inter grates school called?

Answer 24

The Little Rock nine

Question 25

Who was Martin Luther king jr influenced by

Answer 25

Ghandi

Question 26

Martin Luther king was the first president of what?

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The SCLC (southern Christian leadership conference)

Question 27

What were freedom rides

Answer 27

They would ride busses throughout the south

Question 28

What was mayor theophilus Eugene Connor also known as

Answer 28

Bull Connor

Question 29

What was used to fight against the peaceful protest

Answer 29

Dogs and fire hoses

Question 30

What happens at the March on Washington

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200,000 people came from all over and marched for “jobs and freedom”

Question 31

What speech happend at the March of Washington

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MLK’s I have a dream speech

Question 32

What did the civil rights act of 1964 do

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Withheld federal funds from programs that practiced discrimination. Banned segregation. Created EEOC

Question 33

What does the EEOC stand for

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Equal employment opportunity commission

Question 34

What does the EEOC do

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Investigated charges of job discrimination

Question 35

What did the 24th amendment do

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Got rid of poll tax

Question 36

What did the voting right act do

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Eliminated literacy tests

Question 37

Malcolm x advocated for what

Answer 37

Violent acts to achieve civil rights

Question 38

When Malcom was in prison he joined a group known as the…

Answer 38

The Black Muslim group (Black Panthers)

Question 39

How was Malcolm killed

Answer 39

At a rally in New York

Question 40

Martin Luther started to attack….

Answer 40

The economics of the US— poverty bred violence

Question 41

Who was MLK shot by

Answer 41

James earl ray

Question 42

What happens after mlk did

Answer 42

Violence broke out

Question 43

Who became the first Texas state senate

Answer 43

Barabaraa jordan

Question 44

What groups were influenced by MLK

Answer 44

Occupy Wall Street, tianamen square, free Tibet