What is the name of U.S. Supreme Court said the separation was illegal because the school was not equal due to the Equal Protection Clause?
What is Sweatt v. Painter?
100
Leader of the Civil Rights Movement, advocated non-violent civil disobedience and lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott in in 1955?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
100
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that abolished slavery?
What is 13 the amendment (1865)?
100
Law created at the end of the civil rights era, that prohibited federally funded schools from discriminating against girls and young women from admission to athletic programs
What is Title IX?
100
Civil rights group that was created by Martin Luther King, Jr. eliminated segregation and encouraged African Americans to register to vote?
What is Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?
200
Landmark Supreme Court Case that decided Mexican Americans and other racial groups had equal protection under the 14th Amendment?
What is Hernandez v. Texas?
200
Civil rights activist; in Montgomery, Alabama refused to give up her seat on a city bus for a white man, led to Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who is Rosa Parks?
200
What is the amendment that limits presidents time in office to a maximum of 2 terms (8 years)?
What is the 22nd Amendment?
200
What is the primary purpose behind affirmative action?
What is steps taken to increase the representation of women and minorities in areas of employment and education?
200
Organization that ensured gains made in civil rights movement were not taken away?
What is South Poverty Law Center?
300
What was the Supreme Court ruling of Mendez v. Westminster (1946)?
What is segregating “Mexican” and “Mexican American” students into different “Mexican” schools was unconstitutional?
300
What is the name of the Feminist leader, wrote The Feminine Mystic, detailing the concerns of American housewives?
Who is Betty Friedan?
300
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that allowed women the right to vote?
What is 19th amendment?
300
What is the name of the organization created by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta that ensured the boycott for grape growers?
What is United Farm Workers (UFW)?
300
Describe the main purpose of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?
What is invited black college students to participate in sit-ins?
400
Name of the landmark Supreme Court case that overturned the decision of “separate-but-equal” in Plessy v. Ferguson case?
What is Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
400
What group of people did Cesar Chavez champion and support for economic rights?
Who is Cesar Chavez?
400
What is the 24th amendment?
What is eliminated poll taxes in federal elections?
400
Group that believed in black power used militant style and violence to fight social inequality?
Who are the Black Panthers?
400
Organization that was created to use legal strategies to desegregate public schools and anti-lynching laws?
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
500
Supreme Court case that allowed “separate but equal” facilities, segregation in public schools?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?
500
What is the name of the Mexican American physician and civil rights advocate organized the American G.I. Forum to improve benefits for vets?
Who is Hector P. Garcia?
500
What is the name of the amendment to the U.S. Constitution that granted African American men the right to vote?
What is 15th amendment?
500
What is the event that took place in August 27, 1963, where Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech and was based on the them of freedom and jobs?
What is March to Washington?
500
What is the name of the individual who was an advocate and lobbyist for farm workers' rights, increase wages, and benefits?