People
Who led a boycott when refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man?
Who is Rosa Parks
I started a school for African American children in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Mary Bethune
money that citizens pay the government to help pay for important things like roads and public schools.
taxes
rights that are guaranteed by a nation's government to all its citizens
civil rights
Which holds more power, federal or state law?
federal laws
What did Susan B Anthony want women to be able to do?
vote!
I gave the speech "I have a Dream"
Martin Luther King Jr.
democratic
an act of unfair or unjust treatment of a person, or a group of people, based on traits such as skin color, race, or religion.
(hint: 5 syllables)
discrimination
Who was Eleanor Roosevelt's husband?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who fought to end segregation in professional sports?
Jackie Robinson
I worked with Rosa Parks to lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
MLK Jr.
People who take some kind of action to achieve a goal
activists
all citizen sharing the same rights without discrimination
(hint: no more, no less)
equal rights
What important event in American history was occurring during the time that President Roosevelt was the president?
(hint: two words)
I was called the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement"
Rosa Parks
I worked with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and traveled the country giving speeches on women's rights.
Susan B. Anthony
to take a chance, or a risk
a gamble
slips of paper used to cast or record votes
ballots
Where could you find a statue of Mary Bethune?
Lincoln Park in Washington, D.C.
I fought for migrant workers to receive better pay and more reasonable working conditions.
Cesar Chavez
I was the First Lady and helped to allow Marian Anderson to sing at the Lincoln Memorial.
Eleanor Roosevelt
the practice of keeping groups of people separate, or apart, due to reasons such as race
segregation
The wife of the president of the United States
First Lady
Why couldn't some African American men vote?
They had to be able to read & write and many did not have those skills. (Mary Bethune taught them!)