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STEELE
STEELE--SSII--CHPT 18 CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT (1945-1975)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| DE JURE SEGREGATION | SEGREGATION IMPOSED BY LAW |
| DE FACTO SEGREGATION | SEGREGATION BY UNWRITTEN CUSTOM |
| THURGOOD MARSHALL | AFRICAN AMERICAN LAWYER, WORKED WITH CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS TO CHALLENGE SEGREGATION IN THE COURTS |
| BROWN VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION | COURT CASE: SEGREGATED SCHOOLS WERE AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION |
| CIVIL RIGHTS ACT 1957 | ESTABLISHED U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION |
| ROSA PARKS | AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WHO REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON A PUBLIC BUS |
| MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. | LED PEACEFUL RALLIES AND MARCH ON WASHINGTON. |
| MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT | AFRICAN AMERICANS BOYCOTT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO SHOW PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION FOR CIVIL RIGHTS |
| SIT-IN | STUDENTS PEACEFUL PROTEST OF DISCRIMINATION IN RESTAURANTS |
| SNCC | STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE (TO CREATE A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT TO STOP WHITE RACISM AND OBTAIN EQUALITY) |
| FREEDOM RIDERS | AFRICAN AMERICANS TOOK BUSES THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH AND DEFIED ALL RACE LAWS |
| JAMES MERIDETH | AFRICAN AMERICAN WHO TRIED TO ENROLL AT MISSISSIPPI U. WON THE RIGHT IN COURT TO ATTEND |
| MEDGER EVANS | CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST WHO HELPED MEREDITH'S CASE TO ATTEND COLLEGE |
| MARCH ON WASHINGTON | AUG 28, 1963...MASSIVE MARCH TO RAISE AWARENESS OF CIVIL RIGHTS...MLK'S SPEECH |
| FILIBUSTER | ATTEMPT IN CONGRESS TO GIVE LONG SPEECH TO STOP BILL FROM BEING VOTED ON IN CONGRESS. THERE WAS AN 80 DAY FILIUBUSTER BEFORE THE ACT OF 1964 WAS PASSED |
| CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 | BANNED SEGREGATION IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND DESEGREGATED SCHOOLS |
| FREEDOM SUMMER | SNCC'S FOCUS TO REGISTER AFRICAN AMERICANS TO VOTE AND FORM THE MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM DEMOCRATIC PARTY |
| FANNIE LOU HAMMER | MEMBER OF MFDP WHO GAVE TESTIMONY IN FRONT OF CONGRESS ABOUT DISCRIMINATION |
| VOTING RIGHTS ACT | BANNED LITERACY TESTS AND GAVE US GOV'T POWER TO OVERSEE REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS |
| 24TH AMENDMENT | BANNED POLL TAXES |
| KERNER COMMISSION | NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON CIVIL DISORDERS...CONCLUDED THAT MAJORITY OF CIVIL DISORDERS STEMMED FROM RACIAL DISCRIMINATION |
| MALCOLM X | MINISTER OF NATION OF ISLAM, WHO BROKE FROM THE ORGANIZATION AND BELIEVED IN LIMITED ACCEPTANCE OF WHITES |
| NATION OF ISLAM | RELIGIOUS SECT THAT BELIEVED IN NO ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND DEMANDED SEPARATION OF RACES |
| BLACK POWER | PHRASE TO DEPICT AFRICAN AMERICANS SHOULD COLLECTIVELY USE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POWER TO GAIN EQUALITY |
| BLACK PANTHERS | GROUP OF YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITANT GROUP WHO CARRIED WEAPONS TO PATROL RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN CITIES |
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