chapter 29 social studies review the civil rights era Flashcards
feminist
activist for women’s rights
sit-in
the act of protesting by sitting down, commonly used as a method of nonviolent protest
interstate
moving between two or more states
register
to enroll; to sign up
poverty line
income level deemed necessary to acquire the necessities of life
medicare
federal health insurance program for older people
medicaid
federal-state health insurance program for low-income people
great society
johnsons election campaign; medicare, medicaid
new frontier
jfk election campaign
discriminate
unfair treatment, particularly based on race
segregation
the action or state of setting someone or something apart from others
integrate
to bring races together
boycott
to refuse to use
civil disobedience
the refusal to obey laws that are considered unjust
UFW
united farm workers
betty friedan
wrote feminine mystique
AIM
american indian movement
james meredith
1st black student at university of missisippi
sandra day o’connor
first female supreme court justice
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
HUD
housing for urban developement
NOW
national organization for women
cesar chavez
headed UFW; led protest for hispanics to get better pay and fewer hours
malcolm X
new voice for some blacks
emmett till
14-year old Black youth; viciously murdered after making normal comment to white woman
medgar evers
(NAACP secretary) murdered in Jackson
robert kennedy
(U.S. attorney general) asked CORE to stop rides
john kennedy
president of us; helped civil rights movement; assasinated
lyndon johnson
jfk VP; when jfk assasinated, he became P
rosa parks
helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus
dr martin luther king jr
social activist and Baptist minister
thurgood marshall
lawyer for NAACP for brown v. board of edu
name the 1896 court case that said “separate but equal” was okay
plessy v. ferguson
name the 1954 court case that said “separate but equal” was unconstitutional
brown v. board of education (of topeka, kansas)
name the 2 acts that president johnson signed during this era
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 & The Voting Rights Act of 1965
in 1957 nine african american high school students tried to go to central high school in which city?
little rock, arkansas
name the goal of the freedom riders
made sure southern states were abiding by desegragation laws
where was dr martin luther king jr assasinated?
lorraine motel, memphis, tennessee
give the date of john f kennedys assasination
November 22, 1963
name the man who ran against kennedy in 1960
Richard Nixon
