Vocabulary
Important People
Landmark Cases
Civil Disobedience
Influential Acts/Laws
100
Policy or attitude that denies equal rights and treatment to certain groups of people.
What is discrimination
100
Gave an influential speech stating his dreams for the future and seeing an end to discrimination and segregation.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King.
100
This amendment was passed in 1868, which prohibited states from denying people their rights and due process. It calls for all people to have "equal protection of the laws."
What is the 14th Amendment.
100
Peaceful protest.
What is Civil Disobedience.
100
Basic freedoms guaranteed to citizens by the constitution.
What is civil rights.
200
To separate people on the basis of race, class, or ethnicity, or other differences.
What is segregation.
200
Sat down for an end to segregation by refusing to give up her seat to a white male.
Who is Rosa Parks.
200
This amendment gave all citizens the right to vote. It prohibits the government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race.
What is the 15th Amendment.
200
People who were black and white rode the bus together into the deep south.
Who are the Freedom Riders.
200
Legislation passed by southern states in the 1800s and 1900s to force the segregation of races.
What is Jim Crow Laws.
300
An organization formed to protect the rights of African Americans. The mission was to ensure the political, educational, social and economic quality of rights of all people and to eliminate race-based discrimination.
What is the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
300
Dr. Martin Luther King studied his teachings and modeled his ideas of peaceful protest.
Who is Mahatma Ghandi.
300
In this case, a slave was unable to sue for his freedom because he was not seen as an American citizen. The court said that Congress did not have the right to prevent citizens from carrying their slaves, or property, into free territories.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford.
300
People did not ride the bus to protest segregation.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
300
This act gave African American Men the right to vote.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
400
An assumption made about someone or something before having adequate knowledge to be able to do so with guaranteed accuracy.
What is prejudice.
400
The president who passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Who is John F. Kennedy.
400
The Court belived that the idea of "seperate but equal" facilities was not a denial of equal protection under the law.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson.
400
Sitting at an appropriate place and refusing to move. For example, sitting at an "All White" lunch counter.
What is a sit-in.
400
Outlawed major forms of discrimination.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
500
Refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group at the expense of a majority group, usually as a means to counter the effects of a history of discrimination.
What is Affirmative Action.
500
An African American revolutionary group that believed in EXTREME anti-racism. This group was involved in the "Black Power Movement".
Who is the Black Panther Party.
500
The court stated, "Seperate educational facilities are inherently unequal."
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
500
During the protests, the police department, led by Eugene "Bull" Connor, used high-pressure water jets and police dogs to control protesters, including children.
What is the Birmingham campaign.
500
Railroads were required to provide ______ accomodation. This concept was overturned during Brown v. Board of Education.
What is "Seperate but Equal".
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