CIVIL RIGHTS JEOPARDY
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Final Jeopardy
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This case overturned Plessy
V. Ferguson in 1954.
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What was Brown v. Board
of Education in Topeka
Kansas?
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He was a preacher from
Montgomery Alabama who was
the father of the Civil Rights
Movement. He led the March on
Washington. He was
assassinated in 1968.
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Who is Martin Luther King?
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He was the first African American to
Attend Ole Miss. This caused violent
Protest.
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Who is James
Meredith?
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He was a civil rights leader that
opposed non-violent protest.
He stated an “eye for an eye.”
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Who was Malcolm X?
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He was the sheriff in Birmingham
AL where many violent protest
Occurred. This area was called
“Bombingham.”
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Who was Bull
Conner?
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Rosa Parks refused to give up
Her seat to a white and this protest
Started.
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What was the
Montgomery
Bus Boycott?
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9 African American teenagers
Entered a high school in Arkansas and
Federal troops were sent.
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What was the Little Rock 9?
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250,000 marches assembled to hear MLK give the
“I have a Dream speech” at DC. This brought
attention for the need for civil rights.
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What was the March on
Washington?
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In 1968 Martin Luther King and
Robert Kennedy were both
________ in 1968.
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What was assassinated?
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This act eliminated all voting barriers
In the south such as poll tax and
literacy test. This was signed by
Lyndon B. Johnson.
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What was the Voting Rights
Act of 1965?
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This election had John F. Kennedy and
Richard Nixon opposing each other.
This was the first time that a
Presidential debate was televised.
John. F. Kennedy won this election.
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What was the election of 1960?
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In 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald
Assassinated this man in November
in Dallas Texas. Oswald was
Arrested and later killed by Jack
Ruby. Who did Oswald kill?
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Who was John F. Kennedy?
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This was Lyndon Johnson’s plan to
Wipe out poverty. He started HUD
(housing and urban development)
The Elementary and Secondary
Education Act, Medicare and Medicaid.
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What was the Great Society?
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This was Lyndon Johnson’s
program to support at-risk children
to give them a “jump” where they
did not start school disadvantage.
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What was the Head Start?
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John F. Kennedy supported the space
Race. He wanted to put a man
on the…
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What is the moon?
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John. F. Kennedy, Lyndon B.
Johnson and Richard Nixon all
Focused on containing communism
in which country?
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What was Vietnam in SE Asia?
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The Vietnam War was called the
Five O’Clock war because….
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What was television coverage?
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This was the system that the USA
used to draft soldiers/implement
the Selective Service Act.
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Who was the lottery system?
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This amendment was passed to
Give 18 year olds the right to vote.
This was an outcry of soldiers who
Returned from Vietnam but were to
Young to vote.
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What was the
th
26
Amendment?
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This piece of legislation was passed
under Nixon. It limited the amount
of time that troops could be deployed
without war being declared. 60 and
Then returned if war is not declared
90 if hostility.
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What was the War
Powers Act?
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The Vietcong used this route to supply
Ho Chi Minh’s troops.
When Nixon invaded this area riots
broke out at Kent
State and Jackson state.
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What was the Ho Chi
Minh Trail?
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The Viet Minh troops from North
Vietnam crossed this parallel and
invaded South Vietnam in an
effort to spread communism..
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What was the DMZ or
38th parallel?
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These were suicide missions
Where Japanese pilots flew into
Allied targets. The Japanese flew
More than 2000 suicide attacks.
These were used aggressively at the
Battle of Okinawa when the USA was
trying to drive Japan off the island.
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What were kamikaze attacks?
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This tactic was used by USA
to protect ships traveling in the
Atlantic Ocean. When the German
Aggressively sunk our ships
we protected
them by this method.
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What was the convoy
system?
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Americans were forbidden to travel on ships
owned by nations at war.
The USA could not loan money to nations at war.
The USA would not carry supplies to nations
At war, there was a Cash-n-carry policy.
The USA could not sell weapons to countries at war.
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What were the Neutrality
Acts of 1935-39?
Final Jeopardy
This author said, “This is a day that will live
in infamy.” He also said, “We have nothing to
Fear but fear itself.” He said “America was a
Great arsenal for democracy.”
Final Jeopardy Answer
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?