Civil Rights Leaders
Gave the "I have a dream speech"
Bonus 50-Describe what he meant by "I have a dream"
MLK
Bonus:various answers
MLK was part of what famous group?
SCLC
After what war did the Civil Rights Movement start?
WWII
True or False: Life improved greatly for African Americans soon after the Civil War
False
President during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
Leader of the SCLC group
Martin Luther King Jr.
What people were part of the SNCC?
Youth:HS-College
Seperate but "equal"
Define what Jim Crow Laws are
Legal Segregation
President during the end of the civil rights movement
JFK
Describe who Ruby Bridges is
Was a young girl who attended an all-white elementary school
What was CORE's main goal?
Voting rights for all
Describe what kind of violence occurred during the what was suppose to be a peaceful march
various answers
Give 4 examples of Jim Crow Laws
Seperate: schools, bathrooms, graveyards, prisons, neighborhoods
Name the famous hate group during the Civil Rights Movement
"KKK"
Rosa Parks
What message were the freedom riders trying to bring the South?
People from all races could work and live together to bring about change
What was the focus of the movement in the early stages?
Equal Education
What were Jim Crow Laws called before they were known as the Jim Crow Laws
Black Codes
What would happen if you did not follow the Jim Crow Laws?
Fines
Jail Sentences
Violence or Death
What is the name of the group of students who attend Central High School?
Little Rock Nine
Name 4 civil rights groups
SNCC
CORE
Freedom
SCLC
Describe 3 no-violent tactics African Americans used during the movement
Sit-ins
Protests
Bus-Boycott
What court case determined Plessy v Ferguson unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education
What ended the civil rights movement?
The assassination of MLK JR.