Reconstruction Day 1
He was the 16th President and is credited with "freeing" the slaves
Abraham Lincoln
This Amendment gave all men the right to vote regardless of color
15th Amendment
This Court case declared segregationist school policies such as "separate but equal" were unconstitutional
Brown v Board
This prominent Civil Rights leader led the Montgomery Bus Boycott and gave the famous "I have a Dream Speech"
Dr Martin Luther King Jr
This Campaign/Protest was planned by King to address economic injustices facing all races
The Poor People's Campaign
This amendment declared slavery illegal
13th
This Group of White Supremacists was a terrorist organization which began after the Civil War
The Klu Klux Klan
Fill in the blank:
The Governor of Arkansas tried to prevent the "____ ____ _" from attending a previously white school
Little Rock 9
She said "nah." to her bus driver and sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks
This former marine died while in custody of Miami Police Officers, sparking protests in Liberty City
Arthur McDuffie
This practice meant that former slaves lived on plantations and gave 50-75% of their crops to their landlords
sharecropping
A _______ _______ is a voter suppression technique which forces readers to pass a difficult reading exam before voting
Literacy Test
He won the Brown v Board case and later became the first Black Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
This nonviolent protest strategy began at a diner counter in Greensboro, North Carolina
Sit-ins
This neighborhood used to be the center of African-American culture in Miami during the 50s, until the government built an interstate highway down the middle of it and displaced 50% of citizens
Overtown
This amendment was part of "Radical Reconstruction" and declared "equal protection" under the law
14th
A ____ ______ is a voter suppression tactic which forces voters to pay a fee before voting
Poll Tax
In _____ v ______, the Supreme Court declared that segregation, or "separate but equal" was legal
Plessy v Ferguson
This March from 1963 took place on the Lincoln Memorial and was the setting of King's "I have a Dream Speech" (must say the full name)
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
This neighborhood suffered over a million dollars in fire and looting damage following the McDuffie Riots
Liberty City
Fill in the blank:
General Sherman Promised 40 ____ and a ______ to former slaves, but that promise was never seen through
40 acres and a mule
What was Redlining? (Hint: The Federal Housing Administration did this)
Redlining was a practice by the government that made it difficult for some neighborhoods, specifically black neighborhoods, to take out loans and buy houses
The NAACP stands for ______
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
President Lyndon B Johnson signed this bill which made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or country of origin illegal
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
This was the first reason police officers gave for Arthur McDuffie's Death, which was later revealed to be a lie
Motorcycle Accident