Civil Rights in the 1950s
These laws were common throughout Southern states in the U.S. and restricted freedoms based on race.
What were Jim Crow laws?
This student-led, protest movement began at Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina.
What were the Sit-Ins or lunch counter sit-ins?
The Cold War was an ideological and military conflict between Western, capitalist countries and these states.
Who is the Soviet Union or communist states or movements?
Throughout the 1950s, a fear of this political group or ideology spread throughout U.S. society.
Who are communists?
In the U.S., this is one of the most visible public positions, is responsible for enforcing laws and policies, and is up for election every four years.
What is the President or the Executive Branch?
The murder of this young boy in 1955 sparked nation-wide outrage and galvanized the new Civil Rights Movement.
Who was Emmett Till.
James Farmer help found this civil rights organisation, which was responsible for organising the first Freedom Rides in 1961.
What was CORE (the Congress of Racial Equality)
During the Cold War, this country was divided between East (controlled by the Soviet Union) and West
What was Germany?
This U.S. law enforcement agency spied on or investigated millions of Americans during the Red Scare, many of whom were not even communists!
What is the FBI?
This is the branch of government that debates and passes laws.
What is the Congress or Legislative Branch?
This president at the time supported the first civil rights bill in one hundred years; however, the bill was largely ineffective.
Who was President Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Passed in 1965, this was a major piece of civil rights legislation. It re-enforced the 15th Amendment and created federal oversight over how states registered voters.
What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965
This country in southeast Asia became a major battleground of the Cold War, and the U.S. believed they needed to support their ally to 'contain' the spread of communism.
What is South Korea
This U.S. Senator became famous for holding government hearings and accusing people of being communists.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This political tactic of refusing to end debate and go to voting on a law was used many times during the Civil Rights Era by Southern politicians. The longest continuous one of these was over 24 hours long by segregationist Senator Strom Thurmond.
What is the filibuster/filibustering?
In response to the Brown v. Board ruling, Southern politicians, mainly in Congress, organised resistance to integration. Name one or both of the ways these racist politicians responsed:
What was "Massive Resistance" or signing the Southern Manifesto
What right did Black Power leaders like Malcolm X and the Black Panthers encourage Black Americans to use?
What is self-defense or armed self-defense
Following the downing of an American U2 spy plane, Soviet Premire Nikita Khrushchev stormed out of this important summit.
What was the Paris Summit?
American fear of the USSR grew exponentially after the Soviets successfully tested their own atomic bomb in _______
What was 1949?
Created in 1938, this committee in the U.S. House of Representatives investigated alleged disloyal activities on the part of private citizens, public employees and organizations suspected of having Communist ties.
What was the House Un-American Activities Committee or HUAC?
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was ultimately decided by the Supreme Court in this landmark court case.
What was Browder v. Gayle
In April of 1967, MLK Jr. gave a famous speech at the Riverside Baptist Church in NYC where he publicly condemned this. He would be assassinated one year later.
What was the American War on Vietnam/the Vietnam War
Signed initially in 1968, this treaty attempted to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. It defined and identified nuclear and non-nuclear weapon states, where nuclear weapon states agreed to not share weapons technology. It promotes the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
What is the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)?
This former U.S. State Department official was accused of being a spy for the Soviet Union in one of the first, major anti-communist trials in the U.S.
Who was Alger Hiss?
This Amendment to the U.S. Constitution officially ended slavery in the U.S. However, a clause in this amendment technically allows slavery if it is punishment for a crime.
What is the 13th Amendment?