Jim Crow Laws
The Jim Crow laws mainly took place in this region of the United States.
South
This Supreme Court case ruled that "separate but equal" was constitutional.
Plessy v. Ferguson
This person was an important part of the Civil Rights Movement and gave an important speech in Washington D.C. about equality.
MLK Jr.
This city and state is where Central High School is located. Here, the National Guard would be deployed to keep 9 African American children out of the school.
Little Rock, AR
This amendment to the Constitution ended slavery in the United States.
13th
This was the name of the idea that said different races should be separated in public spaces.
Segregation
This Supreme Court case ruled that segregation in schools was unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education
This person refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, which would lead to a year long bus boycott.
Rosa Parks
This city and state is where the bus boycott happened after Rosa Park's arrest.
Montgomery, AL
These were tests that African Americans had to take during Jim Crow/Civil Rights to be able to vote. They were timed, very tricky, and you had to get all the questions right.
Literacy tests
Name a public space that was commonly segregated under Jim Crow laws.
Restaurants, buses, and schools are some examples
Name at least two places that the Civil Rights Act (CRA) would apply.
Any public place
This person was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement and a minister for the Nation of Islam.
Malcolm X
This city and state is where Linda Brown lived. She was forced to go to a school very far away when there was one right beside her house, but it was segregated.
Topeka, KS
This was a form of protest where people would refuse to use a service to cost the company money.
Boycott
Describe the Jim Crow laws.
Something about legalized discrimination mainly in the south.
Describe the Civil Rights Movement.
Something about a response to legalized discrimination where many leaders would protest, march, give speeches, and push for change in the legal system.
This was the name of a second grader whose situation would eventually lead to the most important Civil Rights Supreme Court case of all time.
Linda Brown
This city and state is where MLK Jr. was assassinated.
Memphis, TN
This was a form of protest where would would occupy places, often to promote political, social, or economic change.
Sit-in
These are two Latin terms that mean "in law" and "in reality." We discussed these terms with segregation in the South.
De jure and de facto
What two things did the Voting Rights Act outlaw?
Literacy tests and poll taxes
This lawyer argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court and would eventually become the first African American Supreme Court justice.
Thurgood Marshall
This city and state is where the school system fought against desegregation so much that they decided to close schools for 5 years.
Prince Edward County, VA
This event was considered a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement because it televised violence against peaceful protesters.
Selma to Montgomery March