People
The effect one thing has on another.
What is impact?
The separation of groups of people by race.
What is segregation?
This resulted in "separate but equal" being found unconstitutional. Schools would now have to integrate.
What is the Brown vs. Board of Education case?
Phrase that said segregation was okay because everyone had equal opportunities, facilities, and treatment. This was not really the case though.
What is "separate but equal"?
Arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Breaking the rules of the U.S. Constitution.
What is unconstitutional?
The opposite of separating groups of people by race; ending segregation.
What is desegregation?
Congress passed this in 1965, making poll taxes and literacy tests illegal.
What is the Voting Rights Act?
Three ways in which Martin Luther King, Jr. urged people to protest.
What are peaceful sit-ins, speeches, and marches?
This president was trying to pass the Civil Rights Bill but could not see it pass as he was assassinated.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
The rights of citizens to social and political freedom.
What are Civil Rights?
Busses, trains or subways that are available to the general public.
What is public transportation?
This case said that facilities could be segregated but had to be equal.
What is Plessy Vs. Ferguson?
The Montgomery Boycott lasted this long.
What is 381 days?
Continued to push for Civil Rights in Washington after the President was assassinated.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
Avoiding or not using a product or service.
What is boycott?
The unfair difference in treatment of people due to their background, race, or religion.
What is discrimination?
Passed by congress making African Americans citizens and granting them equal rights.
What is the Civil Rights Act?
First African American child to integrate a white Southern elementary school.
Who is Ruby Bridges?