Court Cases & Laws
The Supreme Court ruled that public schools could not be segregated.
What is Brown v. Board of Education
This eliminated the poll tax from voting requirements
What is the Twenty-Fourth Amendment
Which phrase best describes the main issue associated with the Supreme Court case Engel v. Vitale (1962)?
What is school prayer
What is one factor that contributed to the “feminization of poverty” in the early 2000s?
What are new trends in divorce settlements left women without support.
What fueled the growth of the American Indian Movement (AIM)?
What is the discontent over the slow pace of reform
The Supreme Court ruled that the seating on interstate buses could not be segregated.
What is Morgan v. Virginia
one of the worst race riots in United States history
What was the Watts Riots, August 1965
Who became an Islamic minister in 1952
Who is Malcolm X
How does the National Urban League help African Americans?
What is it empowers them through leadership and education programs.
What happened as a result of the CORE freedom rides through the South?
How Segregation was banned in interstate travel facilities.
The Supreme Court ruled that law schools must admit black applicants.
What is Sweatt v. Painter
The violence of these events lasted for five days and caused the deaths of 43 people
What are the Detroit Riots, July 1967
Who set out on a 225-mile “walk against fear”
Who is James Meredith
Where did the Brown Berets begin their activism?
Where is East Los Angeles
The labor shortage during World War II opened new job opportunities for African Americans.
The armed forces refused to allow African Americans to serve in World War II.
The Columbia Race Riots were a key event that led to the civil rights movement.
Civil rights organizations campaigned for African American voting rights during World War II.
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This eliminated the literacy tests that had previously disqualified many voters
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965
The clash ended with the death of a 15-year-old African American
What are the New York Riots, July 1964
Who was a cofounder of the Black Panthers
Who is Bobby Seale
What happened to the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)?
What is it wasn’t ratified by the states.
Match the group name to the area(s) where they mainly settled.
Southwest and California - Mexican Americans
New York City’s West Side - Puerto Ricans
Miami, New York City, and New Jersey - Cubans
This was designed to encourage the registration of voters throughout Alabama
What was the Selma Campaign
How did Governor Orval Faubus respond to the desegregation and crisis at Little Rock?
What is ordering the National Guard to turn away the African American students.
Who formed the National Organization for Women?
Betty Friedan
Which was a common employment option for women in the 1950s and 1960s?
What is a clerical worker
Number the events in chronological order.
__ Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech
__ Heart of Atlanta Hotel, Inc. v. United States made it clear that businesses could not discriminate
__ President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964
__ 250,000 people marched on Washington.
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