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African American woman that refuse to give her seat to a Caucasian man.
What is Rosa Parks?
100
The action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart.
What is segregation?
100
War between Northern and Southern America; acceptance of slavery was a difference between the two.
What is the civil war?
100
Modern day group protesting police brutality and oppression of African Americans by police forces.
What is Black Lives Matter?
100
The Civil rights movement happened in this century.
What is the 20th century?
200
This Former U.S. President passed desegregation laws during the Civil Rights Movement.
What is John F. Kennedy?
200
The ending of a policy of racial segregation.
What is desegregation?
200

This event shared a powerful message which changed the views of people throughout the country.

The March on Washington

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Holiday created to commemorate this Civil Rights Movement leader.
What is Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
200
This individual changed his last name to X as a symbol of the true African name he never knew.
What is Malcolm X?
300
This individuals was known for his saying, "by any means necessary."
What is Malcolm X?
300
Groups that aim to promote the rights and freedoms of groups and individuals.
What is civil liberty groups?
300
Civil Rights Activists, both Caucasian and African American, would travel on buses to areas in the South where segregation was prominent, such as New Orleans
What is Freedom Rides?
300
Month long holiday created to commemorate African American heritage.
What is Black History Month?
300

President Eisenhower used federal troops to integrate the public schools after backlash with the Governor

Little Rock Nine

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There is a national American holiday commemorating this leader.
What is Martin Luther King jr.?
400

This was the turning point in the which the Supreme Court ruled against the bus segregation law

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

400

The rights of criminal defendants, including the right to a public trial without unnecessary delay, the right to a lawyer, the right to an impartial jury, and the right to know who your accusers are and the nature of the charges and evidence against you.

The 6th Amendment

400

Nonviolent Methods to Oppose Segregation

Lunch counter sit-ins, Economic boycotts and Freedom Riders

400
The most famous speech involved in the civil rights movement.
What is "I have a dream"?
500
The civil rights movement helped support this particular group in society.
What is African Americans (minorities)?
500

"Separate but equal"

Plessy v. Ferguson

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A large popular movement from 1954-1968 with the aim to secure African Americans equal access and opportunities as all U.S. citizens
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
500
This act prohibited discrimination at voting polls, established bilingual ballots, outlawed literacy tests for voters and gave federal government power to oversee all elections.
What is Voting Rights Act of 1965?
500
This individual was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4th of 1968.
What is Martin Luther King Jr.