Supreme Court Cases
What is the name of U.S. Supreme Court Case that said segregation in public facilities was legal as long as the facilities were equal?
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)
What slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863?
Slaves who lived in Confederate territory or the "states in rebellion"
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that abolished slavery?
What is the 13th amendment (1865)
What were the two parts of the 14th Amendments?
citizenship for former slaves (anyone born in US) and Equal Rights for all citizens
Martin Luther King Jr. protested against _________________________. The idea that people should be separated by race.
segregation
Landmark Supreme Court Case that decided slaves could be held in any part of the country and were not considered US citizens?
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
What Act of Congress made discrimination related to the sale, rental, and financing of housing illegal?
Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act)
What right did the 26th Amendment give?
The right to vote for all citizens at age 18.
What was the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment?
Protect the rights of former slaves
Who was the inspiration for the Montgomery bus boycott when she refused to move to the back of the bus?
Rosa Parks
What did the United States use in some situations to enforce the Brown v. Board of Education ruling when states refused to integrate schools?
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed what two practices intended to stop African Americans from voting?
Literacy tests and physical violence (intimidation)
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that allowed women the right to vote?
What is the 19th amendment?
Name the 2 suffragettes who fought for the passage of the 19th Amendment?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
What is the opposite of segregation?
integration
Name of the landmark Supreme Court case that overturned the decision of “separate-but-equal” in Plessy v. Ferguson case?
What is Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
What Congressional legislation outlawed discrimination in public places such as bathrooms and restaurants?
What is the 24th amendment?
What is eliminated poll taxes in federal elections?
What two events inspired the 26th Amendment?
The Vietnam War and the military draft
This Civil Rights leader advocated violence if necessary to achieve equal rights?
Malcolm X
What was Homer Plessy arrested for that led him to sue the state of Louisiana?
sitting in a "whites only" train car
What President signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Civil Rights Act of 1968 into law?
Lyndon B. Johnson
What right does the 15th Amendment give?
Gave all African American men the right to vote
What speech by Martin Luther King Jr. took place on August 27, 1963, in Washington D.C. ?
"I have a dream" speech
Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation in order to free slaves held by the Confederate States of America.
Abraham Lincoln