Roots of Civil Rights
a supporter especially in the early 19th century of ending the institution of slavery
What is an abolitionist?
This compromise prohibited slavery north of the geographical boundary at 36 degrees latitude
What was the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Lucretia Mott
Who were the founders of the first women's rights movement?
This group was formed to further push for equality on behalf of African Americans in 1909
What is the NAACP?
They were the leaders of the United Farm Workers Union which would become the largest such union in the nation. They led them in a strike against produce growers in California
Who were Cesar Chavez & Delores Huerta
She was known as the "conductor" of the Underground railroad
Who was Harriet Tubman?
The year 1808
What is when Congress banned the slave trade in the US?
What was the Seneca Falls Convention?
This SC decision claimed that separate accommodations for blacks and whites did not violate the constitution
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This Act switched policies of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and instead promoted assimilation over separation and banned native languages and rituals for Native Americans in the U.S.
What was the Dawes Act?
One of the first most notable abolitionists
Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
He founded the American Anti-Slavery Society
Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
She performed "Ain't I a Woman?" which highlighted the underrepresentation of African American women in the women's rights movement
Who was Sojourner Truth?
This strategy is one that the NAACP used to gain more rights
What is litigation?
A Supreme Court ruling that upheld the authority of the U.S. government to require mass internment of people of Japanese ancestry in the U.S. during WWII.
What was Korematsu v. US (1944)?
Section of the 14th Amendment that guarantees that all citizens of receive the same protections
What is the equal protection clause?
The 13th, 14th & 15th Amendments were called this
What were the civil war amendments?
He was supposed to be replaced by Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill which is ironic because he was a staunch supporter of slavery and a foe of women's rights
Who was President Andrew Jackson?
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
This policy was one that was passed by President Bill Clinton as a compromise to the military of the LGBT community?
What is "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"?
What was Dred Scott?
The 13th Amendment did _________; the 14th Amendment did ______________; & the 15th Amendment did ___________________.
What is banned slavery in the US, guarantees equal protection and due process of the law to all citizens, and gave the right to vote to freed slaves?
1920
What is when the 19th Amendment passed?
These 3 cases are the test cases the NAACP filed to test separate but equal doctrine in graduate education?
What are the Gaines, Sweatt, & McLaurin cases.?
The Act is one of the only major pieces of legislation that has come out of Congress regarding people with disabilities
What is the American Disabilities Act of 1990?