MSST 4

The most important industry attracted to Mississippi under the BAWI Act was Camp Shelby.

Civil rights activities in Mississippi in 1964 were given the name Freedom Summer.

Who said "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired?"

In ______________ inaugural address he declared 'hate, prejudice, and ignorance will not lead Mississippi"

Match: Established as a nonviolent approach to combating racial prejudice: held the nation’s first sit-in

Match: Established after the successful Montgomery bus boycott to coordinate protest activities across the South

One of the two reasons for the decline of cotton production in Mississippi during the 1920s was the ______________.

A tax on food, clothing and other items purchased in an open market is referred to as a poll tax.

How did the confessed murderers of Emmett Till avoid imprisonment?

The drastic and rapid fall in the stock prices experienced by the New York Stock Exchange in October 1929, is known as

What civil rights legislation outlawed literacy tests and poll taxes?

Which Mississippi governor implemented the BAWI program in the state?

__________ factory was largest in country but it is no longer in operation.

What civil rights activist became the first American American to graduate from Ole Miss?

Who was the civil rights activist in Hattiesburg who was killed during the firebombing?

Match: Started as an interracial group of students advocating nonviolence, supporting the Freedom Rides in 1961

A social movement to secure the equal treatment of blacks under the law is called the Civil Rights Movement.

The Supreme Court decision that ruled segregation in public schools was unconstitutional was ___________.

In what city did Medgar Evers primarily organize sit-ins, demonstrations, and boycotts?

Match: A coalition of organizations engaged in civil rights activities in MS, under the leadership of Robert Moses

A jury that is unable to agree on a verdict for a case is called a grand jury.

Match: Organized to abolish segregation & discrimination, to oppose racism, and to ensure AA their rights

Who were Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman?

What 1960 Mississippi constitutional amendment was used to prevent many blacks from registering to vote?

On what promises was Governor Ross Barnett elected in Mississippi?

What was the Citizens' Council?