Clemens Civil Rights

Question 1

This incident helped fuel the fight for Civil Rights in the 1950s

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Little Rock 9

Question 2

Controversial Supreme Court case that legalized abortion in 1973

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Roe v. Wade

Question 3

This governor ordered his National Guard troops to block students from entering Central High?

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Orval Faubus

Question 4

This was to get other cultures aware of Mexican-American issues and culture?

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Chicano Mural Movment

Question 5

He was the police chief responsible for stopping Civil Rights protesters in Birmingham

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Bull Connor

Question 6

Organized by college students in 1961, this action tried getting southern buses desegregated-

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Freedom Rides

Question 7

Her arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat will trigger the Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Rosa Parks

Question 8

How did Pres. Eisenhower help the Little Rock 9 enter Central High School?

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Sent in the 101st Airborne

Question 9

The Mississippi 3 disappeared during which Civil Rights event?

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Freedom Summer

Question 10

This event involved marchers being beaten crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge?

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Selma

Question 11

What national monument did the American Indian Movement take over first?

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Alcatraz Island

Question 12

He was the president responsible for integrating the US military

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Harry Truman

Question 13

Why did Martin Luther King think Non-Violent Resistance was crucial?

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Because it was the only way whites would support Civil Rghts, Because images of blacks being beaten were on TV

Question 14

Dolores Huerta was known for what?

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Non-violent resistance campaigns, Co-founder of the United Farm Workers, Feminist

Question 15

What was the name of MLK's Civil Rights organization?

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Question 16

He organized the NAACP, marking a beginning of the Civil Rights Movement

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WEB DuBois

Question 17

Dr. King wrote this to encourage support for continued efforts at non-violent resistance

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His letter from the Birmingham Jail

Question 18

This SCOTUS case was a precursor to Brown v. Board dealing with university admissions?

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Sweatt v. Painter

Question 19

This case ended the segregation of Mexican-American from white students in Texas schools?

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Delgado v. Bastrop I.S.D.

Question 20

This Supreme Court case over turned the Plessy v Ferguson ruling?

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Brown v Board of Education

Question 21

Who was Malcolm X?

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Militant Civil Rights leader, supported racial seperation

Question 22

This case desegregated Mexican-American schools in California?

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Mendez v. Westminister

Question 23

Who was Lester Maddox?

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restaurant owner who refused to integrate his diners

Question 24

What was the purpose of Hector P. Garcia's American G.I. Forum?

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To fight for Mexican-American and veterans rights, To support ALL veterans

Question 25

Who was George Wallace?

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Alabama governor against integration of state colleges

Question 26

What city did AIM take over in their fight for recognition of Native American rights?

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Wounded Knee

Question 27

This was once of the early events of the Civil Rights Era, lasted for a year before victory

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

Question 28

Why did Cesar Chavez' United Farm Workers organization boycott grapes?

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Laborers working conditions and pay

Question 29

What was the goal of Freedom Summer?

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Desegregation of public facilities in Mississippi, Voting rights for rural blacks in Alabama, Voting rights for rural blacks in Mississippi

Question 30

The March on Washington was Dr. King's way of achieving what?

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Civil Rights legislation

Question 31

This Civil Rights Lawyer would later became the first black SCOTUS Justice?

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Thurgood Marshall

Question 32

SNCC was a Civil Rights organization primarily created by-

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College students

Question 33

The purpose of Title IX was to-

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provide federal funding to encourage girls sports in schools

Question 34

The 13th, 14th & 15th Amendments supported

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Free, citizens, vote

Question 35

LBJ's Great Society programs included the following-

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Medicare/Medicaid, Economic Opportunity Act, Civil Rights Act 1964

Question 36

Which Civil Rights Act was passed by Johnson & made it illegal to segregate in public places?

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 37

This Civil Rights Leader Preached a non-violent approach

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 38

This landmark court case from the 19th century maintained "separate but equal" in public places

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Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 39

This SCOTUS ruling said Mexican Americans had equal protection of the 14th Amendment?

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Hernandez v. Texas

Question 40

This landmark court case was essential in the fight for Civil Rights in the 20th century?

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Brown v. Board of Education

Question 41

Which of the following was an effective means of integrating lunch counters in the South?

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Sit-ins

Question 42

What did MLK & Ceasar Chavez have in common?

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Used non violent tactics for Civil Rights

Question 43

People are required to have their rights read to them during arrest as a result of this case

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Miranda v Arizona

Question 44

This was a para-military organization who defended and improved the Black Community?

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Black Panthers

Question 45

She was the author of "The Feminine Mystique", which sparked the women's liberation movement

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Betty Friedman

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