U.S. History Chapter 21 Flashcards

A protest action in 1955 to end segregation on buses in Montgomery, Alabama

Mixing racial groups

<p>The first African American player in the major leagues of baseball</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Black attorney who successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Give up her seat to a white passenger</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Governor of Arkansas who sent the National Guard to prevent desegregation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The end of something reservation for Native Americans</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Both African Americans and whites are involved</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Congress of Racial Equality</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A group founded by Martin Luther King Jr. to fight against segregation using nonviolent means</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Civil rights protests that tried not to involve any violence</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The act of protesting by sitting down</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bus trips taken by civil rights advocates in the 1960s to test segregation laws</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A white mob torched a Freedom Ride bus</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>First African American student at the University of Mississippi</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Considered the most segregated city in America</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Letters written by Martin Luther King Jr. from jail</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A huge civil rights protest where King made his 'I Have a Dream' speech</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A famous speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Senators prevent a vote by taking the floor and refusing to stop talking</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A procedure for terminating debate, especially filibusters, in the Senate</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Banned racial discrimination in various public places and gave the government power to desegregate schools</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Legislation that abolished literacy tests as a requirement to register to vote</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The poll tax</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An organization that sent people to the National Democratic Convention</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A major demonstration organized by King to press for voting rights</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A group of militant Black Americans advocating for Islamic beliefs and independence</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The separate identity and racial unity of the African American community</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The belief that Blacks should fight back if attacked and achieve economic independence</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Segregation imposed by law</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Segregation caused by social conditions such as poverty</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A Black Muslim who argued for separation, not integration</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The first African American elected to the Texas State Senate</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A lawyer and civil rights leader who contributed to Brown v. Board of Education case in Virginia</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Supreme Court Justice in the Brown v. Board of Education case</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A document signed by more than one hundred members of Congress denouncing Brown v. Board of Education</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An influential leader of the civil rights era, assassinated in 1968</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>President who sent federal troops to Little Rock to protect African American students</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Governor Faubus sent the National Guard to prevent nine Black students from entering the school</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An organization that aided African Americans in cities by helping them find jobs</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Civil rights leader who founded the Congress of Racial Equality and led the first sit-in</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Executive director of the SCLC who urged student leaders to create the SNCC</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One of SNCC's most influential leaders who helped rural Blacks register to vote</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A decision by the Supreme Court in 1960 that made racial segregation in public transportation illegal</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Governor of Mississippi who tried to prevent James Meredith from entering Ole Miss</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Birmingham Police Chief who used fire hoses and dogs against students during the Children's Crusade</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A nonviolent protest in Birmingham in 1963 met with violent response.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>SCLC minister who organized the Children's March</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It was bombed by the KKK, killing four teenage girls</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>President during the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Director of the NAACP in Mississippi who was murdered</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Shot Medgar Evers in 1963</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>African American labor leader who demanded an end to discrimination in defense industries</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Banned different voter registration standards for whites and blacks</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Discrimination in public accommodations</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Withheld federal funding when discrimination is practiced</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>GOP leader in the Senate who supported civil rights measures</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They were centers of 'red propaganda' and discontent</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>African Americans were attacked by police while marching</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An organization formed by Malcolm X</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A leader of the Black Nationalist movement who coined the phrase 'Black Power'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Founders of the Black Panthers</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Convicted of killing Martin Luther King Jr.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>At the Lorraine Motel</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>At the Ambassador Hotel</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Assassin of Robert F. Kennedy</p> Signup and view all the answers