Description
Consequences
Time Line
MLK
JFK
100
When was the Civil Rights Act passed?
What is 1964
100
What did the executive order issued by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965 entail?
What is affirmative action hiring practices toward women and minorities
100
Name the first colored airmen deployed during WWII
What are the Tuskegee Airmen
100
What was the year and place Martin Luther King was born?
What is 1929, Atlanta, Georgia.
100
When was JFK born, and what were his parent's names?
What is May 29, 1917 to Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and Joseph P. Kennedy
200
Who was the president who passed the Civil Rights Act?
What is Lyndon B. Johnson
200
What are 3 modern day impacts of the Civil Rights Act?
What is an answer that varies?
200
Who was the baseball player that broke the color barrier?
Who is Jackie Robinson
200
What were the occupations of the majority of Martin Luther King's family members?
What are pastors?
200
What years did JFK serve as President before being assassinated?
What is January 20, 1961 to November 22, 1963
300
Who is the president that the Civil Rights Act was dedicated to?
What is John F. Kennedy?
300
What were three consequences of the Civil Rights Act during the time period?
What is an answer that varies?
300
What is the name of the young boy murdered for jokingly flirting with a white woman at a grocery store?
Who was Emmitt Till?
300
Martin Luther King's famous speech was titled I Have A ____
What is Dream
300
What is the name of the Commission JFK's father headed?
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission
400
What are three things the Civil Rights Act established?
What is desegregation of public facilities & schools as well as the end of workplace harassment
400
Who was the first African American to hold a position in the Supreme Court?
What is Thurgood Marshall
400
What is the city name where the famous bus boycotts took began
What is Montgomery, Alabama
400
What is the date MLK Jr. marched through Washington on before delivering his I Have A Dream speech?
What is August 28, 1963
400
What is the name of the President who shared a similar childhood to JFK?
What is President Theodore Roosevelt
500
What is the name of a civil rights leader who particularly favored the Civil Rights Act?
What is Martin Luther King Jr.
500
What are three benefits African Americans earned from the Civil Rights Act?
What is an answer that varies but entails the end of segregation and harassment in public places.
500
What is the name of the University that African American student John Meredith protested his denial from.
What is Oxford.
500
Where did Martin Luther King Jr. study theology for three years before being elected president of a predominantly white senior class?
What is Crozer Theological Seminary?
500
What is the name of the commission John F. Kennedy started that dealt with workplace equality?
What is The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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