Paper 3 Topic 17 Civil Rights and social movements

Cases & Laws

100

1896 SC case that legalized segregation in the US

Plessy vs. Ferguson

200

1954 SC case that called for desegregation of public schools

Brown vs. Board of Education

300

1964 law the desegregated all public places in the US

Civil Rights Act of 1964

400

law that resulted from Selma March in 1965

Voting Rights Act of 1965

500

amendment that banned poll tax in entire US

24th amendment

CR Leaders

100

"I have a Dream"

MLK

200

"We police the police."

Black Panthers

300

"Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world."

Malcolm X

400

“I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.”

Rosa Parks

500

"If we don't do something real soon, I think you'll have to agree that we're going to be forced either to use the ballot or the bullet."

X

Feminism

100

1920 amendment which gave women right to vote in the US

19th amendment

200

organization founded in 1966-main goal was achieving equality for women

NOW-National Organization for Women

300

author of Feminine Mystique, best-selling feminist book

Betty Friedan

400

amendment that would have guaranteed equal rights under the law for women in the US

ERA-Equal Rights Amendment

500

woman that led successful STOP ERA campaign and supported traditional roles for women in the US

Phyllis Schlafly

Hispanic Am.

100

Governor of California during national grape boycott-later became president

Ronald Reagan

200

President of the US during national grape boycott led by Cesar Chavez

Richard Nixon

300

organization AND symbol created by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta to fight for workers rights

United Farm Workers Union-black eagle

400

largest and oldest Hispanic and Latin-American civil rights organization in the US in 1929, still exists today

LULAC-League of United Latin American Citizens

500

party formed in California in 1970 to promote Chicano nationalism throughout Calif., New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona

Raza Unida Party (United Race Party)

Counterculture

100

music festival in 1969 that introduced the hippies to the world

Woodstock

200

amendment which resulted from the draft and lowered voting age to 18

26th amendment

300

case that determined that silent, symbolic speech=free speech

Tinker vs. DesMoines, 1969

400

draft system enacted by federal government to ensure fairness in 1970

Lottery Draft 

500

those that opposed the war but didn't take part in demonstrations-voted for Nixon in mass numbers

Silent Majority