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Civil Rights Vocabulary
100
The First 10 Amendments to the US Constitution are called this
What is The Bill of Rights
100
This African-American christian minister became one of the most influential civil rights leaders in America.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
100
This Supreme Court case challenged segregation in public schools
What is Brown vs. Board of Education
100
This is the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr.
What is Atlanta, Georgia
100
This peaceful strategy was promoted by Mahatma Gandhi and used by civil rights leaders around the world
What is non-violence (or non-cooperation or civil disobedience)
200
This Amendment ended slavery in America
What is the 13th Amendment
200
This Indian civil rights leader's philosophy of non-violence influenced civil rights leaders around the world.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi
200
This Supreme Court case attempted to challenge segregation on Louisiana trains in 1895
What was Plessy vs. Fergusson
200
Martin Luther King studied this in college
What is theology
200
This is a refusal to have commercial dealings with organizations in protest of their policies.
What is a boycott
300
The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution grants this to all citizens of the US
What are Equal Rights
300
This African American woman refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus.
Who is Thurgood Marshall
300
This African American organization fights for the civil and legal rights of African Americans and other minorities
What is the NAACP
300
Martin Luther King Jr.'s first large-scale civil rights protest was a bus boycott in this southern US city/state
What is Montgomery, Alabama
300
Deeply rooted prejudice which may be expressed as one race being superior to another.
What is racism
400
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments are collectively called these
What are the Reconstruction Amendments
400
This group of nine African-American high School students was collectively known by this name
Who are the Little Rock Nine
400
These laws, also known by the name "black codes", attempted to segregate whites and blacks in various areas of society.
What are Jim Crow laws
400
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this famous Civil Rights speech on the steps of the Lincoln Monument in Washington D.C.
What is the "I Have a Dream" speech
400
Removing all barriers and placing all groups of people together
What is integration
500
This Amendment reserves powers not listed in the US Constitution for the states.
What is the 10th Amendment
500
This prominent black leader believed that African-Americans improve their life through getting a better education and working hard
Who is Booker T. Washington
500
This African American Lawyer for the NAAPC became the first African American Supreme Court justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall
500
Martin Luther King Jr. married this woman
Who is Coretta Scott
500
A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units (like Federal government and state governments)
What is federalism
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