Who called for African American’s
to “pull themselves up from their
bootstraps”?
What does the 13th Amendment
do?
What does the 14th Amendment
do?
What method did the NAACP
use challenge equality in the
United States
What does the 15th Amendment
do?
What does SNCC stand for?
Who founded the NAACP?
How long did the Montgomery bus
boycott last?
Why would MLK target
Birmingham for a Civil Rights
campaign?
Laws that enforced the strict
separation of the races are called?
What does CORE stand for?
The belief that direct, nonviolent
methods could gain civil rights for
African Americans was part of
which group’s goals?
Which President sent federal
troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to
protect African American students?
After the Voting Rights Act of 1965
what happened in hundreds of
cities across America?
The policy that gives special
consideration to women and
minorities to make up for past
discrimination.
Why did some oppose Affirmative
Action policies?
Organization of militant African
Americans founded in 1966.
Who signed the Civil Rights Act of
1964?
While in Prison, Malcolm X became
a convert to
What did the SNCC claim happened
to three civil rights workers who
disappeared during Freedom
Summer?
“Black Power” was exemplified in
what way by the Black Panthers?
Native American Tribes were
granted greater control over
resources found on reservations
through the passage of what Act?
Between 1950-2000, the number of
women in the workforce did what?
Protecting reproductive rights was
a major goal of this group.
Supreme Court Chief Justice who
handed down the decision in
Brown vs. Board of Education that
ended the policy of separate but
equal.
Form of protest where participants
sit and refuse to move.
Network of churches and clubs that
set up employment agencies and
relief efforts to help African
Americans get settled and find
work in the cities.
Labor union of farm workers that
used nonviolent tactics, including a
workers’ strike and a consumer
boycott of table grapes.
Most influential Latino activist in
the Latino’s effort for equal rights.
Most famous for her book the
“Feminist Mystique”
Segregation imposed by law.
A person must pay this before they
could vote.
Group that focused on helping
Indians, including the securing of
legal rights, land, and selfgovernment for Native Americans.
Conservative female opponent of
feminism. She openly challenged
the women’s movement.
NAACP lawyer who fought against
segregation and later became a
Supreme Court Justice.
Movement in the 1960s that urged
African Americans to use their
collective political and economic
power to gain equality.
This feminist used mass media and
journalism to promote awareness
of women’s issues.
Woman who refused to give up her
seat on the bus causing a major bus
boycott.
1961 protest by activists who rode
buses through southern states to
test their compliance with the ban
on segregation on interstate buses.
Person who travels from farm to farm
to pick fruits and vegetables.
Group set up to investigate the
causes of race riots in American cities
in the 1960s.
Constitutional amendment that
banned the poll tax as a voting
requirement.
African American religious
organization founded in 1930 that
advocated separation of the races.
A group of African American
thinkers founded in 1905 that pushed
for immediate racial reforms,
particularly in education and voting
practices.
System which farmer paid rent to a
landowner for the use of the land.
Laws that restricted African
Americans’ rights and
opportunities.
What does SCLC stand for?
Who was its first President?
Who influenced MLK in his ideas
about non-violent protest?
What group of people first
organized the SCLC?
Reading and writing test formerly
use in some southern states to
prevent African Americans from
voting.
What was the purpose of
Freedom Rides?
Why did Civil Rights leaders target
Birmingham for Protest in 1963?
Televised treatment of the
protestors in Birmingham caused
most Americans to be?
Who were the main protestors
in Birmingham?
What was the highlight of the
March on Washington in 1963?
Stokley Carmichaels leadership of
the SNCC led the group to be
more?
What does the term feminism
describe?
Group founded by Cesar Chavis
In 1973, The group called AIM was
successful in forcing the
government to do what when
they took over the village at
Wounded Knee?