Notable People
Little Rock 9
Greensboro Sit-ins
Slavery
Acts of the 60's
100
As one of the most prominent leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, he emphasized non-violence and Civil Disobedience as a form of protest. He was assassinated in 1968.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
100
The age group that the Little Rock 9 were apart of during the events of 1957.
What were High Schoolers / Teenagers / Young adults.
100
The act of occupying a specific place or space as a form of protest against injustice.
What is a Sit-in?
100
The three parts of the world involved in the ‘triangle slave trade’.
What are Africa, North/South America, and Europe? 
100
The word for separating people on the basis of a specific attribute.
What is segregation?
200
He became one of the first Black professional baseball player when he started for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. His famous number 42, is the only number to be retired for every team in the major league.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
200
The state that the events of 1957 took place in.
What is Arkansas?
200
Before there were 5-6 thousand students joining them, this was the number of people that participated in the first Sit-in in Greensboro on February 1st, 1960.
What is 4? (aka. The Greensboro 4)
200
The most common task that the enslaved were being used for in the Americas.
What is Agricultural labor, farming, tobacco/cotton/sugarcane farming, etc...?
200
The name of the President of the United States during the 1960’s that passed two equality based government acts.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson
300
As a ‘conductor’ of the underground railroad, she rescued over 70 slaves, and became the first woman to lead troops in an armed assault during the Civil War. 
Who is Harriet Tubman?
300
The President of the United States during the events of 1957.
Who is President Dwight D. Eisenhower.?
300
The name of a hate organization in Greensboro and all over the country. Known for its haunting white coats and hoods. (Must be the FULL name, not just the abbreviation)
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
300
The name for the network of people offering shelter/food/assistance to escaped slaves seeking freedom in the north.
What is the Underground Railroad?
300
Name for a voting restriction that required African Americans to pay a fine in order to vote.
What is a poll tax?
400
As a famous leader and abolitionist against slavery, and an escaped slave himself, he became a symbol of freedom through his writings, speeches, and role in the underground railroad. 
Who is Frederick Douglass?
400
The name of the Supreme court case that ruled that segregation of public schools was unconstitutional. 
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
400
The term for expressing disagreement with a specific rule or policy in a non-violent way.
What is a Peaceful Protest / non-violent resistance / Civil Disobedience? 
400
The name for the pseudo (not proven)-science that was used to justify slavery by insisting that different races were different species of human. 
What is scientific / biological racism?
400
The name of the government act that made segregation in public places on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, or religion illegal. (Must have name of Act AND YEAR)
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
500
At 21 years old, he became one of the original 13 Freedom Riders. Afterwards, he was a member of the House of Representatives for Georgia until his death in 2020. 
Who is John Lewis?
500
The name of one of the students from the stations that the Arkansas National Guard was trying to keep out of Little Rock High School.
Who is Elizabeth Eckford?
500
The name of any of the original participants of the Greensboro sit-ins.
Who are Ezell Blair Jr, David Richmond, Franklin McCain or Joseph McNeil?
500
The name for the time period after the Civil War that attempted to rebuild America on the basis of equality. But soon ended after the introduction of ‘separate but equal’ facilities, Black Codes/Jim Crow laws, and other forms of legal discrimination.
What is Reconstruction?
500
The name of the government act that made any laws making it more difficult for African Americans to vote illegal. (must have name of Act AND YEAR). 
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?