The Civil Rights Movement
The separation of people of different races?
Segregation
Kennedy's opponent in the 1960 election?
Nixon
What did the Freedom riders ride?
Busses
Name one of the other groups seeking rights during the 1960's and 70's?
Women, Latinos, Native Americans, People with disabilities
Unfair Treatment
Discrimination
What court case resulted in the desegregation of schools?
Brown v Board of Education
Kennedy's social reforms were known as the?
New Frontier
What university did James Meredith attend?
Mississippi
Who was the first woman appointed to the supreme court?
Sandra Day O'Connor
Refusal to obey laws that are seen as unjust?
Civil Disobedience
Bringing races together
Integration
In which Texas city was Kennedy assassinated?
Dallas
To rally support for a civil rights bill MLK organized a march on this city?
Washington D.C.
Who organized migrant farm workers to fight for their rights?
Cesar Chavez
The minimum income needed to live?
Poverty Line
What city saw integration of schools first?
Little Rock
What was Johnson's plan known as?
the Great Society
What does CORE stand for?
Congress of Racial Equality
What does AIM stand for?
American Indian Movement
The act of protesting by sitting down?
Sit-in
What does NAACP stand for
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
What banned discrimination against African Americans in regards to voting, employment and public places?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What allowed the federal government to force local officials to let African Americans vote?
Voting Rights Act of 1965
What were Cuban's fleeing when they came to the United States?
Communism
Activists for Women's rights?
Feminists