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

Who is Rosa Parks

100

What three leaders that were shot and killed during this time period?

Martin Luther King Jr., JFK, Robert Kennedy, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X

100

MLK made his famous "I have a dream speech" during this event.

What is the March on Washington?

100
The 24th amendment outlawed this.
What are poll taxes?
100

This movement included the use of school walk outs, boycotts, and marches to achieve better schooling and working rights

Chicano Movement

200

What 3 leaders used violent methods?

Malcolm X, Black Panther Party, and Stokely Carmichael

200

In 1896, the court case of Plessy v. Ferguson stated that?

Separate but equal was constitutional

200
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 eliminate?
What are literacy tests?
200
African Americans and whites together rode various forms of public transportation in the South to challenge local laws or customs that enforced segregation
What are the Freedom Riders?
200

Which group included events such the Trail of Broken Treaties, Occupation of Alcatraz, and Second Wounded Knee?

American Indian Movement

300
This was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
300

NAACP lawyer for Brown v. Board of Education; also the first African American Supreme Court Justice

Thurgood Marshall 

300
Three marches in 1965 that marked the political and emotional peak of the American civil rights movement
What were the Selma to Montgomery Marches?
300

What is the difference between de jure and de facto segregation?

De Jure: by laws

De Facto: by traditions/customs

300

This movement included successes like Title 9, Equal Pay Act, and Roe v. Wade court decision 

Women's Movement
400
MLK was the leader of this Civil Rights organization.
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
400

Who were 4 of the Big 6 Leaders

Martin Luther King

John Lewis

Roy Wilkins

Asa Philip Randolph

Ralph Abernathy

James Farmer

400
Martin Luther King Jr. encourages this amongst his followers at the start of the civil rights movement?
What is non-violence?
400

What law was signed by President Lyndon Johnson prohibiting discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion or national origin?

Civil Rights act of 1964

400

This movement began with the publication of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson and was successful in creating several government agencies to promote laws 

Environmental Movement

500
This boy's murder is noted as one of the leading events that motivated the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Emmett Till?
500

Who were the Little Rock 9?

9 students that desegregated the first high school in Arkansas; stopped by state National Guard; Eisenhower sent in US Army

500
This was the name of a campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African American voters as possible in Mississippi, which up to that time had almost totally excluded black voters
What is the Freedom Summer?
500

What did the Reconstruction Amendments do?

Hint: there are 3

13th: no slavery

14th: citizenship and equal protection

15th: African American males can vote

500

During the post-WW2 era, the United States saw many changes in society. Explain three things that changed/emerged/occurred during this time period that influenced daily life of Americans and how.

Great Migration

Ease of living

Consumerism

Interstate Highway

Franchises