Test 5- Civil Rights Movement

Bismark, North Dakota ND

Pierre, South Dakota SD

Lincoln, Nebraska NE

Topeka, Kansas KS

St. Paul, Minnesota MN

Lansing, Michigan MI

Indianapolis, Indiana (IN)

Springfield, Illinois (IL)

Jefferson City, Missouri MO

Des Moines, Iowa IA

Madison, Wisconsin WI

Columbus, Ohio OH

Explain the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education and how the South responded.

The Supreme Court ruled that segregation does not belong in schools. The southern states took their time desegregating their schools because they had to "with all deliberate speed"

What happened to the "Clinton 12"?

Half of the Clinton 12 completed the schoolyear and only 2 of them graduated from that school because of their harsh treatment from others.

What did the Arkansas Governor do to the "Little Rock 9"?

Orval Faubus sent the Arkansas National Guard to block the Little Rock 9 from entering the school

To make people against the school, what was Highlander Folk School labeled as?

Communist Training School

What is the difference between Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X?

MLK believed in approaching everything peacefully and Malcolm X supported certain forms of violence

Where did "Black Power" come from?

Stockley Carmichael's speech

What women sat at the front of a segregated bus and sparked a boycott?

Rosa Parks

What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

African Americans refused to ride the Montgomery buses for over a year to have a new law banning segregation on buses

What does NAACP stand for?

National Association of the Advancement of Colored People

What event did George Wallace do in order to prevent desegregation?

He stood in front the doors at the University of Alabama to not allow 2 black students from entering

What were the Nashville Sit-ins?

African Americans would sit at white-only lunch counters all day as a silent protest

What city became the first major southern city to desegregate?

Nashville

What were the Freedom Riders?

African Americans who used white facilities on buses

What happened to the Freedom Riders in Anniston and Birmingham, Alabama?

one was bombed and the other was beaten

What happened in Haywood and Fayette Counties?

African Americans were struggling to vote

Explain the March on Washington.

A march in Washington DC for African American civil rights and where MLK said his I have a dream speech

What happened on September 15th, 1963?

4 girls where killed in the Birmingham Bombings

Explain Bloody Sunday.

state troopers attacked marchers in Selma

Where and by whom was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?

Memphis, TN; James Earl Ray

What did Cesar Chavez do?

Helped Latino Americans receive rights in the farming and working industries

What was La Raza Unida?

political party that helped 6 Hispanics get elected in Congress

What was the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975?

Gave native americans the right to their own health care and housing

What did Betty Frieden start?

NOW

What is Title IX?

discrimination based on gender is banned from education

What was Roe v. Wade?

court case deciding if abortion was a legal right