Civil Rights Figures
This Civil Rights figure valued peaceful resistance and non-violent protest
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
This city is where mass protest over Civil Rights turned violent with police using fire hoses to push back protesters.
Where is Birmingham
These were laws that enforced racial segregation
What are Jim Crow Laws
Which SPEC category?
The use of military action in Korea in the 1950s
What is political
This baseball player broke the MLB color barrier in 1947
Who is Jackie Robinson
This figure was the President of the US who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson
Washington DC
This law made segregation in public places illegal
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Which SPEC Category?
Singer Sam Cooke writing a song about Civil Rights in the 1960s. (two categories)
What are Cultural and Social
This athlete as the world record in the 100m and 200m dash and reigns from Jamaica.
Who is Usain Bolt
This Civil Rights figure was a spokesman for the Nation of Islam
Who is Malcolm X
During a march from this city, police clashed with Civil Rights protesters on a bridge.
This court case decided that separate facilities are NOT equal if separated by race and forced the integration of public schools.
Brown vs. Board of Education
Which SPEC Category?
The use of the interstate highway system to transport goods from state to state.
What is economic
This city in Arkansas has a national park for which the city is named
Where is Hot Springs National Park
This figure refused to give their seat up on a bus and sparked protest within Montgomery, AL.
In this city, a governor sent in the national guard to prevent the entry of black students in 1957.
Where is Little Rock, Arkansas
This court case decided that separate but EQUAL facilities are legal and reinforced Jim Crow Laws
Plessy vs. Ferguson
The Civil Rights Movement belongs in the S category. For what reason?
What is Race
This brand of chewing gum was started in Illinois in 1891 and has a major league baseball field named after it.
What is Wrigley Chewing Gum Company
This figure was beat by police in the 1990s and sparked mass protest in the Los Angeles Area.
Who is Rodney King
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in this city in 1968.
Where is Memphis, Tennessee
This ended voting restrictions on black voters such as poll taxes and literacy exams
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Name the 4 parts of SPEC
What are Social, Political, Economic, and Cultural
This is the name of Coach Hedstrom's Fiancé
Who is Madi