Civil Rights Movement Overview

Flashcards summarizing key vocabulary and concepts related to the Civil Rights Movement and significant events.

Civil Rights

Legal protections and freedoms ensuring equal treatment under the law and prevention of discrimination.

19th Amendment

The 1920 amendment that granted women the right to vote in the United States.

Great Migration

The mass movement of African Americans from the rural South to Northern and Western cities between 1915 and 1970.

Harlem Renaissance

A cultural flourishing of African American art, music, and literature during the 1920s in Harlem, New York.

Tulsa Race Massacre

The 1921 incident where a white mob destroyed the prosperous Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

National Origins Act

The 1924 law that restricted immigration based on national origin quotas favoring Northern Europeans.

Second Ku Klux Klan

The revival of the KKK from 1915 to the 1940s that targeted African Americans, immigrants, Catholics, and Jews.

Wagner Act

The 1935 law that gave workers the right to form unions and bargain collectively.

Fair Labor Standards Act

The 1938 act that established minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor restrictions.

Executive Order 9981

The 1948 order that mandated desegregation of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Brown v. Board of Education

The 1954 Supreme Court case that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

The 1955-1956 boycott by African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama, leading to the desegregation of buses.

March on Washington

The 1963 rally where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his 'I Have a Dream' speech.

Civil Rights Act

The landmark 1964 law that banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Voting Rights Act

The 1965 act that prohibited racial discrimination in voting.

Great Society

The series of programs initiated in the 1960s to fight poverty and racial injustice/segregation

Anti-War Protests

Protests against U.S. involvement in Vietnam that took place during the 1960s and 1970s.

Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

The 1968 assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., marking a turning point in the movement.

Roe v. Wade

The 1973 Supreme Court case that legalized abortion nationwide.

Suburban Migration

The movement of mostly white Americans from cities to suburbs during the 1940s to 1960s.

GI Bill

The 1944 legislation that provided education, housing, and financial benefits to WWII veterans.