Civil Rights Acts And Amendments
What Act guaranteed federal oversight in polls and over qualifications of voters?
Voting Rights Act of 1965
What was the event that led to the desegregation of busses?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who is the person who became famous for refusing to give up her seat on the public bus in Alabama?
Rosa Parks
Which Organization was involved in the Case of Brown v Board of Education?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
What was the name of the legal term used to allow poor whites to vote despite the poll tax and literacy tests?
Grandfather Clause
Which Act ended discrimination in the work force?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What was the protest that tested to see if the desegregation of public transportation was upheld in the south?
Freedom Rides
This southern Minister became an important part of the civil rights movement using and preaching for the use of non-violent tactics to achieve social and political change.
Martin Luther King Jr.
What was the name of the organization that MLK was the president of?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
What was established in the court case of Plessy v Ferguson?
"Separate, but Equal"
This Amendment Removed the use of the poll tax in voting for federal elections.
24th Amendment
What event took three attempts in order to achieve its goal for voting rights?
The Selma March
This civil rights leader promoted the idea of Black Separatism from white society.
Malcolm X
What religious organization was Malcolm X a part of?
Nation of Islam
What was the name of the group that was meant to test the legislation established in Brown v Board by integrating Central high school?
Little Rock 9
This executive order desegregated the US military.
Executive Order 9981
This event brought national attention and put pressure on city resources pushing city officials to desegregate.
The Children's March
This man was the chairman and leader of SNCC for a time, after leaving SNCC he would later join and eventually become the prime minister of the Black Panther Party.
Stokely Carmichael
What is the organization that was founded in Chicago Illinois inspired by the strategies of Gandhi, which would later take part in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Freedom Rides, and the March on Washington?
Congress Of Racial Equality
What were the 3 ways voting rights were limited?
Poll tax, Literacy Tests, and the KKK
What Amendment gave African American men the right to vote?
The 15th Amendment
What was the last protest that Martin Luther King Jr. took part in?
Sanitation Strike
Who was the Lawyer of the NAACP that represent the Brown family in Brown v Board of education and would later become the first African American supreme court justice?
Thurgood Marshall
What organizations were involved in the Freedom Summer Project?
SNCC(Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, CORE(Congress of Racial Equality), and COFO(Council of Federated Organizations)
Who were the three young men who were killed during the Freedom Summer Project?
Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, Michael Schwerner