Civil Rights (Supreme Court)
This court case ruled that "Separate but Equal" was NOT unconstitutional
Plessy v Ferguson
Rosa Parks arrest, and the subsequent bus boycott, took place in what Southern city?
Montgomery, Alabama
What does SCLC stand for?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?
Lyndon B Johnson
William Pitt's "Blank Check" signified that Britain would spend whatever it took to win what war?
French & Indian War
This Supreme Court Case ruled that "Separate but Equal" WAS unconstitutional.
Brown v Board
What organization strayed slightly from the practice of non-violence, and advocated self-defense to protect the Black community?
Black Panthers
What does SNCC stand for?
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee
Where did MLK deliver his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963?
Washington, DC
What year did the Constitution take affect?
1789
This Supreme Court case, in 1946, ruled that Virginia's law segregating interstate buses was unconstitutional
Morgan v Virginia
JFK sent nearly 3500 men to protect James Meredith when he tried to enroll in what Southern university?
Ole Miss
What Southern town was known as "the most segregated city in America"? MLK was arrested here.
Birmingham, Alabama
In what year was JFK assassinated?
1963
The Homestead Act of 1862 gave a free 160 acres of Western land to citizens if they did what?
Improve the land, and farm it for 5 years
This was the lead lawyer for the NAACP who argued, and won, the case in Brown v Board.
Thurgood Marshall
Malcolm X was a member of this religious organization. His assassination came at the hands of rival factions within the same organization.
Nation of Islam
What amendment outlawed poll taxes?
24th
1964 saw a movement by SNCC to register Black voters in Mississippi. This ended in tragedy, with the murder of 3 men at the hands of the KKK and the police. What was the name of this movement?
Freedom Summer
Who proposed a 14 point plan to prevent future conflicts, after WWI?
Woodrow Wilson
This Supreme Court case eliminated all racial restrictions on marriage in the United States, in 1967.
Loving v Virginia
When segregation is forced not by law (de jure), but instead through cultural norms and practices, this is known as what?
De Facto Segregation
The Great Society
Who was the Civil Rights icon, and future Congressman from Georgia, who led the March in Selma that resulted in "Bloody Sunday"? (we watched a clip of this yesterday)
John Lewis
President Truman fired this War Hero over their disagreements on expanding the Korean War into China.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur