The Civil Rights Era

Question 0

the ___ amendment extended citizenship to blacks

Answer 0

14th

Question 1

the ___ amendment ended slavery but not white racism

Answer 1

13th

Question 2

the ___ amendment gave suffrage rights to black males

Answer 2

15th

Question 3

court case that resulted in the standard of “separate but equal” facilities for blacks and whites

Answer 3

plessy vs ferguson

Question 4

established in 1909

goal was to fight segregation and establish equal rights and opportunities for blacks

Answer 4

NAACP- national association for the advancement of colored people

Question 5

____ _____ desegregated the armed forces in 1946

Answer 5

Harry Truman

Question 6

first to break color barrier in baseball in 1947
chosen not because he was the best, but because he could handle the pressure 
#42 is retired in all of MLB today

Answer 6

Jackie Robinson

Question 7

___ organized voter registration March from Selma to Montgomery

Answer 7

Martin Luther King Jr

Question 8

court case that overturned “separate but equal” with 9-0 ruling

Answer 8

brown vs board of education

Question 9

___ got his start in the civil rights movement by leading the Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 9

MLK Jr

Question 10

attempted to enroll in all white university (Ole Miss)
gov claimed states rights to prevent integration
JFK sends in troops to ensure admission

Answer 10

James Meredith

Question 11

the name Birmingham acquires because of the amount of violence

Answer 11

bombingham

Question 12

police chief in Birmingham
used dogs and water hoses on protesters
gets caught on TV and horrifies the nation

Answer 12

bull Connor

Question 13

____ gave his “I have a dream” speech during the march on Washington (1963)

Answer 13

MLK Jr

Question 14

6 day riot in la

started when a white police officer arrested a black driver after he failed the field sobriety test

Answer 14

watts riots

Question 15

black Muslim

believed in black supremacy

Answer 15

Malcolm X

Question 16

1966 militant group formed as part of the black power movement

Answer 16

black panthers

Question 17

1st black man to be appointed to the Supreme Court

Answer 17

Thurgood Marshall

Question 18

___ was assassinated in Memphis on April 4 while there to support a black sanitation workers strike

Answer 18

MLK

Question 19

2000 protestors attempt to pressure congress to pass JFKs proposed civil rights bill
MLK gives his speech

Answer 19

March on Washington (1963)

Question 20

personal statement

Answer 20

nonviolent - letter, book, billboard/sign, speech, song

Question 21

group demonstration

Answer 21

nonviolent- meeting, March, vigil, info booth, picket, petition drive

Question 22

civil disobedience / passive resistance

Answer 22

nonviolent- sit in/walk out, sit down strike, trespass, disrupt a meeting, illegal March

Question 23

economic pressure

Answer 23

nonviolent - boycott, embargo, labor strike

Question 24

legal action

Answer 24

nonviolent- law suits, government passed laws

Question 25

property destruction

Answer 25

violent-

Question 26

physical attacks

Answer 26

violent - injury, assassination

Question 27

martyrdom

Answer 27

violent- hunger strike, suicide as protest, risking death for cause