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100

Who led a boycott when refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man?

Who is Rosa Parks

100

I started a school for African American children in Daytona Beach, Florida. 

Mary Bethune

100

money that citizens pay the government to help pay for important things like roads and public schools.

taxes

100

rights that  are guaranteed by a nation's government to all its citizens

civil rights

100

Which holds more power, federal or state law?  

federal laws

200

What did Susan B Anthony want women to be able to do?

vote!

200

I gave the speech "I have a Dream"

Martin Luther King Jr.

200
a form of government that includes giving people the right to vote for their leaders (hint: the USA has this type of government)

democratic 

200

an act of unfair or unjust treatment of a person, or a group of people, based on traits such as skin color, race, or religion.  
(hint: 5 syllables) 

discrimination

200

Who was Eleanor Roosevelt's husband?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

300

Who fought to end segregation in professional sports?

Jackie Robinson 

300

I worked with Rosa Parks to lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

MLK Jr. 

300

People who take some kind of action to achieve a goal

activists

300

all citizen sharing the same rights without discrimination
(hint: no more, no less)

equal rights

300

What important event in American history was occurring during the time that President Roosevelt was the president?  
(hint: two words)

Great Depression 
400

I was called the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement"

Rosa Parks

400

I worked with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and traveled the country giving speeches on women's rights.  

Susan B. Anthony

400

to take a chance, or a risk

a gamble

400

slips of paper used to cast or record votes

ballots

400

Where could you find a statue of Mary Bethune?  

Lincoln Park in Washington, D.C.

500

I fought for migrant workers to receive better pay and more reasonable working conditions. 

Cesar Chavez

500

I was the First Lady and helped to allow Marian Anderson to sing at the Lincoln Memorial. 

Eleanor Roosevelt

500

the practice of keeping groups of people separate, or apart, due to reasons such as race

segregation 

500

The wife of the president of the United States 

First Lady

500

Why couldn't some African American men vote?

They had to be able to read & write and many did not have those skills.  (Mary Bethune taught them!)