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VA Studies Week 26 Review

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  • Before desegregation it was hard for African American children to get a good ________________.
    education
  • Who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
    President Lyndon B Johnson.
  • He was the lawyer who helped when the Brown vs. Board of Education.
    Thurgood Marshall
  • A period during the 1950s and '60s in which people worked together to change unfair laws and guarantee basic rights for everyone was called the _______________ _______________ _________________.
    Civil Rights Movement
  • Harry F. Byrd Sr. was a ________________.
    U.S. Senator
  • What law did Congress pass in 1965 that ended the poll tax?
    the Voting Rights Act
  • Give 2 examples of public places that were segregated by race:
    Churches Schools Restaurants Water Fountains Busses Playgrounds
  • Which of the following was not a way Martin Luther King Jr. believed could help African Americans get equal rights?
    marches
    speeches
    burning public buildings
    sit-ins
  • What state is the city of Birmingham located in?
    Alabama
  • What is the term for the kind of protests used by the civil rights movement, like marches and sit-ins?
    What is the term for the kind of protests used by the civil rights movement, like marches and sit-ins?
  • Which act outlawed the Jim Crow laws and when was it passed by Congress?
    The Civil Rights Act of 1964
  • Which of the following is NOT mentioned in this week's paper as a place in Virginia where you can learn about the Civil Rights Movement?
    the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
    The Newsome House Museum
    the Virginia Air and Space Museum
    the Robert Russa Morton Museum
  • Unfair treatment of people because of race, religion or gender is called ____________________.
    discrimination
  • Who spoke at the march on Washington?
    Martin Luther King JR.
  • When did schools start to desegregate?
    the 1950s and 1960s
  • What is integration?
    Mixing people by race after Brown v. Board of Education
  • The first African American fighter pilots were known as ______ _______________ ______________
    the Tuskegee Airmen
  • Rights guaranteed by the Constiution are ____________ _______________.
    civil rights
  • Abolishment of racial segregation is called ___________________.
    desegregation
  • He fought for equal rights for migrant workers.
    Cesar Chavez
  • The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education declared that these had to be desegregated.
    schools
  • The idea that people of different races would remain segregated but have equal rights is called _____________ ____ ___________.
    separate but equal
  • The president who ordered the military to remain integrated after WWII was _______________________.
    Harry Truman
  • She refused to give up her seat on the bus
    Rosa Parks
  • This act outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states.
    Voting Rights Act
  • What man was a leader in the civil rights movement who inspired many Americans?
    Martin Luther King Jr.
  • The huge fight against desegregation led by Harry F. Byrd Sr. was called _________________ ____________________.
    Massive Resistance
  • What does segregate mean?
    set apart from the rest or from each other; isolate or divide.
  • What was the goal of the civil rights movement?
    To get equal rights and protections for African Americans.
  • What are the laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States called?
    Jim Crow laws.
  • This movement desegregated the bus system.
    Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • What are three ways in which people worked together to change unfair laws towards African Americans and other minorities?
    They gave speeches, used boycotts and marched (or had sit-ins) in the streets
  • What is an opinion based on little knowledge, usually unfavorable?
    prejudice
  • What act made discrimination in housing illegal?
    Civil Rights Act of 1968.
  • Who gave the "I Have a Dream" speech?
    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Full equality of all races in the use of public facilities is called _______________.
    integration
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