Civil rights Flashcards
What did Governor Orval Faubus do to stop integration at the high school in Little Rock, Arkansas?
Called out the National Guard to prevent African Americans from entering the school
Who was the leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference who emphasized nonviolent protests?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Why did the students in Greensboro decide to hold a sit-in at Woolworths?
To end segregation in restaurants
What was the name of John F. Kennedy’s social programs?
New Frontier
What vocabulary word means to bring races together?
integrate
What civil rights group sponsored the Freedom Rides?
(CORE) Congress of racial equality
Which civil rights group searched for court cases to challenge segregation laws?
NAACP (National Association for the advancement of colored people)
What was the name of the African American boy who was murdered in Mississippi in 1955 for talking to a white woman?
Emmitt Till
What did the arrest of Rosa Parks lead to?
Montgomery bus Boycott
Who was the governor of Alabama who stood at the schoolhouse door to keep the University of Alabama from integrating?
George Wallace
Why was the sit-in an example of something inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.’s teachings?
It was a way of protesting without using violence
Why did many Americans fear John F. Kennedy’s winning the presidential election?
Since he was Catholic they thought he would answer only to the pope
Who was the first African American student to enter the University of Mississippi?
James Meredith
What vocabulary word means the racial separation of people?
segregation
Who said, “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country”?
JFK
Who was charged with killing President Kennedy?
Lee Harvey Oswald
Which of the following cases allowed segregation if it was “equal but separate”?
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Which court case stated segregation was illegal?
Brown v Board
What lawyer decided to challenge the idea of “separate but equal”?
Marshal
What did President Johnson declared an unconditional war on?
poverty
What program provides preschool education for children?
head start
Which woman wrote the book The Feminine Mystique which described the dissatisfaction some women felt with their traditional roles?
Betty Freidan
What act banned discrimination in employment, voting, and public accommodations?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Which man organized thousands of farm workers into the United Farm Workers in order to fight for better wages and working conditions?
Cesar Chavez
