Any Civil Rights ?s
What decade did the Civil Rights Movement begin in?
50's
This individuals arrest led to boycotting city buses
Little Rock Nine
Which court case ruled separate, but equal facilities were constitutional?
Plessy vs. Ferguson
This was passed to help returning WW2 vets purchase homes, go to college, and start businesses
GI Bill
Segregation that exists through practice and custom
De facto segregation
The individual believed the best way to end segregation was through non-violent passive resistance
MLK Jr.
This group used nonviolent, direct action campaigns to oppose "Jim Crow" segregation, job discrimination, and fought for voting rights
CORE
This amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.
13th amendment
Cause of the Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea
What was MLK protesting in Selma, Alabama?
Voting rights
This president sent federal troops to enforce school integration in Arkansas
Eisenhower
What group rejected non-violence and belied a revolution was necessary to gain equal rights
Black Panthers
This amendment gave African Americans the right to vote.
15th
In comparison to the conferences at Casablanca and Tehran, the meetings at Yalta and Potsdam focused more on what?
postwar issues
end segregation in public areas
Malcolm X
This group assassinated Malcom X because they believed he was a traitor to their cause.
What Civil Rights Act, ended segregation in all public places and discrimination in employment?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Gideon vs. Wainwright ruling
a person has the right to a lawyer from the time of arrest
Campaign aimed at registering African Americans to vote
Freedom Summer
This individual assassinated MLK Jr.
James Earl Ray
This group desegregated lunch counters through sit-ins
SNCC
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1968 do?
Banned discrimination in the sale of or rental of housing
helped rebuild postwar European countries