Civil Rights Movement

Famous march in 1965: 3 attempts to complete it; sparked by Jimmie Lee Jackson's death

These addressed racial inequalities in MS--taught black history, math (over 3,000 attended).

This amendment extended citizenship to formerly enslaved people

All of the following were forms of non-violent protest in the CRM EXCEPT...

Racist police chief in Birmingham who sent horses & dogs to "control a march"

Type of action MLK was known for using.

The goal of these was to push for desegregation of all public places/facilities.

This was the target for the Greensboro Sit-In

All of the following describe the Birmingham March EXCEPT...

Which Little Rock Niner was expelled for dumping Chili on someone's head?

This was the response in hundreds of cities to MLK's murder.

MLK's most famous speech, given at the March on Washington.

The goal of these was to desegregate travel facilities in the South.

What happened to Freedom Riders once they reached Mississippi?

This amendment ended slavery.

MLK was in this city to aid striking sanitation workers when his life was ended.

Which is NOT true of Freedom Riders?

___ helped the Montgomery Bus Boycott by charging only 10 cents for rides instead 45 cents.

This President is known for desegregating the military.

Which of the following was a large turning point in Malcolm X's life?

Who murdered MLK?

This man used the national guard to prevent nine students from entering Central High School

This President is known for sending the 101st Airborne Divi. to assist 9 students to Central HS

All of the following were outcomes of Freedom Summer EXCEPT...

This outlawed any form of discrimination (but was a struggle to enforce)

Privately owned vehicles that offered free rides to anybody in need during the bus boycott.

This percent of African Americans ACTUALLY participated in the bus boycott.

The spark to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Passed in 1964: banned poll taxes in federal elections only

This Court decision established "separate but equal"  to segregate facilities.

The most racist city in America & focus of a March.

Organization created by MLK.

All of the following groups were targeted by the KKK except...

In what year was MLK murdered?

Which was NOT a way African Americans were denied the right to vote?

This is considered the "start" or "cause" of the CRM.

Laws that separated people of color from whites in schools, housing, jobs & public places.

Who completed one-man marches to deliver mail in the fight for civil rights?

Site where MLK was shot.

Where was Central High School located?

1st black player in Major League Baseball.

The leader of the Nation of Islam that Malcolm X originally idolized, then disagreed with.

How many days did the bus boycott last in Montgomery?

Court decision that said separate was NOT equal-- forced schools to integrate.

Group that used legal strategies to confront Civil Rights issues & trained lawyers.

Highly publicized campaign in Deep South to register black Americans to vote.

Integrated group: registered voters, desegregated public facilities--Freedom Rides organized

Who was the other option to "spark" the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

This amendment gave suffrage (voting rights) to formerly enslaved people

The following were murdered in MS during Freedom Summer, EXCEPT...

Who signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act into law?

This percent of African Americans were EXPECTED to participate in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.