Chapter 45 Review Flashcards by cathy coco

Guy who witnessed the protest against segregation, involving police using fire hoses to calm down crowds

Cardell Grey

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Police officer who encouraged the use of hoses, clubs and dogs to fight the riots

Police Bull Conner

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Lady who would not give up her seat and was part of the NAACP

Rosa Parks

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Which association wanted Parks to represent them? Which man approved using Parks as an activist?

Leaders of Montgomery Chapter of NAACP; Ed Nixon

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paper asking for participation of boycott

leaflets

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What was the 1 day boycott (1st boycott) called?

Montgomery Bus Boycott

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What association was the organizers of the bus boycott part of?

Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA)

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Which pastor was part of the Dextor Ave. Baptist Church and was an activist?

Martin Luther King Jr.

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How did people travel without buses?

carpool system

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What boycott earned MLK a national reputation as a civil rights leader?

Montgomery Bus Boycott`

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What group did MLK and his ministers form to redeem the “soul of America”?

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

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What tactic did African Americans use to fight the segregation?

Nonviolent Resistence

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Who was the superintendent of the 1st integrated Central High School?

Virgil Blossom

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What was the name of the blacks who were sent to Central HS?

Little Rock Nine`

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Who was the governor of Arkansas who disapproved the dissegregation as Little Rock?

Orval Faubus; He even called the National Guard

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What did the mayor do in Little Rock about the dissegregation? What was the response to this request?

Mayor sought help with President Eisenhower; Eisenhower issued teh EXECUTIVE ORDER 10730, sending fed. troops to maintain order and enforce integration

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Who said, “They throw rocks, spill ink on you, constantly annoy you”? (1 of the Little Rock 9s)

Minnijean Brown

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What did the governor do to Little Rock schools?

He closed them down to prevent 2nd year of desegregation

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Which student applied to which college from Ole Miss? (He was a war veteran of the Korean War)

James Meredith to the University of Mississippi/Ole Miss

what tactic did African Americans begin using at diners?

Sit-In

There was this sit in where it was to stop the segregation of lunch counters. Where was this? This was the 1st time Af. Am ate at a lunch counter

Woolworth’s drugstore

Which sit-in became the 1st city in South to begin integrating public facilities?

Nashville, Tennessee

Which association formed by students is pronounced “Snick”?

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

What were actions such as political acts, protests, etc. called?

Direct Actions

What did CORE organize to check if interstate transport was illegal? (is the gov. complying with the rules?); African Americans AND whites road together, seeing if whites broke laws

FREEDOM RIDES

Which Attorney General issued federal marshalls to ensure safe passage from riders to Jackson, Mississippi?

Robert Kennedy

Which association issued clear rules stating that busses involved in interstate much travel must integrate

interstate commerce commission

Most segregated town in the country?

Birmingham, Alabama

What was the Birmingham's 16th St. Baptist Church?

march at this place participated by 1000+ African Am. Bull Conner had most of them arrested; bomb later exploded killing 4 girls

Name 2 singers at the time

Marian Anderson and Jaon Baez

What happened to kennedy in November?

Assassination

Who took over Kennedy's spot?

Lyndon B. Johnson

What act banned discriminations on the basis of Race, sex, religion, or national origin

Landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964

Which amendment gave the state rights?

10th Amendment

When was the 24th amendment ratified?

January 1964; no US citizen could be denied the right to vote "by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax"

What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

outlawed all literacy tests, poll taxes, etc. it let federal government to supervise voter registration in areas less than 1/2 of voting-age citizens were registered to vote

Freedom Summer

SNCC AND CORE organized this (campaign for bblack voters made by 900 students); ACTIVISTS LED VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES IN SOUTH FOR AF. AM

What happened in Neshoba County, Mississippi?

3 Af. Am. activists disappeared; found by FBI and were found murdered

What is the requirement for an Amendment to be an amendment?

must be approved by 2/3 of House of Rep and Senate, then 3/4 of States

1st place that began registering voters

Selma, Alabama

What technological thing initiated lots of fame for movements?

Newspapers and TV

federal intevention

ensured that elibile voters were not turned away

WHAT GROUP DID MLK LEAD?

SCLC SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

WHAT GROUP ORGANIZED SIT INS AND AND ENGAGED IN CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE? (ORGANIZED BY STUDENTS)

SNCC STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE

250,000 PEOPLE MARCH IN WASHINGTON DC TO DEMAND JOBS AND FREEDOMS (HIGHLIGHT OF THIS EVENT WAS MLK'S I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH)

MARCH ON WASHINGTON

WHAT WAS THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964?

BANNED DISCRIMINATION BASED ON BIAS OF RACE, RELIGION, NATIONALITY