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UShist Ch 10 Review
UShist Ch 10 Test Review, Part 1
Term | Definition |
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Rosa Parks | Refused to give up seat on the bus and led to boycott |
Betty Friedan | Wrote the Feminine Mystique |
Lyndon B. Johnson | President who signed the most important Civil Rights Law. He passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as a way to honor JFK. |
Cesar Chavez | Non-violent methods to get fruit growers to recognize the union of farm workers |
Robert F. Kennedy | Former Attorney General; assassinated when he was president |
Earl Warren | Chief Justice of Supreme Court 1953-1969 |
Jack Ruby | Shot Lee Harvey Oswald |
James Earl Ray | Assassinated MLK, Jr. |
Malcom X | Nation of Islam spokesperson; assassinated in 1965 by members of that group |
George Wallace | Governor of Alabama; supported segregation |
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee | Organized Freedom Rides to increase voter registration |
Southern Christian Leadership Conference | MLK Jr. was the founder of this |
Nation of Islam | Urged African Americans to separate from Whites |