Civil Rights Legislation
What Supreme Court case ended segregation in schools?
Brown V Board of Education
Name of some of the first students who attended an integrated school in Arkansas?
The Little Rock Nine
What was the name of the generation that was born from 1945-1965?
Baby Boomers
Name of the two "belts" that refer to cities whose economies declined as a result of factory job loss and states with warmer weather respectively?
Rust Belt and Sun Belt
Name of the group that who argued for the advancement of African Americans and who were instrumental in key moments of the Civil Rights Movement, like Brown v Board of Education?
What act ended segregation in public areas in America?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
What was the name of the event where Martin Luther King Jr gave his "I have a dream" speech
The March on Washington
This type of neighborhoods emerged after WWII and spread throughout the country?
Suburbs
As a result of the Immigration Act of 1965, America witnessed an increase of immigrants from what region of the world?
Latin America
Group who argued for equal pay and argued for more women being put into elected positions in the government?
National Organization for Women (NOW)
What act ended discrimination based on race for voting?
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Name of the event that started the Civil Rights Movement as a result of Rosa Parks' protest
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
What semi new invention helped to increase the population of suburbs
The Automobile
Immigration from other countries, especially Latin American.
Name of the group that argued to improve conditions of Native American reservations, protect the rights to their land, and to include equal opportunites for employment?
American Indian Movement (AIM)
What Amendment ended poll taxes?
The 24th Amendment
This event resulted in President John F. Kennedy sending federal troops to protect a bus after it was set of fire during a peaceful protest?
The Freedom Rides
Name two major inventions from the 1950's?
Nuclear energy, polio vaccine, birth control pills, colored television, and large commercial aircraft
The name of President Lyndon Banes Johnson's program that included Programs like Headstart, Medicare, and Medicaid?
Johnson's Great Society or the Great Society
This group was led by Ceaser Chavez and argued to improve the working conditions of migrant workers?
United Farm Workers (UFW)
What Supreme Court Case allowed interracial marriage?
Loving V. Virginia
After Martin Luther King Was assassinated, this act was passed by President Lyndon Banes Johnson that prohibited discrimination in the housing market?
Fair Housing Act of Civil Rights Act of 1968
President Dwight D. Eisenhower passed this act in order to connect major cities to each other and to make transportation between states easier?
The Interstate Highway Act
As a result of reasearch of the dangers of pesticide use and the Cuyahoga River Fire, this new government organization was created?
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Name of the organization that was very active during the Civil Rights Movement and one of whose founder is Martin Luther King Jr?
The Southern Christian Leadership Council (SNCC)