Civil Rights 1950s
Civil Rights 1960s
The Movement
Decade of Turmoil
Far Out 60s
100
He became a leader at the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King
100

These members of SNCC were pulled of buses and beaten in Alabama in 1961. What were they trying to do while going down to Southern, segregated states?

to help African Americans get registered to vote in these states

100
He followed the teachings of Ghandi, Civil Disobedience with non-violent protests
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King
100

The Nixon and Kenndy debates in 1960 were the first to be ___________________

What is televised

100

These individuals were considered did not want to follow traditional norms of society during the early 60s?

Hippies, Counter-Culture

200
She started the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955
Who is Rosa Parks
200

What was the name of the famous march in which activists were beaten by the police (bridge) ?

Selma to Montgomery March (Alabama)

200

LBJ was able to get this bill passed by Congress, which ended legal segregation in 1964

What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964

200
The Warren Commission declared that he acted alone as he carried out the Kennedy Assassination
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald
200

The U.S. joined the SEATO Alliance to prevent Communism from spreading in this region. This would end up in war for nine years for the US

What is Southeast Asia, Vietnam

300

President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne to Little Rock, Arkansas to protect these students

Who is the "Little Rock Nine"

300

His fire department used their water hoses against student protestors in ___________________, Alabama in 1963...famous city for the Civil Rights movement

Birmingham

300
Dr. King was assassinated in this city in 1968
What is Memphis, TN
300
This U.S. supported attack against Cuba in 1961 was a complete embarassment for the Kennedy Administration
What is the Bay of Pigs
300

What other areas of the Civil Rights era were engaged in besides racism and segregation for African Americans?

Women's Rights, Latino Rights, Environmental, Native Americans

400

This 14 year old individual was murdered while visiting Mississippi. This killing ignited the Civil Rights movement during the 1950s

Who was Emmett Till

400

He was an African American leader that demand Black Power immediately...name of this organization?

Black Panthers

400

famous Federal legislation which got rid of voting restrictions in 1965?

Voting Rights Act 1965

400

The Soviet Union completed building this in Europe in 1961.

What is the Berlin Wall

400
This music festival, attended by over 400,000 people, marked the end of the Hippie Era
What is Woodstock
500

Thurgood Marshall argued the case which would end Segregation. What was the name of the Case and which state did it take place?

Brown V. Board of Education

Topeka, Kansas

500
He was a Civil Rights leader that promoted violence if necessary, a Nation of Islam member, assassinated in 1965
Who is Malcolm x
500

Name Four Civil Rights political leaders that were murdered during the 1960s?

JFK, Robert Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Medger Evers

500

This individual took over the Presidency after JFK was killed in 1963?

LBJ

500

Name of the proposed Amendment to provide a level playing field for women

Equal Rights Amendment

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