refused to give up her seat. She later god arrested. Lead to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
100
This was a court case where Thurgood Marshall represented Linda Brown. He argued that segregation made equal education impossible. By seperating students they were made to feel inferior. The Sepreme Court agreed declaring in 1954 that in public education segregation had no place. This over ruled the court case Plessy Vs. Ferguson.
What is Brown Vs. Board of Education?
100
Refuse to buy
What is boycott?
100
a form of protest in which people sit and refuse to leave.
What is Sit-ins?
100
Was president from 1961-1963. His achievements were NASA, the Peace Corp., and the Cuban Missile Crisis. His problem as president is Bay of Pigs Invasion.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
200
He led the NAACP by using the Constitution to attack state laws on segregation. He fought many cases, for example Brown VS. the Board of Education.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
200
In 1957 a bill was passed that made all races equal.
What is the Civil Rights Bill of 1957?
200
Mixing of different ethnic groups?
What is intergration?
200
In 1961 people travled down south on buses and protested as they went south. They tested the Supreme Court rule that outlawed segregation.
What is Freedom Rides?
200
He was president from 1969-1974. His achievements were Dentente (eased cold war tensions by visiting China and Russia) and SALT = Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (limits nuclear weapons). His problem was the Watergate Scandal. He resigned as president.
Who is Richard Nixon?
300
He was the first African American to get drafted into Major League Baseball. He played for the Dodgers. He was a role model for many people.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
300
In 1964 a bill was passed by Johnson that Kennedy's proposed legislation. It banned discrimination in public faculities and employment.
What is Civils Rights Bill of 1964?
300
This is when the Us turned over control of the war to the Vietnamese.
What is vietnamization?
300
students in Greensboro, North Carolina sat at "Whites Only" lunch counter and refused to move until served.
What is Greensboro 1960?
300
He was president from 1963-1969. His achievements were the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (ended Jim Crow laws), Voting Rights Act (ended literacy tests, African Americans were allowed to vote) and Great Society Program (Medicare - helps citizens over 65 pay their medical bills. Medicaid - helps poor people with their medical bills). His problem was he escalated the Vietnam War. He was unpopular because of this.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
400
He gave the famous speech, "I Have A Dream," at the March on Washington. He believed that you shouldn't use violence to fight back. He was in charge of the Montgomery Bus Boycott which was when he first became a leader.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
400
This was an act passed in 1965 that banned the literacy tests so that African Americans can now vote.
What is Voting Rights Act 1965?
400
idea based on nonviolence that people have the right to disobey a law that they consider unjust, if their consciences demands it. They can still face consequences.
What is civil disobedience?
400
In 1963, non-violent protestors marched through Birmingham, AL led by the SCLC. They faced violence from police dogs, fire hoses and electric cattle prods. Americans watched on TV. Authorities desegragated public places.
What is March through Birmingham?
400
He was president from 1974-1977. He is best known for pardoning Richard Nixon.
Who is Gerald Ford?
500
He embraces the idea of the Nation of Islam. He disagrees with Martin Luther King Jr. ideas of non violence and goal of integration.
Who was Malcolm X?
500
This says that it out laws poll taxes.
What is the 24th Amedment?
500
If one country fell to the communists, it was thought that neighboring countries would follow.
What is domino theory?
500
In 1963, to focus attention on Kennedy's civil rights bill, they got together. 250,000 people got together peacefully. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I've got a dream..." speech.
What is March on Washington
500
He was president from 1977-1981. His only achievement was Camp David Accords (Carter brings peace between Egypt and Israel). His problems were high inflation (over 10%) and the Iran Hostage Crisis.