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Important Figures of the Civil Rights Movement
Gaining Rights For Minorities
Civil Rights Legislation
Demonstrations of the Civil Rights Movement
Misc. Civil Rights Movement Stuff
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Founder of the United Farm Workers and leader of a grape boycott to improve conditions of migrant workers

Who is Cesar Chavez?



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The March on Washington, in 1963, was to pressure Congress to pass this president's Civil Rights Bill

Who is John F. Kennedy?

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The ruling in this Supreme Court case made segregation in public schools illegal
What is Brown Vs. The Board of Education?
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Peaceful protests often attempting to shame restaurant owners into integrating

What are sit ins?

100

Name of the Supreme Court Case that gave women the right to body autonomy

What is Roe vs. Wade

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This person signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.

Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?

200

Term for the group of students that the federal government hesitated to help integrate into Central High School

Who are the Little Rock Nine?

200
Gave the federal government new powers to protect African Americans' voting rights
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
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Movement started in Alabama where thousands of African Americans stopped riding buses to protest segregated public transport 

What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

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Movement which called for African American power and independence
What is the Black Power Movement?
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Nation of Islam leader who argued that integration would never solve African Americans' problems
Who is Malcolm X?
300
Founded in 1968 to fight for Native American rights
What is the American Indian Movement?
300
Banned segregation in public places
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
300
Series of protests in which African American and white bus riders traveled together throughout the south
What are the Freedom Rides?
300

Native American civil rights organization

What is American Indian Movement (AIM)?

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An attorney for the NAACP who argued in the Brown v. Board of Education and later became the first African American Supreme Court Justice

Who is Thurgood Marshall?

400

Formed to fight for equal educational and career opportunities for women

What is the National Organization for Women (NOW)?

400

• Provided funds for education and training for veterans
• Provided home, farm, and business loans for veterans
• Provided unemployment compensation for veterans


What is the 1944 GI Bill of Rights?

400

This civil rights demonstration aimed to pressure Congress to do what?

1. spotlight economic inequalities

2.press for a new federal jobs program and a higher minimum wage

3. calls for congressional passage of the Civil Rights Act, full integration of public schools, and enactment of a bill prohibiting job discrimination

What is the March on DC 1963

400
Aimed to remove all gay people from government jobs under  Eisenhower's presidncy

What is the Lavender Scare?

500
Her novel, The Feminine Mystique, described the dissatisfaction some women felt with their traditional role as homemaker
Who is Betty Friedan?
500

At the age of 6, she became the first black elementary school child to attend a white school.

Who is Ruby Bridges?

500

Violent demonstrations against police led by members of the LGBT community (kickstarted the Gay Rights movement)

What are the Stonewall riots?

500

This group had a Ten Point Plan and used armed resistance in California.

What is the Black Panther Party?

500

Passed by Congress but rejected by the states; would have ended all gender discrimination.

What is Equal Rights Amendment?