Separate, NOT Equal
Heroes Among Us
I Have A Dream
World Changing Events
Space Race
100
The African American third grader who was required to walk one mile to an all-black school when there was a white school much closer to her home.
Who is Linda Brown?
100
The African American woman who was arrested because she refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man
Who is Rosa Parks?
100
Civil Rights leader who gave the famous "I Have a Dream" speech
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
100
The modern invention that came out in the 1950s, but became more popular in the 1960s.
What is TV?
100
The name of the first satellite that was launched by the Soviets in 1957
What is Sputnik?
200
The process of making people separate because of the color of their skin.
What is segregation?
200
Civil Rights leader who led the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
200
The way Martin Luther King, Jr. believed African Americans should fight for their civil rights.
What is nonviolent protest?
200
The percent of Americans who had a television set in 1960.
What is 90%?
200
The first man to walk on the moon - he was an American.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
300
The name of the famous court case that between Linda Brown's family and the Topeka, Kansas Board of Education
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
300
President of the United States who was assassinated in 1963 in Dallas, Texas
Who is John F. Kennedy?
300
The job Martin Luther King, Jr. had BESIDES Civil Rights leader.
What is a minister?
300
The event that lasted nearly a year and resulted in a Supreme Court decision that changed public transportation forever.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
300
First American to orbit the earth in 1962
Who is John Glenn?
400
The law that was passed in 1964 that said schools would lose federal money if they continued to be segregated.
What is The Civil Rights Act of 1964?
400
Linda Brown's Lawyer
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
400
The city where Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous speech.
What is Washington, D.C.?
400
The political rally in 1963 where thousands of people went to show Congress that they supported civil rights for African Americans.
What is the March on Washington?
400
Name at least TWO ways that space exploration has affected our lives today.
What are: *improved communications (satellites) *weather forecasting *navigation (GPS, etc.) *invention of new products such as joysticks for video games, cordless tools, Tang, invisible braces, or smoke detectors
500
The law that banned literacy tests.
What is The Voting Rights Act of 1965?
500
The first American to be launced into space in 1961
Who is Alan Shepard?
500
The city and state where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated.
What is Memphis, Tennessee?
500
The controversial time period that changed America by finally giving equal rights to ALL citizens, regardless of race.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
500
Neil Armstrong's famous quote when he walked on the moon for the first time
What is "This is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind?"
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