HISTORYYY

Question 1

Plessy Vs. Ferguson

Answer 1

Put in separate but equal public accomodations for African Americans and whites

Question 2

Brown v Board of Education

Answer 2

A girl of color couldn’t attend the white school a couple blocks down. The nearest all black elementary school was 21 blocks away.
Supreme Court struck down segregation because it was a violation of the 14th Amendment.

Question 3

What was the law of separating races?

Answer 3

Jim Crow Laws

Question 4

NAACP

Answer 4

Campaign to end segregation. (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

Question 5

Thurgood Marshall

Answer 5

First african american supreme court justice. Selected by LBJ even though he had racist tendencies.

Question 6

Civil Rights Act of 1957

Answer 6

First civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. Shepherded by LBJ.

Question 7

Democrats/Republicans

Answer 7

Democrats were for segregation. Republicans were for civil rights.

Question 8

Rosa Parks

Answer 8

Refused to give up her seat on the bus. Sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Seamstress and NAACP officer

Question 9

MLK

Answer 9

Pastor from a Baptist Church. PhD degree from Boston Uni.
Civil Rights Activist. Fought for equality.

Question 10

MLK letter from birmingham jail

Answer 10

Called for unity.

Question 11

Conference of 1957

Answer 11

MLK called for a conference with religious leaders to call for a non violent respect

Question 12

SCLC

Answer 12

Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Purpose was to carry on nonviolent movements against the evils of second class citizenship.

Question 13

SNCC

Answer 13

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. A national protest group. Created student activist movements.

Question 14

Sit-in

Answer 14

African American protesters sat down at segregated lunch tables and refused to leave until they were served.

Question 15

EOA

Answer 15

Economic Opportunity Act
Approved nearly $1 Billion for youth programs

Question 16

Who did LBJ run against in 1964?

Answer 16

In 1964 LBJ ran against senator Goldwater. Hillary Clinton was a big fan of water.

Question 17

Miranda V. Arizona

Answer 17

Miranda V. Arizona - telling people “you have the right to remain silent”

Question 18

Warren Court

Answer 18

Warren Court - banned prayers in public schools and declared state required loyalty oaths unconstitutional

Question 19

HUD

Answer 19

Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Helping families for better private housing

Question 20

Reapportionment

Answer 20

the way in which states redraw election districts based on the changing number of people in them.

Question 21

Immigration

Answer 21

The Immigration Act of 1965 put an end to quotas and opened doors for those who can contribute to the country

Question 22

Medicare

Answer 22

Health insurance for those who are over the age of 65

Question 23

Medicaid

Answer 23

Programs that help cover costs to people with low income

Question 24

Housing

Answer 24

helping low income families pay for better private housing

Question 25

Education

Answer 25

directed money to schools for textbooks and supplies
funded scholarships for college students