Mr. Moore Civil Rights Review

Economics

1

How did the Great Depression affect South Carolina agriculture?

Crop prices fell drastically leading to poverty

2

How did bank closures effect Americans during the Great Depression?

Families and businesses could not access their savings

3

What caused an increase in electrification in rural areas of South Carolina?

Rural Electrification Act?

4

What created jobs through public projects such as building roads?

Works Progress Administration

5

How did South Carolina's economy respond to war effort during World War II?

Economy boomed

Activists

1

Refused to give up her bus seat and was an inspiration for Rosa Parks?

Sarah Mae Flemming

2

First African American federal judge in SC

Matthew J. Perry

3

Was a member of the NAACP and assisted in Elmore v Rice and Briggs v Elliot court cases.

Modjeska Simkins

4

Signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964

President Lyndon B Johnson

5

Most prominent Civil Rights leader helped organized Montgomery Bus Boycott and March on Washington.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Events

1

The ___________ resulted in three African American students killed during a protest.

Orangeburg Massacre

2

The ___________ were a group of African American students in Little Rock, AR who were escorted into a white school during integration?

Little Rock 9

3

The sit in movement started at what famous diner?

Woolworth in Greensboro, NC

4

How did SC respond to events of Brown v Board of Education?

They attempted to make the schools equal and resist integration.

5

How did Civil Rights protests help the Civil Rights movement?

They raised awareness and led to federal involvement in the Civil Rights movement?

Politics

1

Which Presidential Candidate ran on restoring law and order in the South in 1968

Richard Nixon

2

How did Civil Rights legislation such Executive Order 9981 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 affect the Democratic Party?

It caused many to question loyalty or leave the Democratic Party?

3

What political party believed in "limited government" and "law and order"?

Republican Party

4

What Civil Rights Legislation outlawed discrimination in public places based on race or gender?

Civil Rights Act of 1964

5

What political party split from the Democratic Party in 1948 to preserve segregation and states rights?

Dixiecrats

Military

1

What was the name of the African American veteran who was beaten causing permanent blindness?

Issic Woodard

2

How did South Carolina participate in the war effort during WWII?

Provided both training and naval support like other major states

3

What was the cause for the Japanese Internment Camps during WWII?

The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese

4

What was Executive Order 9981

Desegregation of military forces signed by President Truman

5

The _______ gave returning soldiers money for school, housing or business

The GI Bill

Court Cases

1

What Civil Rights Court Case inspired Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycotts?

Flemming v SC Electric and Gas

2

What SC Civil Rights court case involved school buses in Clarendon County?

Briggs v Elliott

3

What Civil Rights court case ruled White Only Primaries were unconstitutional?

Elmore v Rice

4

What SC court case involving school buses eventually joined Brown v Board of Education?

Briggs v Elliott

5

What was the outcome of Brown v Board of Education

Racial segregation in schools was ruled unconstitutional and schools must integrate "with all deliberate speed"