Leaders
Which individual became a leader in the Civil Rights movement during the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Bonus (50): What did this person believe in using to fight discrimination?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Nonviolent Protest
Civil Disobedience
Which Amendment gave all people born or naturalized in American the title of "citizen".
The Fourteenth Amendment
What did Black Americans do to fight against prejudice in Montgomery, Alabama?
They held a bus boycott
They used nonviolent protest
What was the goal of the Civil Rights Movement?
To end racial segregation
Which program included PBS, Medicare, and Head Start
The Great Society
Who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball
Jackie Robinson
Which Constitutional Amendment ensures equal protection under the law
The Fourteenth Amendment
What event is often credited with propelling the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Bonus (50): What happened at the event that has become infamous?
The March on Washington
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech
Which term describes the peaceful refusal to obey unjust laws.
Civil Disobedience
What term describes programs designed to provide equal opportunities for minorities?
Affirmative Action
What did Rosa Parks do and what did it lead to?
Refused to give up her seat for a white man. It led to the Montgomery bus boycott.
Which act made discrimination illegal?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Which Supreme Court decision made school segregation illegal and what previous decision did it overturn?
Brown vs. Board of Education
Plessy vs. Ferguson
What did students in Greensboro do to protest segregation in restaurants.
Held sit-ins
Which organization was led by Martin Luther King Jr.?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
What group was Malcom X a leading member of?
The Black Muslims
The Nation of Islam
Which Act was propelled by the March on Selma and gave the federal government the power to force local officials to allow African American to register to vote.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Which event included "Bloody Sunday" and included multiple marches in support of protected voting rights.
The Selma March
How did the NAACP fight for an end to segregation?
They provided legal support and funded social justice programs
Which Organization formed as a result of the Greensboro Sit-Ins.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Which lawyer helped win Brown vs. Board of Education and later became the first Black American Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Which Constitutional Amendment gave voting rights to Black Americans and which Constitutional Amendment protected those rights for impoverished individuals.
The 15th and 24th Amendments
What event led to the disappearance of three Civil Rights Activists in 1964?
Freedom Summer
Name two beliefs of the Black Panthers
Self-Determination
Housing Rights
Equal Employment Opportunities
End Police Brutality
Which group organized trips from Washington DC to (originally) Louisiana and what were these trips called?
The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Freedom Rides