Civil Rights leader known for nonviolence and peace.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
100
This event increased African American voter registration in Mississippi.
What is the Freedom Summer?
100
Lead by MLK, this group exemplified the principle of nonviolent civil disobedience.
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC)?
100
African-American students who volunteered to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Who are the "Little Rock Nine"?
200
Landmark Supreme Court Case that directly lead to the issues of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
What is Plessy v Ferguson?
200
Air Force veteran who won the right to enroll in the all-white University of Mississippi
Who is James Meredith?
200
Two ways that African Americans could combat racial injustice within private businesses.
Sit ins, boycotts
200
Restoring Native American lands was the primary goal of this group.
What is the American Indian Movement (AIM)?
200
Civil rights activists who rode buses through the South in the early 1960’s to challenge segregation
Who are Freedom Riders?
300
The power of judicial review is the Supreme Court's ability to declare laws or acts of the government __________________. ( not legal in our country)
What is "unconstitutional"?
300
The first African American Supreme Court Justice, he was the lawyer that argued for Linda Brown in the Brown v Board of Ed case.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
300
Incorporation as equals into society or an organization of individuals of different groups (or races)
What is integration?
300
This organization, lead by Stokely Carmichael, advocated for Black Nationalism.
What is the Black Panthers?
300
Title IX and the other Educational Amendments of 1972 were passed to increase _____________'s access to equal educational opportunities.
Women/girs
400
Landmark Supreme Court Case that requires police to inform criminal suspects of legal rights before questioning
What is Miranda v Arizona?
400
To enforce the Brown vs. Board of Education decision, he sent federal troops in to Little Rock Arkansas to protect the black students integrating the school.
Who is President Eisenhower?
400
Urged African-American leaders to take complete control of their communities, livelihoods, and culture.
Who is Malcolm X?
400
A feminist organization founded in 1966 to fight for the ERA and equal political, social, and legal rights for women.
What is the National Organization for Women(N.O.W)?
400
Act that eliminated the so-called literacy tests that had disqualified many voters.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
500
Landmark Supreme Court Case that legalized abortion and determined women alone have the right to make their reproductive decisions.
What is Roe v Wade?
500
Author of "The Feminine Mystique", this woman gave a voice to the dissatisfaction of the American housewife and began the second wave of feminism.
Who is Betty Friedan?
500
Supported by Kennedy, LBJ pushed through this act that prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, and gender.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
500
This group fought to improve working conditions for migrant laborers.
What is the United Farm Workers Committee (UFWOC)?
500
This amendment demanded equal treatment for women in the workplace. It was passed by Congress, but failed to get enough states to ratify it. (Full name)