Civil Rights People
Vocabulary
Bill of Rights
Constitution
Black History Month Mash-up
100

The president during the Civil Rights Movement who passed the Civil Rights Act.

Who is John F. Kennedy?

100

The separation of people by race.

What is Segregation?

100

The freedoms protected by the first amendment are speech, religion, assembly, and the ___________________.

What is the press?

100

It took _______________ days to "frame" The Constitution.

What is 100?

100

The first African American first lady in the United States.

Who was Michelle Obama?

200

He was the Civil Rights leader who encouraged people to fight segregation with Non-violence.

Who was MLK?

200

Hatred of a particular group, race, or religion.

What is Prejudice?

200

What amendment protects a person's right to own a weapon?

What is the second amendment?

200

The first 10 amendments to The Constitution are called the ________________. 

What is the Bill of Rights?

200

She became famous for being one of the first black children to attend an integrated school.

Who is Ruby Bridges?

300

He was the Radio DJ who sent secret messages on the radio to children during the Children's March in Birmingham, Alabama.

Who was Shelly the Playboy?

300

Laws in the South that kept black people from being treated as equals to Whites.

What are Jim Crow Laws?

300

The fifth amendment protects your right to remain _____________, so you will not incriminate yourself.

What is silent?

300

The two presidents who signed The Constitution are James Madison and ____________________.

Who is George Washington?

300

He was a US Congressman who fought with Martin Luther King during the Civil Rights Movement and helped organize the March on Washington.

Who was John Lewis?

400

She is best known as the African American woman who refused to give up her seat in the front of a Birmingham bus.

Who is Rosa Parks?

400

A form of protest in which a group refuses to buy goods or services in order to force a company to change things they disagree with

What is a Boycott

400

The fourth Amendment protects your freedom from illegal search and ___________________.

What is seizure?

400
When The Constitution was signed, the population of the US was _____________________. 

What is 4 million?

400

She was the teen Poet Laureate who read her poem, "The Hill we Climb" at President Biden's Inauguration.

Who was Amanda Gorman?

500

He was the Commissioner of Safety in Birmingham, Alabama who fought against integration.

Who was Bull Connor?

500

Group that works to end discrimination against minority groups

What is the NAACP?

500
A twenty-year old was given the death penalty for shoplifting. The Amendment that would probably be used in court to protect him is _____________.

What is the eighth Amendment?

500

The beginning of The Constitution is called the ________________.

What is the pre-amble?

500

He was the Bishop who worked with Nelson Mandela to help end Apartheid in Africa.

Who was Bishop Desmond Tutu?

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