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100
A seamstress and NAACP worker arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus.
Who is Rosa Parks
100
This act banned segregation in public places, as well as discrimination in the workplace.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
100
Name for event where people protested segregation by refusing to ride on busses.
What is the Montgomery bus boycott?
100
Name the two major court cases that changed segregation...one allowed it and the other outlawed it.
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson allowed it and Brown vs. Board of Education outlawed it in public schools.
100
Name of the first location where the first sit-in took place.
What is Greensboro, North Carolina?
200
A young African American Baptist minister with a reputation as a powerful speaker.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
200
This act was started by JFK, but signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
200
Group formed by leaders of several different student protests to help continue the fight against segregation in an organized manner.
What is the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee?
200
Name the former leader of the Nation of Islam, before deciding to leave the organization, only to be murdered by it's members.
Who is Malcom X?
200
Name President Johnson's political program of domestic reforms.
What is the Great Society?
300
Became the youngest person ever elected president of the United States.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
300
This law gave the federal government new powers to protect African Americans' voting rights.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
300
Wanted African American independence, rejected integration, and didn't believe nonviolent protests were the best way to bring about change.
What is the Black Power Movement?
300
Name of the group of African American students who decided to be the first to graduate from an all-white high school.
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
300
Name the union formed Cesar Chavez to help improve conditions for migrant farm workers.
What is the United Farm Workers? (UFW)
400
Started as an attorney before becoming the first African American Supreme Court justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
400
Name of the amendment to the Constitution that would outlaw all discrimination based on gender.
What is the Equal Rights Amendment?
400
Group that fought for equal education and career opportunities for women.
What is the National Organization for Women? (NOW)
400
Who was the first African American woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress, serving as representative for a New York City district?
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
400
A massive demonstration for civil rights held on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where MLK Jr. gave his famous, "I Have a Dream" speech.
What is the March on Washington?
500
Hispanic American activist who worked to improve economic opportunities, especially for migrant workers.
Who is Cesar Chavez?
500
This act required public schools to provide a quality education to children with disabilities.
What is the Education of Handicapped Children Act of 1975?
500
This group makes people aware of challenges facing people with disabilities.
What is the Disabled in Action (DIA)?
500
Who wanted to STOP ERA because she feared it would hurt families and encourage women to focus on careers instead?
Who is Phyllis Schlafly?
500
Give three reasons why the segregation of public transportation was a difficult rule to enforce?
What is segregation had become normalized, certain places didn't want integration, some local governments did not want to anger voters by enforcing the law, and/or public transportation was a huge system to try to monitor closely.