Civil Rights Movement 6 Jeopardy Template

Important People	Vocabulary	Legal	Goals of the Civil Rights Movement	Important Events
100 Who was the first African American major league baseball player? Jackie Robinson	100 What are civil rights? Individual rights	100 What was Plessy v. Ferguson? A legal case that said if something was separate it must also be equal	100 What was a major goal of the Civil Rights Movement? To end segregation	100 What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott? A protest against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama.
200 Who was the Civil Rights activist who refused to give up their seat which started the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955? Rosa Parks	200 What is civil disobedience? Nonviolent protests	200 What was Brown v. Board of Education? A legal case that said racial segregation in public schools violated the 14th Amendment	200 Why was the Civil Rights Movement started? To fight for the equal rights and treatment of African American citizens	200 What was the Little Rock 9? A group of 9 African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957, an otherwise whites only school.
300 Who was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement that organized peaceful protests? Martin Luther King Jr.	300 What is segregation? Separation of people of different races	300 What was the purpose of literacy tests and poll taxes? To require black voters to be able to read/write and pay a fee in order to vote.	300 How did the US government promote civil rights? Banning discrimination in public places	300 What was the March on Washington? A gathering of civil rights leaders to protest racial discrimination and to show support for major civil rights legislation.
400 Who was the US Supreme Court's first African American member and sat on and argued for the case of Brown vs. BOE? Thurgood Marshall	400 What is integration? To make different groups/races equals in society	400 What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964? A law that protected the voting rights of all citizens and outlawed public discrimination	400 What are three examples of civil rights? The right to vote, the right to a public education, and the right to use public facilities	400 What is the NAACP and what was its goal? National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and their goal was to end segregation
500 Who were political protestors that were fighting to end segregation on public buses? Freedom Fighters	500 What are Jim Crow laws? Southern state laws that separated blacks and whites in public places	500 What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965? A law that allowed federal officials the ability to register voters where local officials refused due to discrimination.	500 How did the Civil Rights Movement start? When Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, was arrested for refusing to move to the back of the bus in Montgomery, Alabama.	500 What strategies did Martin Luther King Jr use during the important events he was associated with? Speeches and peaceful protests

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