The Civil Rights Movement

Question 1

Great Society

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Created by Lyndon B. Johnson, involving programs to help people who lived below the poverty line.

Question 2

Head Start GS

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Preschool education for poor children

Question 3

Lee Harvey Oswald

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Killed John F. Kennedy in 1963

Question 4

Jack Ruby

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Killed Lee Harvey Oswald (JFK’s killer) in 1963

Question 5

Job Corps GS

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Job training for young people (Handyman, Electrician, mechanic)

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Medicare GS

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Health insurance for programs for older Americans

Question 7

Medicaid GS

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Health insurance program for poor Americans

Question 8

Plessy V. Fergusen

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A court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” public places were legal. (Separate but equal)

Question 9

Brown V. Board of Education

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A court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution (Integration)

Question 10

Boycott

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To refuse to use or buy

Question 11

Lyndon B Johnson

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The 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Also created the Great Society.

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John F. Kennedy

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Served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination near the end of his third year in office (1963). Won because was seen as energetic and capable. Also created the New Frontier

Question 13

Civil Disobedience

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The refusal to comply with certain laws is considered unjust, as a peaceful form of political protest. (Peaceful Civil Protests)

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Rosa Parks

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American activist in the civil rights movement is best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has called her “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement “.

Question 15

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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Created by Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1957, they organized the march to Washington in support of the civil rights bill.

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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Led the black civil rights struggle in fighting injustices such as the denial of voting rights, racial violence, and discrimination in employment

Question 17

New Frontier

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Created by Kennedy, it was intended to boost the economy, provide international aid, and provide for national defense.

Question 18

Housing and Urban Development

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Created as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty, it’s main purpose is improving affordable homeownership