Activists
Who did not give up her bus seat to a white individual that sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
What is segregation?
legal separation of races
This was a march in Washington DC in 1963 protesting for peace, jobs, and equal rights, MLK spoke here
March on Washington
What is domino theory (in reference to communism)
if one country fell to communism they would all fall just as dominoes would fall
What is a proxy war?
a war in which there is instigation by a major superpower but not direct fighting
Which activist was assassinated and declared that he was not American?
Malcolm X
What is lynching? About how many lynchings from the 1880s t0 1968?
4,000-5,000
What is Brown v. Board of Education
a supreme court that integrated schools
Many of ________________ policies were a continuation of Kennedy's policies
Johnson's
Who was Governor Faubus?
the governor that sent the national guard on the little rock 9
Who were the Little Rock 9?
a group of 9 high school age students that enrolled in Central High, they were met with the national guard
What does the NAACP stand for? What does it do?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
assists in equality, started to prevent lynchings
What is plessy v. ferguson
a supreme court case that declared races were "separate but equal"
Describe the Greensboro Sit in
a series of nonviolent protests in February to July 1960, primarily in the Woolworth store—now the International Civil Rights Center and Museum—in Greensboro, North Carolina
What does NATO stand for? What is it?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
peacetime military alliance
Who were the freedom riders? What did they do?
protested segregation by riding busses across southern us and sitting in white sections of waiting stations and spots on busses, were violently attacked
What are the Jim Crow Laws? How did they impact the south? (examples)
-laws that separate races
-blind segregation, parks, busses
What is red lining? How did it impact individuals?
a discriminatory practice in which services (financial and otherwise) are withheld from potential customers who reside in neighborhoods classified as 'hazardous' to investment; these neighborhoods have significant numbers of racial and ethnic minorities, and low-income residents
Order these presidents in Chronological order:
-JFK
-LBJ
-Truman
-Eisenhower
-Nixon
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon
What was M.A.D? important why?
mutually assured destruction? everyone destroyed
What is one difference between Malcolm X and MLK? What is one similarity. Be specific.
-nonviolent/any means
-religious and goals of equal rights
What were the Montgomery Bus Boycotts/how many days
spurred by Rosa Parks not giving up her seat a boycott of the bus system for 381 days
What was the 16th street Baptist Church Bombing?
a white supremacist attack on a Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama that killed 4 black school girls
What year did the NAACP form?
What year was Plessy v. Ferguson decided? What did this do?
How did Brown v. Board change things?
1909
1896 - separate but equal segregation jim crow laws
integrated schools
Who was Emmett Till?
Where was he from? Where did he visit?
What happened?
Why did his mother want an open casket?
a 14 year old boy from Chicago who was brutally murdered and he went to Mississippi to visit his family. He was kidnapped and murdered after whistling at a white lady. His mother wanted an open casket to show exactly the brutality that he had went through