Unit 1 Stuff
What is the definition of “Jim Crow” Laws?
"Separate but Equal"
What was the significance of the Harlem Renaissance?
Promoted Black culture through art, music, theater, etc.
What was the name of MLK’s speech during the March on Washington?
"I Have a Dream"
What is the purpose of Title IX (9)?
Women get the same opportunities as men
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
Pursuit of equal rights for all people
After what event did the idea of Civil Rights truly start in the United States?
End of the Civil War
What is Garveyism?
Marcus Garvey promoted segregation to help build black businesses and spread black culture
Who is most notable for passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Bobby Kennedy (RFK)
Name ALL 6 "Other Civil Rights" Movements you all presented on.
What was the name of the Child who was lynched in the Deep South and helped spark the uprising of the Civil Rights Movement in 1955?
Emmett Till
What were Jim Crow Laws called before being known as “Jim Crow” Laws?
Black Codes
What percentage did African American unemployment reach during the Great Depression?
50%
What was the purpose of Malcolm X’s “Ballot or the Bullet” speech?
Encourage (and debatably force) black citizens to vote for better representation
Why was the Delano Grape Strike important?
Started discussion regarding Mexican-American rights, specifically those who work in the United States
What is the 14th amendment?
Anybody born in the United States becomes a legal citizen
What was the main difference between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois?
Booker T. Washington advocated for black people to achieve liberation through working hard, DuBois wanted liberation through higher education
African American advisors to FDR that filled him in on issues happening in the black community
Black Cabinet
What was the name of the court case that Brown v. Board overturned in 1954? HINT: Passed in 1896!
Plessy v. Ferguson
What is the EXACT name for the group created to give disabled individuals a better and guaranteed education?
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
In what year did African Americans get the full right to vote?
1965 (Voting Rights Act)
This term was used to justify violence towards black people and was an attempt to prove that white people were”superior”to black people shortly after the Civil War.
Race Science OR Eugenics
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
First African American Air Force Pilots, served in WWII from Booker T. Washington’s school
What was Bloody Sunday?
Peaceful black protestors were met with violence and abuse for their protests in 1965 by civilians and police
In what year was Roe v. Wade passed?
1973
What was the name of the school Booker T. Washington founded in Alabama?
Tuskegee Industrial and Normal Institute