World War I
World War II
The Cold War
Famous People in Civil Rights
Civil Rights Vocabulary
100

a big war with many countries fighting

What is a world war?

100

a person who has complete control over a country

What is a dictator?

100

when the government owns all land and buildings

What is communism?

100

I started the Montgomery Bus Boycott when I refused to give up my seat on the bus.

Who is Rosa Parks?

100

people who protest to call attention to a cause, like civil rights

Who is an activist?

200

a long time wihtout any rain

What is a drought?

200

a big, powerful bomb

What is an atomic bomb?

200
the superpower that competed with the United States during the Cold War

What is the Soviet Union?

200

I disagreed with MLK Jr. I promoted black pride and was a member of Islam.

Who is Malcolm X?

200

intolerance of a person or group based on their race

What is prejudice?

300

a time when many people lost their jobs and there was less money to spend

What is the Great Depression?

300

prison camps where many people died in WWII

What are concentration camps?

300

a race to have more satellites and rockets in space

What is the space race?

300

I argued before the Supreme Court for the Brown family in Brown V. the Board of Education. Years later, I becamw the first African American Supreme Court Justice.

Who is Thurgood Marshall?

300

when one person is treated differently than another group

What is discrimination

400

a plan to give people jobs 

What is the New Deal?

400

countries that fought against dictators in WWII

Who were the Allies?

400

the year the Cold War started

What is 1946?

400

As the president of the United States, I signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?

400

keeping things or people separate

What is segregation?

500

the year the United States entered WWI

What is 1917?

500

dictators who fought to control other countries in WWII

Who were the Axis powers?

500

the year the Cold War ended

What is 1992?

500

My parents fought for me to attend the all white public school near my house.

Who is Linda Brown?

500

bringing things or people separate

What is integration?