Civil Rights leaders
Historical Events
Civil Rights laws
Important people
Random USH
100
Believed in Civil Disobedience, led the March on Washington
Who is Martin Luther King
100
The Sit-ins protested segregation in what facilities
What is public spaces, like dinners/ restaurants
100
What is the Purpose of Jim Crow Laws
What is to discriminate/ segregate/keep African Americans oppressed
100
What woman refused to give up her bus seat to a white man and began the Montgomery bus boycott?
What is Rosa Parks
100
Passed to prevent future terrorists attacks, allowed the Government to spy on electronic devices without warrants
What is the patriot act
200
was best known for organizing sit-ins, where African Americans sat at segregated lunch counters and refused to leave until they were served
what is the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
200
What law was signed by President Lyndon Johnson prohibiting discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion or national origin?
What is Civil Rights act of 1964
200
What did Plessy V. Ferguson create?
What is "separate but equal", discrimination/segregation
200
became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball
who is jackie robinson
200
passed to prevent immigrants from taking jobs from settlers in the west
What is the chinese exclusion act
300
Lawyer for the NAACP who used the 14th amendment to argue against segregation in schools, eventually became the 1st African American supreme Court Justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall
300
segregated public transportation system led to the organization of
what is the montgomery bus boycott
300
In 1954, the Brown v. Board of Education case determined that?
What is the segregation of American public schools was illegal
300
What terrorist group hoped to deny African-Americans equal rights as citizens through violence & fear?
What is the Ku Klux Klan
300
Sometimes it is necessary to disobey unjust laws and to work to have them changed. What statement most accurately reflects this idea?
What is civil disobedience
400
founded in 1966 by Huey P. Newton, was created to address racism and police brutality faced by Black communities
what is the black panther party
400
Arkansas governor challenged the power of the federal government to desegregate school, troops were sent to enforce ruling
what is the little rock nine
400
government agencies could no longer discriminate in their employment practices
what is equal employment oppurtunity
400
was the first African American woman to serve in the U.S. Congress
Who is Shirley Chisholm
400
What document states “All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights
What is Declaration of Independence
500
What civil rights leader wanted blacks to work hard and earn their equality from whites. He thought blacks should focus on working hard, saving money & getting a practical education
Who is Booker T Washington
500
Organized to protest for Jobs and Freedom, to advocate for racial equality and economic justice
what is the march on washington
500
ended poll taxes and literacy tests
What is the voting rights act of 1965
500
What United States president signed the Civil Rights act of 1964?
Who is Lyndon Johnson
500
revolutionaries kidnapped US citizens in response to the shah being in the united states
what is the Iranian hostage crisis