Key Terms
This term means equal rights for all people.
What are civil rights?
Something important a person has accomplished.
What are achievements?
I refused to give up my seat on a bus and helped start a boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks
This queen saved her people and is honored during Purim.
Who is Queen Esther.
Name one peaceful way people fight for change.
People can protest using marches or speeches.
Treating people unfairly because of differences.
What is discrimination?
Being brave even when something is difficult.
What is courage?
I gave the “I Have a Dream” speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This activist founded the American GI Forum.
Who is Dr. Héctor P. García
Why did people fight against segregation?
Because it was unfair and treated people unequally.
Peaceful protest without violence.
What is nonviolence?
Someone you look up to and want to be like.
What is a role model?
I broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This movement fought segregation and unfair laws in the U.S.
What is the Civil Rights Movement
This athlete fought discrimination by becoming the first African American in Major League Baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
A protest where people refuse to buy or use something.
What is a boycott?
Feeling happy about something you’ve done.
What does proud mean?
I helped end slavery in the British Empire.
Who is William Wilberforce?
This method involved sitting peacefully in places to protest segregation.
What are sit-ins
Why is nonviolence important?
It helps create change without harm.
A person who believes in total peace and avoids all violence.
What is a pacifist?
Something very special or amazing.
What does extraordinary mean?
I founded Pennsylvania for religious freedom.
Who is William Penn?
This was the protest sparked by Rosa Parks.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott
This system of separating people by race was challenged by many activists in the civil rights movement.
What is segregation?