Who Am I?
Vocabulary 1
Civil Rights Vocabulary
Famous Activists
Taking Action
100

I broke the color barrier by being the first African American man to play professional baseball.

Jackie Robinson
100

What word is a synonym for the word bravery?

courage

100
What is it called when a group of people refuse to do business with a company because they don't agree with them or something they are doing?

boycott

100

What was one of the challenges that Jackie Robinson ran into while playing in an all white baseball league?

* he couldn't eat at the same restaurant or stay at the same hotels as his team

* people tried to hurt him

* he was called names

* some players wouldn't sit with him

100

Why did all the people we read about feel a need to fight for a change?

They thought things were not fair.

200

I went to jail because I refused to give up my seat for a white person on a city bus.

Rosa Parks

200

What word means someone is happy that your are doing your best? Parents may feel this way about their kids.

proud

200

What word means unfair treatment of person or group of people because of their skin color, race, or religion?

discrimination

200

Name 2 of the 3 things that Mary McLeod Bethune opened for people in her lifetime? 

A school for African American girls, a hospital, and a library.

200

What are civil rights?

Rights promised by the government to all people. 

300

I fought to end slavery and for women to have the right to vote.

Susan B. Anthony

300

This word means incredible or out of the ordinary.

extraordinary

300

What we do call rights that everyone is entitled to, even if they aren't always promised by the government, such as food, shelter, a job, and an education? 

human rights

300

What was the name of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech?

I Have a Dream

300

Who is considered to be the "mother of the civil rights movement?"

Rosa Parks

400

As the first lady, I traveled around the world and spoke for human rights for people in the United States and around the world.

Eleanor Roosevelt

400

Things that get in your way of achieving what you want. This may also be a type of "course" in gym class.

obstacle
400

What do we call people who wanted to end slavery?

abolitionists

400

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony worked together and traveled the country giving speeches about what?

women's rights

400

What was the result of Rosa Parks refusing to move from her seat and the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Segregation on public buses was against the law.

500

I fought for better working conditions and better pay for migrant workers.

Dolores Huerta

500

This word means keeping groups of people seperate or apart because of things such as race.

segregation

500
What word means the right to vote?

sufferage

500

What did Marin Luther King Jr. work with Rosa Parks to lead?

Montgomery Bus Boycott

500

What was it called when people had peaceful protests where they would sit at a place to show everyone they were upset about some unfair treatment?

sit-ins