Civil Rights
Amendments
Key figures
Facts
Technology
100
African Americans were denied access to public facilities in the 50s and 60s by which law? These laws are known in the South.
Jim Crow Laws
100
What did the 15th amendment change?
Gave African American men the right to vote.
100
Who led the march on Washington? What type of protest did he believe in?
MLK- he believed in peaceful protest like sit-ins, marches, and boycotts.
100
What did the Jim Crow Laws do?
Kept African Americans and whites separated. Often quoted 'separate but equal'
100
What type of technology was invented in the 1950s?
Television
200
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
MLK and Rosa Parks helped led the bus boycott by not purchasing bus tickets and/or riding the bus. This went on for over a year.
200
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Prohibited discrimination based on color, race, or religion in places like restaurants, hotels,motels, and theaters. It enforced desegregation of schools.
200
Who was the lawyer that was involved in the Civil Rights Movement court case Brown v. Board of Education?
Thurgood Marshall (first African American Supreme Court Justice)
200
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
The ban of literacy test- reading test
200
How did television impact America?
Allowed American citizens to view world events and the news from their living rooms/homes
300
What time period was the Brown v. Board of Education, March on Washington, and Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Civil Rights Movement
300
What did the 19th amendment change?
Gave African American women the right to vote.
300
He was the younger brother of a former president, and assassinated while running for senator.
Robert F. Kennedy
300
Why was the March on Washington successful?
Over 250,000 people peacefully joined in the march to get congress's attention about civil rights.
300
What two super powers were in the space race?
United States and Soviet Union
400
Point out the state of Alabama. What state is South of it?
Florida
400
What do the 15th, 19th, and 24th amendment have in common?
They protect voter's rights
400
What effect did the assassination of JFK have on the American people?
The secret service increase protection of a political figure in public, it took away people's hope, it was also covered on television and shocked the world.
400
In 1960s were a time of great unrest and change in America. Which two presidents were popular with the Civil Rights Movement?
Lyndon Johnson and JFK
400
What country was the first to send a satellite and man into space?
Soviet Union
500
What is Rosa Parks known for? How did it help the Civil Rights Movement?
She was an African American who did not give up her seat on the bus. It helped the Civil Rights Movement by starting the Montgomery Bus Boycott that eventually led to integration of public transportation
500
What did the Voter's Rights of 1965 ban?
Literacy test
500
Who is Caesar Chavez and what did he help create?
He was a former migrant worker in California and civil rights leader leading protest for better pay and working conditions of farmers. He formed the union, United Farm Workers Association.
500
Why was JFK and Lyndon Johnson so liked by the American people?
They supported the Civil Rights Movement and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Lyndon met with organizers of the March on Washington after the march to discuss civil rights.
500
What country was the first to get a man to walk on the moon?
United States