What 1948 law or order ended segregation in the U.S military?
What is Executive Order 9981
Which 1955 event started when Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat?
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott
In the 1980s, which group fought for racial equality through protests, lawsuits, and advocacy?
What is Civil Rights Organizations (like the NAACP)
What big world conflict made America’s racism look bad to other countries?
What is The Cold War
What 1963 protest in Washington D.C. showed Americans demanding racial equality?
What is The March on Washington
Which 1980s policy increased the incarceration of Black Americans?
What is War on Drugs
What 1947 court case stopped schools in California from separating Mexican American students?
What is Mendez v. Westminster
Which 1961 campaign challenged segregation on buses across the South?
What is the Freedom Rides
What made U.S. racism a problem for its global image during the late Cold War?
What is Segregation and inequality at home
What 1951 case challenged school segregation before Brown v. Board came around?
What is Briggs v. Elliott
What 1960 Supreme Court case made it illegal to use literacy tests to stop Black people from voting?
What is Gomillion v. Lightfoot
What 1919 event ended the Cold War and changed U.S. global influence?
What is the Fall of the Soviet Union
What did these early changes show about being American during the Cold War?
What is That being American meant standing up for equality and fairness for everyone
During the Cold War, how did the U.S. government link racial equality to being a “true”
What is Leaders argued that fighting racial discrimination at home proved America lived up to its democratic ideals.
By the end of the Cold War, what did being American through race mean?
What is Fighting for equality at home and abroad