Vocab Words

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

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 students protest formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

Question 6

Thurgood Marshall

Answer 6

Thugood marshall went on to become Supreme Court justice.

Question 7

Rosa Parks

Answer 7

Rosa Parks boarded a bus and sat in the front row of the section reserved for black passengers. When the bus became full, the driver told Parks and three others to give their seat to white passengers. Parks refused the bus driver called the police and Parks was taken to jail.

Question 8

Martin Luther King Jr.

Answer 8

A young Baptist minister. The 26-year old King already had a reputation as a powerful speaker whose words could motivate and inspire listeners.

Question 9

John F. Kennedy

Answer 9

John F. Kennedy was born to a political powerful and wealthy family in Massachusetts.

Question 10

Freedom Rides

Answer 10

To accomplish this, CORE organized a series of protests called the Freedom Rides, in which black and white bus riders traveled together to segregated bus stations in the South.

Question 11

March on Washington

Answer 11

March on Washington- a massive demonstration for civil rights.

Question 12

Lyndon B. Johnson

Answer 12

Lyndon B. Johnson grew up in rural Texas. After working his way through collage, Johnson taught school for a year.

Question 13

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Answer 13

Civil Rights Act of 1964. The act banned segregation in public places. It also outlawed discrimination in the workplace on the basis of color, gender, religion, or national origin.

Question 14

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Answer 14

Voting Rights Act of 1965, which Johnson signed into law in August. This law gave the federal government new powers to protect African Americans’ voting rights.

Question 15

Great Society

Answer 15

His program of domestic reforms that he called the Great Society.

Question 16

Black Power

Answer 16

Black Power movement, which called for African American independence.

Question 17

Malcom X

Answer 17

Malcom X helped inspire the Black Power movement. He was a leader of the Nation of Islam, an organization that combined ideas about African American independence with the teachings of Islam.

Question 18

United Farm Workers

Answer 18

This Union was committed to the goal of better pay and working conditions for migrant farmworkers- those who move seasonally from farm to farm for work.

Question 19

Cesar Chavez

Answer 19

Cesar Chavez was one of many Hispanic Americans who worked to improve conditions. In 1962 Chavez formed a union that would later become the United Farm Workers.

Question 20

National Organization for Women.

Answer 20

National Organization for Women is to fight for equal educational and career opportunities for women.

Question 21

Shirley Chisholm

Answer 21

Shirley Chisholm was elected to represent a New York City district in the House of Representatives. She was the first African American women to be elected to the U.S. Congress.

Question 22

Equal Right Amendment

Answer 22

Equal Rights Amendment would outlaw all discrimination based on sex.

Question 23

Phyllis Schlafly

Answer 23

Phyllis Schlafly was a conservative activist, founded the group STOP ERA to prevent it ratification.

Question 24

Betty Friedan

Answer 24

Described the dissatisfaction same women felt with their traditional roles of wife, mother, and homemaker.

Question 25

American Indian Movement

Answer 25

The American Indian Movement was founded in 1968 to fight for Native Americans’ Rights.

Question 26

Disabled in Action

Answer 26

Disabled in Action is to make people aware of challenges facing people with disabilities.