US Civil Rights Movements

Question 1

What is the acronym for the US Civil Rights Movements?

Answer 1

BMDGAMA

Buddy, My Dog Got A Mailbox Address

Question 2

Brown vs Board of Education year

Answer 2

1954

Question 3

What happened at the brown vs board of education ruling?

Answer 3

Supreme Court case
Unanimous ruling
Racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional

Question 4

Montgomery Bus Boycott year

Answer 4

1955

Question 5

What happened at the Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 5

Political and social protest
Federal court ruling
Against 14th amendment of the constitution

Question 6

Desegregation of Little Rock nine year

Answer 6

1957

Question 7

What was Little Rock nine

Answer 7

Nine children
Test to see if blacks were equal
Remained under federal protection and graduated

Question 8

Greeensboro lunch counter sit in year

Answer 8

1960

Question 9

American freedom rides year

Answer 9

1961

Question 10

What happened during the freedom rides

Answer 10

Organised by the Congress of racial equality
Used white only things
Enforced federal laws for integration of things

Question 11

March on Washington year

Answer 11

1963

Question 12

What was the March on Washington for?

Answer 12

Jobs and freedom
To have the constitution applied
John F Kennedy was pressured to develop a federal civil rights bill

Question 13

When was the assassination of Martin Luther King?

Answer 13

1968

Question 14

What happened to king?

Answer 14

Earl Ray shot him

Lead to equal housing bill

Question 15

What did Martin Luther King jr do?

Answer 15

Used words and acts of non-violence resistance to achieve goals