civil rights history

Question 1

plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 1

1896

Question 2

involvement in WW2

Answer 2

1941-1945

Question 3

Korean war begins

Answer 3

1950

Question 4

brown v. board of education

Answer 4

1954

Question 5

war in Vietnam

Answer 5

1955-1975

Question 6

Sputnik

Answer 6

1957

Question 7

semiconductor integrated circuit

Answer 7

1960

Question 8

JFK assassinated

Answer 8

1963

Question 9

civil rights act

Answer 9

1964

Question 10

MLK and Bobby assassinated

Answer 10

1968

Question 11

Woodstock and the Harlem cultural festival

Answer 11

1969

Question 12

Nixon resigns

Answer 12

1974

Question 13

star wars

Answer 13

1977

Question 14

emmitt till

Answer 14

14 year old boy who was shot and killed by two white men because he called someone “baby” in a store. His body was found in a river unrecognizable an his mom wanted an open casket funeral because she wanted people to see what was done to her son

Question 15

Isaac Woodward

Answer 15

asked to get off the bus and go to the bathroom but the bus driver said no and cursed him out. The police officer bashed him on the head and gauged his eyes out with a stick and he went to jail and will be blind for life.

Question 16

black panthers

Answer 16

group of violent protestors who believed revolution was necessary in the US

Question 17

Lee Harvey Oswald

Answer 17

shot JFK

Question 18

Medgar Evers

Answer 18

civil rights activist, got assasinated by a white man

Question 19

16th Street Church Bombings

Answer 19

white terrorist group bomb baptist churches in birmingham kiiling 4 african americans

Question 20

plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 20

seperate but equal

Question 21

brown v. board

Answer 21

racial segregation in public school was unconstitutional - “seperate but equal”

Question 22

montgomery bus boycott

Answer 22

rosa parks wouldnt move to the back of the bus, peaceful boycott, white mob bombed kings home, lasted for 381 days

Question 23

SCLC

Answer 23

southern christian leadership conference, organization lead by king, non-violent protests, racial equality

Question 24

why did school desegregation go slow?

Answer 24

private white privaleges and violent protests

Question 25

Did Eisenhower agree with brown v. board? why or why not? how did he respond?

Answer 25

he agreed but not publicly because thought raism would pass overtime

Question 26

crisis in little rock

Answer 26

9 black students were stopped by the government, orville faubus - sent the gaurd to stop them

Question 27

sit-ins

Answer 27

non violent protests where AA would go to segregated areas and not leave until they were served

Question 28

SNCC

Answer 28

student nonviolent cordinatig committee, youth lead non violent campaigns against segregation

Question 29

freedom riders

Question 30

Kennedy's response to freedom riders

Question 31

James Meredith

Answer 31

civil rights activist, march against fear - voting rights, was shot and wounded

Question 32

bull Connor

Answer 32

ran for mayor and aranged attack of freedom riders, had police,dogs,clubs used

Question 33

letter from birmingham jail

Answer 33

best defense of nonviolent protests ever written, when king was in jail, wrote on scraps of paper

Question 34

civil rights bill of 1964

Answer 34

banning segregation in public places, in work places, based on sex, religion, race, ect

Question 35

how did JFK's assassination help the civil rights bill of 1964 get passed?

Answer 35

LBJ weaponized the sympathy of the nation - what JFK wanted, kennedy struggling to pass bill

Question 36

role of the march on Washington

Answer 36

advocating for economic justice and african american rights, demonstrators flocked the nation's capital and sang songs, and said speeches

Question 37

Selma march

Answer 37

focal point for voting rights, jim clark armed many whites, king got the nobel prize

Question 38

voting rights act of 1965

Answer 38

federal examiners were sent to register qualified voters, big turning point, almost 250,000 AA reegistered to vote

Question 39

urban problems

Answer 39

civil rights movement had impact on other AA but not the ones living in urban areas, chnaging law did not help, poverty trapped them in the inner cities

Question 40

watts riot

Answer 40

burned, estroyed, killed 34 and injured 900 others, AA neighborhood in LA, poice brutality, US army sent tanks,soilders, and guns to take care of situation

Question 41

black power

Answer 41

showed how non violence does very little for economic problems, more inclusivity, afro and AA studies part of school curriculum

Question 42

stokely carmichael

Answer 42

leader of SNCC

Question 43

Malcom X

Answer 43

symbol of black power movement, joined nation of islam, changes last name from little to X-family name, black panthers

Question 44

MLK assassination

Answer 44

in memphis to support a strike helping AA sanitation workers, got assassinated by a sniper while johnson was speaking on a balcony