He was the leader of SCLC and the leader of the nonviolence movement in the fight for Civil Rights.
Dr. Martin Luther King
100
After the passage of this act, young girls were able to play sports in schools.
What is Title IX?
100
This event sparked the beginning of the LGBT rights movement.
What are the Stonewall Riots?
100
Rights which protect a person’s ability to participate in civil and political life without discrimination
Civil Rights
100
This is the title of Betty Friedan's influential book that sparked the Women's Lib movement.
What is the Feminine Mystique
200
This organization, made up of college students, was the force behind the Nashville sit-ins.
SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
200
The name of the group of college students who refused to leave until they were served at a lunch counter.
Who are the Greensboro 4?
200
Dr. Martin Luther King was strongly influenced by what nonviolent activist from India?
Mahatma Gandhi
200
feminist activity in the early 20th century focused primarily on the right to vote
What is 1st wave Feminism?
200
This branch of government is responsible for enforcing laws and running the government. It is made up of the President, the Vice President, and 15 Cabinet departments. It meets in the White House.
The Executive Branch
300
Describe the importance of SNCC
Answers will vary. Ms. C will decide.
300
This young lady was separated from the other 8 students set to desegregate Little Rock High School and walked into a mob alone.
Who is Elizabeth Eckford?
300
This is what in the 1950s and 60s the American Psychiatric Association considered homosexuality to be
What is a mental illness?
300
the adoption or use of the elements of one culture by members of another culture
What is cultural appropriation?
300
She was an LGBT icon and her death was a contributing factor to the Stonewall Riots.
Who is Judy Garland?
400
In your own words, describe the significance of Emmett Till's trial on the rest of the Civil Rights movement.
Answers will vary. Ms. C will have the final say.
400
This young girl was the focus on the desegregation of the New Orleans school district and had to be escorted daily by US Marshalls to school.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
400
The name of the president during the Crisis at Little Rock High School
Who is President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
400
Boycott
voluntarily not using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest
400
This is the nickname of President Johnson's wife.
What is Lady Bird.
500
The 4 letter name of the organization responsible for the Freedom Riders
What is CORE
500
This is the 15 year old girl who refused to give up her seat and inspired Rosa Parks and the NAACP.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
500
The students who participated in the Nashville sit-ins had several rules for participating in the movements such as, (Name 3)
Answers will vary.
500
a form of direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area for a protest
Sit-in
500
The baseball team that Jackie Robinson played for in the major leagues