Civil Rights

Question 1

MLK JR

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led peaceful marches for civil rights, first president of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), oversaw 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, “I have a dream speech”

Question 2

Rosa Parks

Answer 2

Refused to give up her seat starting the Montgomery Bus Boycott, in NAACP

Question 3

Malcolm X

Answer 3

advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of Islam, violent tactics

Question 4

Robert F. Kennedy

Answer 4

Civil rights activist running for election, June 5, 1968, he was assassinated in LA

Question 5

Thurgood Marshall

Answer 5

Lawyer who won Brown v Board of Education, Supreme Court’s first African-American justice appointed by President Johnson 1967

Question 6

Ella Baker

Answer 6

Leader in NAACP & SCLC

Question 7

Ceasar Chavez

Answer 7

Co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) in Delano, California

Question 8

Judge Leon Bazile

Answer 8

Judge in Loving v Virginia, that was later overturned

Question 9

Brown v Board of Education

Answer 9

1954 Supreme Court case that ruled that the separation of children in public schools based on race was unconstitutional

Question 10

Plessy V Ferguson

Answer 10

1896 Supreme Court case that upheld racial segregation laws, overturned by Brown v Board of education

Question 11

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Answer 11

President Johnson outlawed discrimination in the United States based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

Question 12

Voting Rights of of 1965

Answer 12

President Johnson outlawed the discriminatory voting practices, including literacy tests as a prereqs to voting

Question 13

Americans with Disabilities Act

Answer 13

Signed in 1990 by President Bush, federal law that protects people with disabilities from discrimination in areas of public life

Question 14

Equal Rights Amendment

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proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would explicitly prohibit sex discrimination

Question 15

Defense of Marriage Act

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President Clinton in 1996, defined marriage as one man and one woman. Denied federal recognition of same-sex marriages.

Question 16

Prop 8

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2008 State constitutional amendment in California that banned same sex marriage, overturned later

Question 17

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

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Clinton 1994-2011 regulations that governed how the U.S. military treated LGBTQ+ service member

Question 18

Obergefell v Hodges

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2015 Supreme Court held that the 14th Amendment requires states to license and recognize same-sex marriage.

Question 19

Little Rock Riots

Answer 19

1957, desegregation of Central High School. Arkansas Nation Guard tried of stop them, President Eisenhower sent in army to help the 9

Question 20

Jim Crow Era

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late 19th century to the 1960s when laws enforced racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans

Question 21

I Have a Dream Speech

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speech by MLK Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963

Question 22

1968 Olympics Medal Stand Protest

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demonstration by Tommie Smith and John Carlos, American sprinters who raised their fists during the national anthem.

Question 23

Selma to Montgomery Freedom March

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March 21-March 25, 1965 protest to support voting rights for African Americans

Question 24

Birmingham: 16th st Baptist church bombing

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September 15th, 1963. KKK bombed a black church. 4 young girls were killed and 20 more were injured.

Question 25

Alcatraz occupation

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November 20, 1969 – June 11, 1971 was a 19-month long protest when 89 Native Americans and their supporters occupied Alcatraz Island. Led by Richard Oakes

Question 26

Stonewall Uprising

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June 28, 1969- 6 day series of events between police and LGBTQ+ protesters

Question 27

Discrimination

Answer 27

act of treating someone differently or less favorably than others based on their perceived or actual membership in a group or category

Question 28

Segregation

Answer 28

setting someone or something apart from others

Question 29

White Flight

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large-scale migration of white people away from areas that are becoming more racially diverse.

Question 30

Freedom Riders

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group of civil rights activists who rode buses through the segregated Southern United States in 1961 to challenge segregation law

Question 31

Redlining

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lender avoids serving a neighborhood or discourages people from applying for loans because of the race or ethnicity of the people who live there

Question 32

BlockBusting

Answer 32

persuading owners to sell property cheaply because of the fear of people of another ethnic or social group moving into the neighborhood, and then profiting by reselling at a higher price.