124 Civil Rights

Question	Answer
one group is treated differently from another	Discrmination
when one group is kept separate from another group	Segregation
Who? American pastor, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington.	Martin Luther King Jr.
Who? promoted black independence, self-defense, and human rights. He often disagreed with the non-violent methods of King.	Malcolm X
Who? was arrested because she refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man	Rosa Parks
Who? four African-American college students sat at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in downtown Greensboro that was for whites only and asked to be served.	The Greensboro Four
Who? argued before the Supreme Court for the Brown family in Brown v. Board of Education. Years later, became first African American Supreme Court justice.	Thurgood Marshall
Who? President of the United States who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law	Lyndon B. Johnson
What Method of Protest does this describe? large groups of protesters with signs, banners, songs, and chants	Marches
What Method of Protest does this describe? a way to integrate (bring the races together) a business or public area	Sit-Ins
What Method of Protest does this describe? called for people to avoid a product or service that discriminated against African Americans	Boycotts
What Method of Protest does this describe? challenging unfair laws	Court Cases
What Court Case? in 1896, upheld the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal".	Plessy v. Ferguson
Which court case? in 1954, the Supreme Court said racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional	Brown v. board of Education
Which court case? in 1967, the Supreme Court decided that any state law that prohibits interracial marriage is unconstitutional	Loving v. Virginia
Which Law? Makes discrimination because of race, color, religion, gender, and national origin illegal. This includes discrimination in the workplace, public places, schools, and in voting	Civil Rights Act of 1964
Which Law? Forbids any restriction on the right to vote. This included poll tests, literacy tests, and intimidation.	Voting Rights Act of 1965
Which Amendment ? outlawed slavery in the United States	13th Amendment
Which Amendment Guaranteed citizenship to all people born in the U.S. This amendment also gave all citizens the right to due process and equal protection under the law. Only white men could vote still.	14th Amendment
Which Amendment? Gave all men the right to vote regardless of their race or whether they had been slaves before the war.	15th Amendment
Which Amendment? Ended the practice of poll taxes in 1964. States and local governments could no longer charge citizens for the right to vote.	24th Amendment
What are a set of laws and social customs requiring racial segregation, creating a “separate but equal” status for African Americans? This separation led to conditions that tended to be inferior to those provided for white Americans.	Jim Crow Laws (know examples of how these affected public accommodations)
What is a person who is held as the property of another person?	Slave
________________ __________________ was a presidential proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln, as a war measure during the American Civil War, directed to all of the areas in rebellion. It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion.	Emancipation Proclamation (remember Emancipation means "to free")
Who is awesome and going to do great on their Civil Rights Final Exam?	YOU.

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