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Killed John F. Kennedy
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald
100
Because of these events, lunch counters were forced to serve African Americans
What are sit ins
100
This six day crisis between the US and the Soviet Union led the two groups to the point of fear
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
100
City officials from this city were forced to end segregation after national attention revealed their harsh treatment of African Americans
What is Birmingham, AL
100
This man believed in the separation of the black and white community and the use of violence in the CRM
Who is Malcolm X
200
First black man to attend the University of Miss
Who is James Meredith?
200
After this event, riots broke out in 100 cities across America
What is the murder of Martin Luther King Jr.
200
This plan of Kennedy's was created to avoid nuclear war by building more traditional weapons
What is flexible response
200
This school was closed at the end of the school year to avoid desegregation
What is Little Rock High School
200
This civil rights group was known for the militant force
Who are the black panthers
300
Major leader of the NAACP during the Civil Rights Movement
Who is Thurgood Marshall
300
After this event, bus terminals became desegregated
What is the freedom riders drove through the south
300
This means to have the support of the people, as shown through the amount of people who voted for you.
What is a mandate
300
This is one reason why Martin Luther advocated nonviolence
What is that he wanted his side to appear as the good ones while the other side looked like the attackers
300
President Kennedy is best known for his establishment of this group that sent people around the world to deal with poverty
What is the Peace Corps
400
Sued his daughter's school district so that she could go to her neighborhood school
Who is Brown?
400
After this event colleges and businesses started to set aside spots for groups that had been discriminated again
What is the passing of Affirmative Action
400
This group was created to discover the truth about Kennedy's death
What is the Warren Commission
400
Literacy Tests and Poll Taxes led to the need for this federal law
What is the Voting Rights Act
400
This man helped pass the Civil Rights Amendment of 1954 and helped pass several other bills through the Senate before moving on to higher offices
Who is Lyndon Johnson
500
Leader of SNCC who started the black power movement
Who Stokely Charmichael
500
After this event African Americans registered to vote in large amounts in the south
What is the passing of the Voting Rights Act or Freedom Summers
500
Name two of the rights guaranteed to people accused of a crime
What are right to remain silent, right to a lawyer, right to not have your property searched
500
In Northern states segregation might not have been legal but it often existed. It was referred to as this form of segregation.
What is de jure segregation
500
Name two important improvements in the lives of African Americans because of the Civil Rights Movement
What are more registered voters, end to desegregation, better education