Social Studies Ch. 8

Mississippi is located in the _______, which gets its name from the warm climate and sunshine.

________ made it illegal to create special rules to keep African Americans from voting.

________ is the 'tech' in high-tech. It is the use of skills, ideas, and tools to meet needs.

In 1954, the United States Supreme Court decided that "separate but equal" education was _____.

The population in Mississippi is divided _________ between rural and urban areas.

Many people in urban areas live in ______, or communities just outside a large city.

These industries use science and math to produce goods, such as electronics and computers.

___ made it illegal for businesses to treat people differently due to race, religion, or gender

James Meredith was the ____ African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.

Robert Clark became Mississippi's first African American elected to the ____________ .

Schools for black children rarely had _____________.

Led by Robert Moses, in 1964, a civil rights group organized a big summer project called _____.

Medgar led ______, or public gatherings to express opinions about a certain issue or person.

Who was the first female African American mayor in our state?

Which brothers worked to get African Americans registered to vote?

One of the first sit-ins in Mississippi took place at the ___________ in 1961.

_____________ was a national leader in the civil rights movement.

Southern States had _________. These laws kept blacks and white separate.

_____________ are the rights of all people to be treated equally under the law.

Black teachers were paid ______ than white teachers.

__-___ are where people sat down and refused to move from segregated areas.