People
Who led a boycott when refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man?
Rosa Parks
This was the first victory of the Modern Civil Rights Movement gained by a non-violent protest that was prompted by the actions of Rosa Parks and the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr
Montgomery Bus Boycott
MLK made his famous "I have a dream speech" during this event.
What is the March on Washington?
Segregation laws. Laws the established separate facilities for blacks and whites.
What are two reasons the bus boycott was effective?
Any combination of the following: The high number of people who participated, most of the bus riders were black so the bus company lost 3/4 of their business, they were willing to participate for over a year, they organized to find other ways to get around, they were willing to be arrested for the cause.
Why were literacy tests and poll taxes created?
To make sure blacks did not vote.
Martin Luther King Jr. encourages this amongst his followers at the start of the civil rights movement?
What is non-violence or civil disobedience?
Who believed you could meet violence with violence?
Malcolm X
Who began the integration of major league baseball?
Jackie Robinson
1965 march for voting rights that marked the political and emotional peak of the American civil rights movement
What were the Selma to Montgomery Marches?
What constitutional amendment was used to break down segregation laws?
14th Amendment
Who called out the Arkansas National Guard to block nine black students from entering high school?
Governor Faubus
Court case that established the principle of "separate but equal"
Plessy v Ferguson
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?
What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Outlaw segregation and discrimination in employment.
Who was the NAACP lawyer in the Brown v Board of Education case who went on to be the first black Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Who was the president who was able to get the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Act passed?
Who is Lyndon Johnson
What war did the U.S. fight that was the first to involve integrated troops?
Korean War
This was a volunteer campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi.
Freedom Summer
Student organization who helped train and organize students for sit-ins.
SNCC - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee