Show:
Segregation
Events & People of Civil Rights Era
Tough Stuff
Review: WWII
Review: The Cold War
100
segregation enforced by laws
dejure x 5
100
African American civil rights leader during the 50s and 60s he believed in non violent means such as boycotts, marches, and legal challenges.
MLK
100
Who refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycots?
Rosa Parks
100
What was Americas attitude about WWII before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor?
neutral
100
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
accused people of being communists with little or no evidence
200
segregation that happens but is not required by law.
defacto
200
African American leader during the 50s and 60s that believed in the idea of tactical nonviolence.
Malcolm X
200
What was the nickname for the man who bombed the 16th street baptist church killing 4 young African American girls?
Dynamite Bob x2
200
Name the two conferences that the Allies had during WWII.
Yalta and Potsdamn x5
200
What role did the media play in the Vietnam War?
turned opinion against the war by showing horrible images x3
300
Name one method that protesters used to fight against segregation.
boycotts, sit-ins, marches, protests, freedom rides
300
What was the NAACP?
African American civil rights organization that fought for civil rights through demonstrations, lawsuits, and other means.
300
Name me one organization, other than the NAACP, that fought for equal rights of Americans during the Civil Rights Era?
Any from the worksheet.
300
What was American factory life like during WWII?
up to teacher
300
Which president was responsible for the "Great Society" plan, and what did it do?
LBJ, up to teacher
400
Name and define the two Supreme Court cases that dealt with segregation.
Plessy v Furguson – Supreme Court case that said separate but equal was constitutional (legal). Brown v Board of Education – Supreme Court case that said separate but equal was unconstitutional (illegal).
400
Name and define the two laws that were finally passed after years of struggle in the Civil Rights Era.
Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act
400
What is tactical nonviolence?
only use violence to defend yourself, or when it is necessary
400
Give me one reason why the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor was a mistake?
American anger, not all ships, no facilities destroyed
400
What happened in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
up to teacher
500
What was the name for laws that allowed facilities and places to be segregated?
Jim Crow Laws
500
Name and define two major protest movements of the Civil Rights movement.
Montgomery Bus Boycots, Freedom Riders, March on Washington, Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, Albany Movement
500
Which president signed the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act into Law?
LBJ
500
Name and define the three acts that took America from Neutrality to sending war supplies to Europe.
Cash and Carry, Bases for Destroyers, Lend Lease
500
Name and define one of the ways President Truman fought communism.
truman doctrine, containment, marshal plan