Social Studies

Question 1

Brown v. Board of Education

Answer 1

In the early 1950s, five school segregation cases from Delaware, Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., came together under the title of Brown v. Board of Education.

Question 2

Little Rock Nine

Answer 2

It allowed nine outstanding black students to attend Central High School. These students became known as the Little Rock Nine.

Question 3

Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 3

In the Montgomery bus boycott, thousands of African Americans stopped riding the buses.

Question 4

Sit-in

Answer 4

Sit-in is a demonstration in which protesters sit down and refuse to leave.

Question 5

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Answer 5

To continue the struggle for civil rights, the leaders of the student protests formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

Question 6

Thurgood Marshall

Answer 6

Thurgood Marshall went on to become Supreme Court justice.

Question 7

Rosa Parks

Answer 7

Rosa Parks boarded when the bus got full, the driver told Parks and three others to give their seat to white passengers.

Question 8

Martin Luther King Jr.

Answer 8

Martin Luther King Jr. a young Baptist minister.