Reconstruction Basics
Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was killed?
Andrew Johnson
What group used violence to scare African Americans?
KKK
Who was the most famous black leader who believed in nonviolence and integration?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
What was the name of the protest where people didn’t ride the buses?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
What did the Brown v. Board decision do?
Stop segregation in schools
What group helped freed slaves with food, education, and jobs?
Freedmen's Bureau
What stopped many Black people from voting? (Name one)
Poll taxes or literacy tests
Who refused to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery?
Rosa Parks
What group of Black students went to an all-white school in Arkansas?
Little Rock Nine
What law made segregation illegal everywhere?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
What were laws that the south passed to take away freedom from black people?
Black Codes
What was sharecropping?
A system where freed slaves rented land and signed contracts but stayed poor.
Who was killed in Mississippi for talking to a white woman?
Emmett Till
What peaceful march helped show kids wanted equal rights?
Children's March
What law stopped literacy tests?
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
What did the 14th Amendment do?
Gave black people citizenship and equality
What did the 15th Amendment do?
It gave African American men the right to vote.
Who believed was part of the Nation of Islam and believed in black nationalism and violence if necessary?
Malcolm X
What event helped African Americans register to vote in the South but also led to the death of 2 white people and one black man?
Mississippi Freedom Summer
Who was the president who helped pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Lyndon Johnson
What is “systemic racism”?
Racism that happens in schools, jobs, and other parts of society.
What court case said segregation was okay?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What group wanted to give black people resources and show police violence?
Black Panthers
What happened in Selma that helped pass a new voting law?
The police attacked the marchers, 2 white people were killed.
What does “Black Nationalism” mean?
Black people should be proud and have their own power and communities.