Civil Rights Vocab
What are Civil rights?
I wanted women to have the right to vote and traveled the country giving speeches on women's rights.
Susan B. Anthony
What are Human Rights?
Rights that belong to ALL people, even if they are not promised by the government.
Who am I?
I helped farmworkers by creating a computer program called Calor that could help keep them safe.
Faith Florez
What is an achievement and what was Eleanor Roosevelt greatest achievement?
An achievement is a thing that you have done successfully by effort or having courage. Eleanor Roosevelt believed her role in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was her greatest achievement.
Before the Civil Rights Movement, how were individuals discriminated?
Color of their skin, religion, groups of people
Who am I?
I was the first black athlete to play baseball in the major leagues.
Jackie Robinson
True or False
Is a boycott when you refuse to go to a business as a sign of protest?
True
Who am I?
I gave my "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and worked with Rosa Parks to lead the Montgomery bus boycott.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Where was Faith Florez decent from?
(Where did her family originate from?)
Mexico
What are examples of nonviolence protests?
Sit ins, peaceful protests, giving speeches, marches, etc
Who am I?
Once scared of Bees, I now advocate for them by educating people on the problems bees face and by donating money from my lemonade business profits to organizations that protect bees.
Mikaila Ulmer
True or False
Is segregation when everyone is allowed to be a part of something?
False
Who am I?
I refused to move and give up my seat on a bus to a White person, and was called the mother of the civil rights movement.
Rosa Parks
What does 'privilege' mean and did everyone in the history of our country have the privilege to attend school?
Privilege is a special right or advantage granted to only a particular person or group.
No women were not allowed to attend school. African Americans had to attend separate schools than white people.
What is suffrage?
Who am I?
I was the First Lady and helped allow Marian Anderson to sing at the Lincoln Memorial.
Eleanor Roosevelt
What are sit-ins?
Sit-ins are peaceful protests that involve people sitting at a place to show everyone they are upset about unfair treatment.
I worked for migrant workers to receive better pay and more reasonable working conditions.
Cesar Chavez
What does extraordinary mean?
Give an example using this work to describe Marin Luther King Jr.
Extraordinary means remarkable.
What is a First Lady?
The wife of the President
Who am I?
I started a school for Black children in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Mary Bethune
Did Migrant workers tend to stay in the same town from season to season?
False
Who am I?
I built big batteries from discarded trash to help power homes and built an FM radio transmitter to share news, play music, and encourage debate among young people in my community.
Kelvin Doe
What obstacles got in Susan. B Anthony's way when she tried to vote?
She was not allowed to vote because she was a woman, she had been arrested for trying to vote.