Leaders & People
Organizations & Strategies
Court Cases
Protests & Events
Voting Rights & Impact
100

Who is Rosa Parks?

Woman whose arrest sparked the bus boycott

100

What is the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)?

Organization founded in 1942 that used nonviolent protest.

100

What is Plessy v. Ferguson?

Supreme Court case that supported “separate but equal”

100

What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Event sparked by Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat

100

What is the 15th Amendment?

Amendment that gave African American men the right to vote

200

Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?

Leader who promoted nonviolent protest and civil disobedience

200

What is the NAACP?

Organization that focused on court cases and legal challenges

200

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

Supreme Court case that ended school segregation

200

What is over a year?

Length of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

200

What are literacy tests?

Tests used to prevent African Americans from voting

300

Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?

President who sent troops to Little Rock

300

What is a sit-in?

Peaceful protest where people refused to leave segregated spaces

300

Who is Thurgood Marshall?

NAACP lawyer who argued Brown v. Board

300

What are the Freedom Rides?

1961 bus protests challenging segregation

300

What are poll taxes?

Fee required to vote that limited access 

400

Who is John F. Kennedy?

President elected in 1960 who supported civil rights

400

What is civil disobedience?

Strategy that involves refusing to follow unjust laws

400

What is “inherently unequal”?

What the Court said about separate schools in Brown v. Board

400

What are the Birmingham protests?

Protest movement in Birmingham that used media to expose violence

400

What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Law that outlawed discrimination in public places

500

Who is Diane Nash?

Activist who insisted Freedom Rides continue despite violence

500

What is the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?

Student-led organization Diane Nash was part of

500

What is sending federal troops?

Government action that enforced integration in Little Rock

500

What is the March on Washington?

1963 event where King gave “I Have a Dream” speech

500

What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

Law that protected voting rights