Cold War & Civil Rights
This program created by Truman in 1947 checked government employees for loyalty to the United States.
Loyalty Program
This 1954 Supreme Court case ruled school segregation unconstitutional.
Brown V Board of Education
This woman’s arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa Parks
These protests involved students going to segregated lunch counters.
Sit-ins
These nine students integrated Central High School in 1957.
Little Rock Nine
This 1940s–1991 conflict between the U.S. and Soviet Union caused fear of communism in America.
Cold War
he Court ruled segregation violated this constitutional amendment.
14th Amendment
The boycott lasted about this long.
13 months
This organization formed in 1960 and focused on student activism and voter registration.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commitee (SNCC)
About this many people attended the 1963 March on Washington.
250,000
Civil rights organizations were sometimes accused of supporting this political ideology during the Cold War.
Communism
This 14-year-old’s 1955 murder shocked the nation and exposed the brutality of Jim Crow.
Emmitt Till
This court case ruled bus segregation unconstitutional in 1956.
Browder V Gayle
These bus protests in 1961 challenged segregation in interstate travel facilities.
Freedom Rides
This famous speech was delivered by King at the March on Washington.
This civil rights leader was questioned by Congress and had his passport revoked for years.
W.E.B. Du Bois
Emmett Till’s mother chose this type of funeral to show the violence done to her son
Open Casket Funeral
Protesters used what 3 travel methods to avoid segregated buses.
Carpools, walking, hitch-hiking
This tactic, promoted by Martin Luther King Jr.
Peaceful protest
This president eventually sent federal troops to enforce school integration in Little Rock.
President Eisenhower
This international military alliance was formed by the U.S. and allies to oppose Soviet influence.
North Atlatic Treaty Organization (N.A.T.O.)
After Brown v. Board, many areas responded with this type of reaction against Black Americans.
Violence
This young minister became the main leader of the boycott.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Define passive resistance
Peaceful protests
What was the "Letter from Birmingham Jail" critizing?
The lack of action for more tham 340 years of fighting for equal rights