Civil Rights Unit Pt. 2

Question 1

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Nominated by Obama in 2009 and is the first Hispanic and Latina member of the court

Answer 1

Sonia Sotomayor

Question 2

Collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation. Named after a Black minstrel show character. (Denying them the right to vote, hold jobs. get an education, etc)

Answer 2

Jim Crow Laws

Question 3

Ended segregation in public places. Banned employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin

Answer 3

Civil Rights Act 1964

Question 4

June 2, 1924- Granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the US- the right to VOTE, however was governed by state law until 1957

Answer 4

American Indian Citizenship Act 1924

Question 5

Signed into law by LBJ, aimed at state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote- 15th Amendment

Answer 5

Voting Right Ac t 1965

Question 6

Civil rights activist who originated the rallying slogan “black power”

Answer 6

Stokley Carmichael

Question 7

African American leader in the civil rights movement- urged his fellow Black Americans to protect themselves against white aggression by “any means necessary”- often put him at odds with nonviolent Martin Luther King

Answer 7

Malcolm X

Question 8

A protest where young African Americans refused to leave a lunch counter after being refused service

Answer 8

Sit In

Question 9

September 2, 1957, Governor _________________ called out the Arkansas National Guard to prevent a group of African American students (Little Rock Nine) from entering an all white Central High School

Answer 9

Orval Faubus

Question 10

Elected Governor of Alabama in January 1963- Said “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever”

Answer 10

George Wallace