Civil Rights Vocabulary Review

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17 questions

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Civil Rights Vocabulary Review

Last updated about 3 years ago

17 questions

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One of the most prominent leaders who played a key role in the American civil rights movement.

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Refusal to comply with laws as a peaceful form of political protest: __________

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Nonviolent social and political movement against racial segregation and discrimination: __________

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State and local statutes that legalized racial separation: _____________________ 

Other Answer Choices:

segregation laws

Food Stamp Act 1964

Little Rock Crisis

March on Washington

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Drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party, group, or incumbent.

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The goal was to prevent hunger, improve the social conditions of citizens with low-incomes, and provide a foundation for U.S. agriculture: ________________________ 

Other Answer Choices:

Freedom Rides

March on Washington

Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965

Food Stamp Act 1964

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The party’s original purpose was to patrol African American neighborhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality.

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In 1957 Arkansas, African American students were prevented from entering the racially segregated school.

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Mexican American leader who organized farm workers using non-violent methods.

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Use the chart below to answer the question.

	Freedom Rides	poll taxes
Eligible voters were required to pay a fixed sum before they could cast a ballot.

One of the most prominent leaders who played a key role in the American civil rights movement.

Civil rights leaders/activists. Select TWO choices.

Cesar Chavez

gerrymandering

W.E.B. DuBois

poll taxes

Refusal to comply with laws as a peaceful form of political protest: __________

All are examples of civil disobedience EXCEPT

poll taxes

Freedom Rides

Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott

Greensboro Sit-In

Nonviolent social and political movement against racial segregation and discrimination: __________

State and local statutes that legalized racial separation: _____________________ 

Other Answer Choices:

segregation laws

Food Stamp Act 1964

Little Rock Crisis

March on Washington

Drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party, group, or incumbent.

The goal was to prevent hunger, improve the social conditions of citizens with low-incomes, and provide a foundation for U.S. agriculture: ________________________ 

Other Answer Choices:

Freedom Rides

March on Washington

Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965

Food Stamp Act 1964

The party’s original purpose was to patrol African American neighborhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality.

Use the chart below to answer the question.

	Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965	March on Washington
Started a leased housing program to make privately owned housing available to low-income families.

In 1957 Arkansas, African American students were prevented from entering the racially segregated school.

Use the chart below to answer the question.

	March on Washington	poll taxes
Was a massive protest march that aimed to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans a century after emancipation.

Mexican American leader who organized farm workers using non-violent methods.

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Use the chart below to answer the question.

	desegregation	segregation
The process of ending the separation of two groups, usually referring to races.

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Use the chart below to answer the question.

Freedom Rides

poll taxes

Eligible voters were required to pay a fixed sum before they could cast a ballot.

Civil rights leaders/activists.  Select TWO choices. 

Cesar Chavez

gerrymandering

W.E.B. DuBois

poll taxes

All are examples of civil disobedience EXCEPT

poll taxes

Freedom Rides

Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott

Greensboro Sit-In

Use the chart below to answer the question.

Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965

March on Washington

Started a leased housing program to make privately owned housing available to low-income families.

Use the chart below to answer the question.

March on Washington

poll taxes

Was a massive protest march that aimed to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans a century after emancipation.

Analyze the image. What event is being shown in the photograph?

March on Washington

Freedom Rides

Use the chart below to answer the question.

desegregation

segregation

The process of ending the separation of two groups, usually referring to races.

W.E.B. DuBois

Started a leased housing program to make privately owned housing available to low-income families.

First Black American to earn a PhD from Harvard University, founding member of NAACP.

Mexican American leader who organized farm workers using non-violent methods.

Challenged segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals by traveling on buses from Washington, D.C., to Jackson, Mississippi.

Analyze the image.  What event is being shown in the photograph? 

March on Washington

Freedom Rides

W.E.B. DuBois

Started a leased housing program to make privately owned housing available to low-income families.

First Black American to earn a PhD from Harvard University, founding member of NAACP.

Mexican American leader who organized farm workers using non-violent methods.

Challenged segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals by traveling on buses from Washington, D.C., to Jackson, Mississippi.