History Quiz Civil Rights Era

What did the McCarran Internal Security Act do?

Laws against communism

The McCarran Internal Security Act increased government?

Surveillance

What did the Subversive Activities Control Board do?

Required Communists To Register With Government

Who Led The League of Struggle for Negro Rights & American Peace Mobilization?

Langston Hughes

What organizations was Du Bois involved in? (2)

Peace Information Center & Council on African Affairs

Who was Walter White?

NAACP leader

What organizations was Paul Robeson involved with? (2)

American Crusade Against Lynching & Council on African Affairs

How did Communism affect the Civil Rights Movement?

Activists = Communists

What does “separate but equal” mean?

Racial Segregation Laws

Sweatt v. Painter weakened?

Separate But Equal Laws

What role did Thurgood Marshall play in the Sweatt case?

NAACP Lawyer

What did Brown v. Board of Education overturn?

Separate But Equal Laws

How did desegregation begin in the courts?

Sweatt v. Painter weakened it; Brown v. Board ended it.

What is “Elite African American Resistance”?

Fighting for civil rights through writing, organizations, and activism

What did Du Bois achieve at Harvard?

1st A.A. PhD

What was the Niagara Movement?

Early civil rights group

The magazine, The Crisis, was published by what activist?

Du Bois

How did Du Bois contribute to civil rights? (3)

Education, Leadership, Media

Who was Zora Hurston?

Key figure during Harlem Renaissance

How did Hurston contribute to Elite Resistance?

Writing

How did Malcom X’s approach to civil rights differ from others? (2)

Self-Defense & Separation

What happened to African-American Educators during and after desegregation?

Lost their jobs

What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Black citizens refuse to ride segregated buses

Who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Rosa Parks

MLK Jr. was the leader of what boycott and organization?

Montgomery Bus Boycott & SCLC

What did Browder v. Gayle decide?

Bus Segregation in Montgomery was unconstitutional

How did the Montgomery Bus Boycott impact civil rights?

Ended Bus Segregation

Who were the Little Rock Nine?

Black students who integrated Central High School

Who was Daisy Bates? (2)

Civil Rights Leader; Organized Little Rock Nine

Who used the National Guard to block Black Students?

Orval Faubus

How did Dwight D. Eisenhower enforce desegregation?

Sent Federal Troops

What were the Greensboro & Nashville Sit-Ins?

Black Students Sitting At Segregated Tables

What role did James Lawson play during the Greensboro & Nashville Sit-Ins?

Organized

Why were sit-ins effective?

Exposed Injustice Peacefully

How Did The Freedom Riders Challenge Segregation?

Rode Interstate Buses

What group organized the Freedom Rides?

Congress of Racial Equality

What is the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

A Student-Led Civil Rights Organization

What did Boynton v. Virginia decide?

Interstate Bus Segregation Was Illegal

Who were key figures in the Freedom Riders movement? (4)

Lewis, Nash, Baker, Carmichael

What was the “Stand in the Schoolhouse Door”?

Governor Wallace Blocking Black Students

Who was George Wallace?

Alabama Governor

Who were Vivian Malone & James Hood?

Univ. of Alabama Students

What speech was delivered at the Great March on Washington?

“I Have a Dream.”

What was Freedom Summer?

A campaign to register Black voters in the South

James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman (Who were they?)

Civil rights workers who were murdered during Freedom Summer.

What did Freedom Summer reveal about the Civil Rights Movement?

activists faced extreme danger

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

Banned segregation in public places and discrimination

What were the Selma to Montgomery marches?

Protests voting rights for Black Americans

What happened on Bloody Sunday?

Peaceful marchers were attacked by police

What happened on Turnaround Tuesday?

Marchers approached the bridge but turned back

What did the 24th Amendment do?

Eliminated poll taxes

What did the Voting Rights Act do?

Banned discriminatory voting practices

Huey P. Newton & Bobby Seale (Who were they?)

Founders of the Black Panther Party.

What was the Black Panther Party?

Black Activist Group

What is the Nation of Islam?

A Black Religious and Political Group

What is LULAC

Mexican American civil rights organization

What was the Plan of San Diego?

A proposed uprising against Whites in the Southwest

Immigration policies affected Mexican American

rights and treatment

Del Rio ISD v. Salvatierra challenged?

school segregation of Mexican Americans

What is UCAPAWA

United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, and Allied Workers of America

Who was Luísa Moreno to UCAPAWA?

Leader

How did labor movements connect to Mexican-American civil rights?

Workers organized through unions to fight

What was the Pecan Shellers’ Strike?

Mexican American Protest Low Wages & Poor Conditions

What was the Workers’ Alliance of America?

An organization supporting labor rights and unemployed workers.

What is the American GI Forum?

A group advocating for Mexican American veterans’ rights.

Why is Felix Longoria important to GI Forum

Denied funeral services

What did Mendez v. Westminster decide?

School segregation of Mexican American students was unconstitutional.

What did Hernández v. Texas decide?

Mexican Americans are protected under the 14th Amendment.

What were the Viva Kennedy campaigns?

Efforts to mobilize Mexican American voters to support John F. Kennedy.

What is the United Farm Workers (UFW)?

A labor union for farmworkers

What was the Crusade for Justice?

A civil rights organization focused on Chicano empowerment and equality.

Who was Corky Gonzales?

Leader of the Crusade for Justice.

What is MAYO?

A student-led organization advocating for Mexican American rights.

What was the Crystal City Walkout?

Student protests against unequal treatment

National Chicano Youth Liberation Conference (What was this conference?)

A major meeting of Chicano activists in Denver, Colorado.

What is MEChA?

a student organization for Chicano empowerment.

What were the East L.A. Walkouts?

Student protests against unequal education

What was La Raza Unida Party?

A political party focused on Mexican American rights.

Cisneros v. Corpus Christi ISD (What did this case decide?)

Mexican American students must be included in desegregation plans.

What is MALDEF?

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

White v. Regester (What did this case decide?)

Voting districts that discriminated against minorities were unconstitutional.