Civil Rights
What was the Civil Rights Movement
A protest movement to end Jim Crow Laws in the South
When was the Great Depression?
The 1930s
When did the US join WWII?
1942
What is the name of the neighborhood in St. Paul?
Rondo
When did the Great Migration begin?
After the Civil War
Who is the most famous Civil Rights Leader?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What was the time before the Great Depression called?
The Jazz Age
Why did the US join the war?
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
What is the name of the neighborhood in Minneapolis called?
Near North
What is the name for the laws in the south that legalized segregation and discrimination?
The Jim Crow Laws
How many people were at the March on Washington?
200,000
What was life like in Rondo before and after the Great Depression?
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Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
Why isn't the Rondo Neighborhood still around today?
The highway was built through it
What job did many African Americans work in the South?
Sharecropping
What were the students at the University of Minnesota protesting?
To have an African Studies Department
What was the solution to the Great Depression called?
The New Deal
What did the Tuskegee Airmen prove?
That black soldiers could fly just as well as anyone else.
What was life like for Evelyn Fairbanks in the Rondo Neighborhood?
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Where did many African Americans work in the North?
Factories
Dr. Roy Wilkins
What global event ended the Great Depression?
Where did Dr. Brown finish his career as a pilot?
Fort Snelling
Which famous Civil Rights leader was from Rondo?
Dr. Roy Wilkins
What 3 states did many African Americans leave to come to Minnesota?