Knowledge Domain 12 Fighting For A Cause

Is segregation when everyone is allowed to be part of something?

I was the first African American to play baseball in the major leagues.

Is the First Lady the wife of the president?

Are fighting and breaking windows examples of nonviolence?

Are civil rights those rights promised by the government to all people, such as the right to vote?

Did migrant workers tend to stay in the same town from season to season?

I fought for migrant workers to receive better pay and more reasonable working conditions.

I was the First Lady and helped allow Marian Anderson to sing at the Lincoln Memorial?

I gave my "I Have A Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

Before the civil rights movement, was discrimination against certain groups of people common?

I was called "the mother of the civil rights movement."

Is a boycott when you refuse to go to a business as a sign of protest?

Were there obstacles in the way of Susan B. Anthony when she tried to vote?

Does courage mean showing bravery especially when it's difficult and you're afraid?

I refused to move and give up my seat on a bus to a white person.

I started a school for African American children in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Do human rights belong to all people, that are NOT given by the government, such as food, shelter, education, a job?

Did Eleanor Roosevelt believe writing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was one of her greatest achievements?

I worked with Rosa Parks to lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

I wanted women to have the right to vote.

Are parents usually proud of their children when they do their worst work in school.

Is suffrage when you have to eat something you don't like?

Was Martin Luther King Jr. extraordinary in his strength and willingness to fight for civil rights for all people?

I worked with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and traveled the country giving speeches on women's rights.

Were sit-ins peaceful because people occupied, or sat, at a place to show everyone they were upset about discrimination?