Civil Rights Leaders
How did Rosa Parks influence the civil rights movement? what did she do, and what was the outcome?
Refused to give up her seat, and led to boycotts
Which Civil Rights Act eliminated segregation in 1964?
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 accomplish?
eliminated segregation in public accommodations
eliminated literacy tests and other barriers for minority voting
In 1957, Orval Faubus did what to prevent the Little Rock Nine from entering the school? What did this represent?
Southern resistance to civil rights reform
Which organization orchestrated the occupation of Alcatraz and the Wounded Knee rally. Who were their notable founders
American Indian Movement
Dennis Banks and Russell Means
Who was the male figurehead of the NFWA and what was he seeking in his efforts, how did they accomplish this
Cesar Chavez, and improve conditions for farmworkers, boycott, protest, hunger strike
What was MLKs actions that supported the civil rights movement
Non-violence civil disobedience
What are the 3 Reconstruction Amendments that serviced to uplift and empower the African American community
13th,14th, 15th
organization that worked for equality, including advocacy for Equal Rights Amendments
NOW - National Organization for Women. Largest organization for feminist rights
What was the symbolism behind the occupation of Alcatraz
a 19 month protest claiming abandoned federal land, highlighting broken treaties and establish self-determination
Co-founded NFWA
Organized grape boycott
Advocated for Latino AND women's rights
Dolores Huerta
How did The Black Panther Party (founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale) differ from MLK's approach to the CRM
They support militant strategies of self-defense instead of non-violence
"There shall be equality and opportunity for all persons in the armed forces..." What did President Truman sign in 1948
Executive Order 9981
Who wrote "Each suburban wife struggle with it alone....Over and over, women would tell themselves, there isn't a problem..."
What was the effect of this mindset
Betty Friedan-Women challenged traditional roles and seek greater opportunity
What were some of the main focuses of the American Indian Movements initiatives, what were they trying to do
Raise conscious in White America, and fight for economic independence, revive traditional cultures, protect legal rights, autonomy over tribal land
How did the Chicano Movement influence American culture
Expressed cultural pride and heritage through public art
What was the name for the interracial team(s) who rode buses through the South, with Black riders in the front and white riders in the back, directly violating local Jim Crow customs. WHAT DID THEY CHALLENGE??
CORE Freedom Riders
Uphold ruling against discrimination in interstate transportation
What were 2 outcomes/impacts of MLK's assassination in 1968
Riots and unrest erupted across America
Some activists turned to radical approaches to obtaining equality
Ruled that the Equal Protection Clause applies to all racial and ethnic groups
Hernandez v. Texas 1954
Mexican Americans were “a class apart,” a distinct group entitled to the same constitutional protections as other minority groups under the Fourteenth Amendment.
How long was the Wounded Knee Rally, and what ultimately happened
70 days, resulted in the FBI intervening, killing 2 Native Americans and wounding several others.
How did the organization LULAC help shape American culture
LULAC-League of United Latin American Citizens, supported civic participation and equal rights for Hispanic Americans
What was the significance of MLK's Letters from Birmingham
It stated that all communities are connected about injustice in their own cities.
How did Sweatt v Painter (1950) serve as a precedent for Brown v. Board of Ed?
Challenged Seperate but Equal in a secondary education.
This organization used legal victories and boycotts to expand African American civil rights
NAACP
DAILY DOUBLE WHAT IS THE 19TH AMENDMENT AND WHEN WAS IT RAITIFED
Women's suffrage
August 18th, 1920
YET ANOTHER DAILIY DOUBLE
What landmark case was inspired by the Women's Movement in the 1970s granting women basic human rights
Rowe v. Wade
(14th amendment-right to privacy)
legalized abortion