Civil Rights

Question 1

What are some of the orgins of this movement?

Answer 1

The murder of Emmet till
More recently Rosa parks and the bus seat
but everything was influenced by emmet till

Question 2

What was Plessy Vs. Ferguson?

Answer 2

ruling that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality

Question 3

what is de facto segregation?

Answer 3

a situation in which legislation did not overtly segregate students by race, but nevertheless school segregation continued

Question 4

Who were the NAACP? and what did it stand for

Answer 4

The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People

Question 5

What did Core stand for? and what did it do?

Answer 5

Congress of Racial Equality
pioneered the use of nonviolent direct action in americas civil rights struggle

Question 6

Brown Vs. Board of Education

Answer 6

the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional

Question 7

Murder of Emmet Till

Answer 7

He got brutally tortured and killed for whistling a white woman. He then became a symbol for the Civil Rights Movement

Question 8

Who was Rosa Parks? What did she do?

Answer 8

She refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white person.

Question 9

Who was Martin Luther King Jr.

Answer 9

Martin Luther King Junior was a Political leader for the Civil rights movement. Hey was famous for his nonviolent tactics and his speech “I have a dream”

Question 10

What was the Montgomery bus boycott?

Answer 10

a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating

Question 11

What was the Crisis of the Little Rock Nine?

Answer 11

the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas.

Question 12

What did SCLC stand for?

Answer 12

Southern Christian Leadership Conferenc

Question 13

What are examples of non violent protests

Answer 13

sit ins
boycotts
marches
songs/music

Question 14

Who were the freedom riders?

Answer 14

They challenge state laws that enforced segregation in transportation

Question 15

What was Birmingham

Answer 15

The Birmingham riot of 1963 was a civil disorder and riot in Birmingham, Alabama, that was provoked by bombings on the night of May 11, 1963.

Question 16

What was the “I Have A Dream Speech” About? and where did it take place?

Answer 16

Was said after the march on Washington
it was about how people should stand together for equality and justice

Question 17

What was the Civil rights act of 1964

Answer 17

it prohibits discrimination on the basis of race,color, religion,sex or national origin

Question 18

What was the selma march?

Answer 18

to protest the blocking of Black Americans’ right to vote by the systematic racist structure of the Jim Crow South.

Question 19

What was Bloody Sunday?

Answer 19

13 unarmed civil rights demonstrators are shot dead by British Army paratroopers

Question 20

Who was John Lewis?

Answer 20

A co-founder and chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

Question 21

What happened to the voting rights of 1965?

Answer 21

it prohibited states from imposing qualifications or practices to deny the right to vote on account of race

Question 22

what was black power?

Answer 22

revolutionary movement in the 1960s and 1970s. It emphasized racial pride, economic empowerment, and the creation of political and cultural institutions

Question 23

Who was Malcolm X?

Answer 23

principal spokesman of the Nation of Islam during the 1950s and early 1960s. He also supported violent tactics.

Question 24

Who were the black panthers?

Answer 24

confronted politicians, challenged the police, and protected black citizens from brutality.