Civil Rights

Question 1

Thurgood Marshall

Answer 1

An attorney of the NAACP who would become a Supreme Court justice

Question 2

Brown v. Board of Education

Answer 2

Linda Brown had to travel across town to go to school. So her father and the NAACP sued the board of education making segregation in schools and other public facilities illegal

Question 3

Little Rock Nine

Answer 3

Nine outstanding black students were able to go to an all white high school. However the governor of Arkansas put National Guard troops to stop the black students from entering the school.

Question 4

Rosa Parks

Answer 4

An NAACP worker named Rosa Parks boarded a bus in the front row of the black section. Eventually the white only rows filled up and a white person was going to sit where Parks was going to sit. Parks refused to get up and was later arrested. This would lead to the Montgomery bus boycott.

Question 5

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Answer 5

After Rosa Parks was arrested Jo Ann Robinson and Martin Luther King Jr. would start the boycott. The boycott insisted that black people in Montgomery not ride the busses. This would last a year.

Question 6

Martin Luther King Jr.

Answer 6

A young inspiring Baptist minister MLK Jr. would help lead the bus boycott and formed the SCLC or Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Question 7

Sit-in

Answer 7

A demonstration in which protesters sit down and refuse to leave

Question 8

SNCC or Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Answer 8

To continue the struggle for civil rights the leaders of student protests formed this organization

Question 9

NAACP

Answer 9

National Association for the Advancement in Colored People

Question 10

John F. Kennedy

Answer 10

He became the youngest person ever to win office, he supported the civil rights movement, and wanted more money into schools, the military, and the space program

Question 11

Freedom rides

Answer 11

A series of protests in which black and white bus riders traveled together to segregated bus stations in the south

Question 12

March on Washington

Answer 12

A massive demonstration were MLK Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech in front of over 200,000 people

Question 13

Lyndon B. Johnson

Answer 13

He was JFK’s Vice President, But after JFK was assassinated he was sworn into office

Question 14

The Civil rights act of 1964

Answer 14

The act banned segregation in public places. It also outlawed discrimination in the workplace on the basis of color, gender, religion, or national origin.

Question 15

Voting rights act of 1965

Answer 15

This law gave the federal government new powers to protect African Americans’ voting rights

Question 16

Great Society

Answer 16

The Great Society gave forth Medicare and Medicaid. These two organizations help infants and seniors

Question 17

Black power

Answer 17

A movement which called for African American independence

Question 18

Malcolm X

Answer 18

He helped inspire the black power movement, was a leader of the Nation of Islam (who would assassinate him), and believed getting black independence via any means necessary.

Question 19

Cesar Chávez

Answer 19

One of many Hispanic Americans who worked to improve conditions in the workforce for Hispanic Americans.

Question 20

United Farm Workers (UFW)

Answer 20

This Union was committed to the goal of better pay and working conditions for migrant farm workers.

Question 21

Betty Friedan

Answer 21

An author who would question woman’s roles in society. She would write the book called The Feminine Mystique.

Question 22

National Organization for Women (NOW)

Answer 22

Founded by Betty Friedan the organization would fight for equal educational and career opportunities for women.

Question 23

Shirley Chisholm

Answer 23

She was elected to represent a New York City district in the House of Representatives.

Question 24

Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

Answer 24

This failed amendment would’ve outlawed all discrimination based on sex.

Question 25

Phyllis Schlafly

Answer 25

An opposer to The Equal Rights Amendment she would found a group called STOP ERA. Both her and her supporters believed the ERA would reduce the legal rights of mothers.

Question 26

American Indian Movement (AIM)

Answer 26

Founded in 1968 to fight for Native Americans’ rights.

Question 27

Disabled In Action (DIA)

Answer 27

In 1970 Judy Heumann created the DIA to make people aware of challenges facing people with disabilities.