Social Studies - Cold War & Civil Rights

Question 1

The best known Civil Rights activitist.

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 2

Separation of people by color of their skin.

Accepted Answer

Segregation

Question 3

The act of being mean or taking things away from people for no reason.

Accepted Answer

Discrimination

Question 4

A famous African American woman who refused to give up her seat.

Accepted Answer

Rosa Parks

Question 5

This court case ended segregation in schools in 1954.

Accepted Answer

Brown v. Board of Education

Question 6

A boycott that was organized by MLK in 1954 where African Americans refused to ride the buses.

Accepted Answer

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Question 7

A lawyer who helped Linda Brown. This man was also first African American on US Supreme Court

Accepted Answer

Thurgood Marshall

Question 8

This act got rid of poll taxes and literacy tests in order to vote.

Accepted Answer

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Question 9

The act of not doing something in order to get something in return.

Accepted Answer

Boycott

Question 10

This is something a person is allowed to do.

Accepted Answer

Right

Question 11

This act desegregated all places such as restaurants and buildings.

Accepted Answer

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 12

A group of African Americans that rode buses and trains to see if they were desegregated

Accepted Answer

Freedom Riders

Questions 12