Civil Rights
Refused to give up her seat on a bus.
Who is Rosa Parks?
He was president when the Cold War ended.
Who his George Bush?
Started Standard Oil
Who is John D. Rockeller?
Ended all racism in public places and discrimination in the hiring practices.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
People that rode busses through southern states to protest public tranportation discrimination.
Who were Freedom Riders?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
__________, Alabama was where the bombing of a church occurred killing 4 young girls.
What is Birmingham?
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
Known as the Fair Housing Act, was passed due to African Americans living in slums.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1968?
Commissioner of Public Safety in Birmingham. He put down a march violently in 1963.
What is Bull Connor?
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
_________, Alabama was the location of a bus boycott that lasted for well over 300 days.
What is Montgomery?
Who was J.P. Morgan?
Passed at making schools more gender equal. Attempt at preventing sexual harrassment and discrimination in schools.
What is Title IX?
He was the govenor of Arkansas who sent the U.S. National Guard to prevent the integration of Central High School.
Who Orval Faubus?
_________, Tn was where the first public school integration occurred.
What is Clinton?
What is Midway?
What is a Monopoly?
Amendment that eliminated poll taxes.
What is the 24th Amendment?
Talked down the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for 24 hours.
Who Strom Thurmond?
First African American to sit on the Supreme Court, helped get rid of segregation in public schools.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Talking down a bill to delay or prevent it being voted on...We saw Rand Paul do it for 13 hours but it wasn't the longest.
What is a filibuster?
Known as the commodore, eventually became known for his involvement in railroads.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
Eliminated literacy tests.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Where MLK was assassinated.
Where is Memphis?