People
Who was the Civil Rights Activist who delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech?
MLK Jr.
Where did the bus boycott take place?
Montgomery, Alabama
Boycott
Refuse to buy or use a certain product or thing
In what city did JFK's assassination take place?
Name one way of peaceful protesting.
Sit-ins
Marches
Boycott
Who was the 14 year old boy who was beaten to death in Mississippi?
Emmett Till
Where did the group of nine students attempt to desegregate their school at?
Little Rock, Arkansas
Sit-in
A form of direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area for a protest
In which country was the Soviet Union storing missiles in during the Cold War?
Cuba
Name two places that were segregated during the 1950s/1960s.
Schools
Water Fountains
Bathrooms
Riding a bus
Purchasing a home
List the three presidents in order during the Civil Rights Movement.
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)
John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)
Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1968)
By which famous memorial did MLK Jr. deliver his famous speech?
Lincoln Memorial
Black Power
A political slogan used by people to push for the rights of African-Americans
Name three people in the Civil Rights era that were assassinated.
MLK Jr.
JFK
RFK
Malcolm X
Name the high school where the Little Rock 9 attended.
Central High School
Who wrote the book The Feminine Mystique?
Betty Friedan
Where did the Brown v. Board of Education case take place?
Topeka, Kansas
Segregation
The separation of humans into racial groups in daily life.
Where did the "City in Flames" riot take place.
*We did not go over this in class
Detroit, Michigan
What year did America land the first man on the moon?
1969
Name two Civil Rights leaders and what their contributions to the movement were.
MLK
Rosa Parks
Malcolm X
What building was Lee Harvey Oswald located in when he shot JFK?
Texas School Book Depository Building
(A library)
Jim Crow Laws
Racial segregation in public places.
How did the Montgomery Bus Boycott end?
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation on public transportation was illegal.
Name every President since the Civil Rights movement.
Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon