Civil Rights Vocab

Question 1

Thurgood Marshall

Answer 1

Attorney who went on to become Supreme Court justice and Jack Greenbrag led the courtroom battles against segregation

Question 2

Brown v. Board of Education

Answer 2

In the early 1950s five school segregation cases from Delaware, Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. came together

Question 3

Little Rock nine

Answer 3

It allowed nine outstanding black students to attend Central High School they became known as the “Little rock nine”

Question 4

Rosa Parks

Answer 4

A seamstress and NAACP worker boarded a bus and sat in the front row of the section reserved for black passengers. When the bus became full the driver told her and three others to give their seats to white passengers. She refused and was taken to jail.

Question 5

Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 5

Thousands of African Americans stopped riding the buses

Question 6

Martin Luther king Jr.

Answer 6

Baptist minister, The 26 year old King already had a reputation as a powerful speaker whose words could motivate and inspire listeners. He’s the reason that “colored people” and “non- colored people” attended the same schools etc

Question 7

Student Nonviolent coordinating committee

Answer 7

This was formed to continue the struggle for civil rights in spring if 1960

Question 8

John F. Kennedy

Answer 8

Won the election in 1960 he was the youngest person ever elected president of the U.S. Him and his wife brought a sense of style and excitement to the White House. He was also the first Roman Catholic to become president.

Question 9

Freedom Rides

Answer 9

To accomplish this, CORE organized a series of protests call the FREEDOM RIDES in which black and white bus riders traveled together to segregated bus stations in the South.

Question 10

March on Washington

Answer 10

A massive demonstration for civil rights that happened at the Lincoln Memorial

Question 11

Lyndon B. Johnson

Answer 11

Vice President that quickly became President after Kennedy got assassinated.

Question 12

Civil rights act of 1964

Answer 12

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 13

Voting rights act of 1965

Answer 13

Johnson signed into law in August. This law gave the federal government new powers to protect African Americans voting rights

Question 14

Great society

Answer 14

A program of domestic reforms

Question 15

Black power

Answer 15

Movement which called for African Americans independence

Question 16

Malcom X

Answer 16

Helped inspire the Black Power movement. He was a leader of the Nation of Islam

Question 17

Cesar Chavez

Answer 17

He was one of the Hispanic Americans who worked to improve conditions

Question 18

United farm workers

Answer 18

This Union was committed to the goal of better lay and working conditions for migrant farm workers those who moved seasonal from farm to farm for work

Question 19

Betty Friedan

Answer 19

Jewish author that described the dissatisfaction some woman felt with their traditional roles of wife mother and homemaker

Question 20

National organization for woman

Answer 20

Also known as NOW to fight for equal education and career opportunities for women

Question 21

Shirley Chisholm

Answer 21

Was the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress

Question 22

Equal rights amendment

Answer 22

Also known as the ERA it would outlaw all discrimination based on sex

Question 23

Phyllis schlafy

Answer 23

A conservative activist he founded the group STOP ERA to prevent its ratification

Question 24

American Indian movement

Answer 24

Also known as AIM founded in 1968 to fight for native Americans rights

Question 25

Disabled in action

Answer 25

To make people aware of challenges facing people with disability’s