Civil Rights

Question 1

Rosa Parks

Answer 1

Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956); mother of civil rights movement

Question 2

Little Rock Nine

Answer 2

Eisenhower sent army to restore peace and protect 9

Question 3

Brown v Board of Education

Answer 3

segregation in schools is unconstitutional

Question 4

NC sit-ins

Answer 4

70,000 participants in sit-ins; non-violence civil disobedience

Question 5

SNCC

Answer 5

student nonviolent coordinating comittee

Question 6

Freedom Rides

Answer 6

blacks and whites on same bus

Question 7

Black Power Movement

Answer 7

think nonviolence is not working

Question 8

Malcolm X

Answer 8

Nation of Islam; “by any means necessary”

Question 9

Stokey Carmichael

Answer 9

preached black power and taught self defense

Question 10

Black Panther Party

Answer 10

fight against police brutality; arm all blacks; provide community aid; 1970 2/3 women

Question 11

Watt Riots

Answer 11

(1965) 3 killed -> riots (34 dead, 1000 wounded, $50-100 million property damage)

Question 12

Civil Right 1957

Answer 12

prosecute all who prevent voting

Question 13

Civil Rights 1964

Answer 13

limit literacy tests; desegregate public facilities; outlaws discrimination

Question 14

Voting Right 1965

Answer 14

Outlawed literacy tests

Question 15

Fair Housing Act 1968

Answer 15

prevent housing discrimination

Question 16

Thurgood Marshall

Answer 16

1st A.A Supreme Court judge

Question 17

John Lewis

Answer 17

freedom ride, SNCC, civil rights leader

Question 18

California v Bakke

Answer 18

(1973) racial quotas are unconstitutional; admitted minorities with lower test scores than white man

Question 19

Gratz v Bollinger

Answer 19

(2003) point-based admission; minorities given extra points