Political
What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Outlawed discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, includimg literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting
What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Strengthened the enforcement of voting rights and the desegregation of schools
What was the Fair Housing Act?
Banned refusal to rent/sell because of race
What was the first pixar movie?
Toy Story
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
What was the 24th Amendment?
Banned poll tax, finally permitted poor blacks to vote
What were Freedom Songs?
Functioned in the movement as "congregational" songs, used to motivate people through long marches
What was the Poor People's Campaign?
Organized by MLK, plan was to go to D.C. and other cities to demand jobs, unemployment insurance, higher minimum wage, etc.
What year was the first iPhone released?
2007
What is the only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise?
Venus
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
13 month mass protest agsint the bus system in Montgomery, Alabama
What did people wear during the Civil Rights Movement?
Chruch clothes, women wore heels and dresses while men wore suits
What were the Watts Riots?
The arrest of African American Frye while driving led to tensions between Black people and police officers in Watts, a very poor Black neighborhood in LA
Which country was the first to give women the right to vote?
New Zealand
What chemical element has the symbol Pt?
Platinum
What were Freedom Rides?
Launched by Congress of racial equality. Integrated groups traveled by bus into lower south to test compliance of southern states with court orders banning segregation
Name 3 people who were targeted because of thier advocacy for civil rights in this presentation
Reverend Goerge Lee, Medgar Evars, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X
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Which team has scored the most points ever in the Super Bowl?
49ers
What month was Julius Caesar stabbed in?
March
What was the Birmingham Campaign?
Large scale campaign of sit ins and marches in Birmingham
Create a complex thesis comparing the social pros and cons
Will accept anything mentioning white resitance, violence, police violence, education, entertainment, etc.
What did the FHA do?
Color-coded neighborhoods based on creditworthiness
Name 4 of the 7 wonders of the world
The Colosseum, Petra, Chichen Itza, Christ the Redeemer, Machu Picchu, Taj Mahal, and the Great Wall of China
What is the name of Soumya, Swati, and Ira's dogs? (All start with an L)
Layla, Luca, and Leo