Civil Rights Movement
What are abolitionists?
People that thought slavery was morally wrong and wanted it to come to an end.
What Supreme Court ruling said that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education
During what decade did the majority of the Great Depression occur?
1930s
Who was the first black woman arrested for not giving up her seat to a white woman?
Tell me about the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.
It was once the Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and killed in 1968.
The thirteenth Amendment.
Which of the following laws said that citizens could not be denied the right to vote based on their race?
Voting Rights Act of 1965
What president was elected when he promised Americans a 'New Deal'?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Why was Claudette Cloven kicked out of highschool?
She was pregnant
Who was the civil rights act originally proposed by?
John F Kennedy
Name at least three of the civil rights leaders...
Martin Luther King JR
Booker T Washington
Rosa Parks
What president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?
Lyndon Johnson
What event brought an end to the Great Depression?
World War II
The children's March
Who helped form schools in order for African Americans to improve their status in society?
Booker T Washington
What year was the Civil Rights Act founded?
1964
What was it called when people had to pay a fee to vote?
Poll tax
Who was president of the United States at the start of the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
Who first Volunteered to participate in the children's March?
Gwendolyn Webb
Name at least one of the leaders who came together to found NAACP.
Ida B Wells
What type of laws was implemented in order to separate black people from white people?
Jim Crow Laws
What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
What were the shanty towns where many homeless lived called during the Great Depression?
Hoovervilles
It began with the crash of the stock Market. Other factors include drought, overproduction of goods, bank failures, stock speculation, and consumer debt.
Where did many migrant workers from the Dust Bowl in the Midwest migrate to?
California