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The Supreme court ruling in Browder v. Gayle struck down Alabama's __ laws.
segregation
Jack ___ murdered JFK's killer on national television.
Ruby
Dr. King reminded people that the key to change was not violence or hatred, but ___.
love
The refusal of ___ to give up a bus seat to a White man became a rallying point for the civil rights movement.
Rosa Parks
President Johnson's critics claimed his proposals created a(n) _ on government for basic needs.
dependency
The _ program was the culmination of America's effort to land men on the moon.
Apollo
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
The Supreme court ruling in Browder v. Gayle struck down Alabama's __ laws. | segregation |
Jack ___ murdered JFK's killer on national television. | Ruby |
Dr. King reminded people that the key to change was not violence or hatred, but ___. | love |
The refusal of ___ to give up a bus seat to a White man became a rallying point for the civil rights movement. | Rosa Parks |
President Johnson's critics claimed his proposals created a(n) _ on government for basic needs. | dependency |
The _ program was the culmination of America's effort to land men on the moon. | Apollo |
The Southern expressed the will of the Southern White community to keep segregation as the status quo. | Manifesto |
___ is the passing of laws to end the separation of people due to race or class. | Desegregation |
President Kennedy was the first ___ elected President of the United States. | Catholic |
The _, led by Thurgood Marshall, won many court victories in the 1930s and 1940s to secure rights for African Americans. | NAACP |
Malcolm X was assassinated by three members of the Nation of ___. | Islam |
Frustration over the __ sanitation worker's strike led to race riots in Washington, D.C., Chicago, and other towns. | Memphis |
The ___ decision removed the recitation of prayers prepared for students by government officials on the argument that it amounted to government sponsored establishment of religion. | Engel v. Vitale |
In April 1963, the SCLC protested segregation laws in ___, Alabama. | Birmingham |
Which statement does NOT apply to the Warren Court? | Justice Warren's controversial views put him at odds with President Johnson. |
People were killed in riots each year between 1964 and 1967 in _, a Black section of Los Angeles. | Watts |
___ composed the civil rights movement theme, 'We Shall Overcome.' | Charles Alvert Tindley |
___ provided leadership for Blacks seeking separatism, not integration. | Malcolm X |
The Court ruled that state laws could not set aside the Court's decision to end segregation of public education in ___. | Cooper v. Aaron |
The ___ decision overturned the segregation of public education. | Brown v. Board of Education |
The driving idea behind Black ___ was that Blacks should remain separate from White society and celebrate their African roots. | Power |
To ensure all voters were represented fairly, the Warren Court ruled that states must frequently redraw ___ lines. | district |
The Civil Rights Act of _ removed some ambiguities that had made other civil rights acts easy to ignore. It empowered the Attorney General and the courts to enforce these measures. | 1964 |
Which statement does NOT describe an obstacle overcome by Selma protest marchers? | Ku Klux Klan members turned back marchers by blocking the road to Montgomery. |
Dr. King was shot and killed while in __ to resolve a strike. | Memphis |
The ___ ruling by the Court clarified the illegality of forced segregation in dealing with interracial marriages. | Loving v. Virginia |
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 eliminated _ tests that kept many Blacks from voting. | literacy |
In 1963, as many as 200,000 protestors gathered in Washington, D.C., to seek new civil rights legislation and to hear Dr. King speak from the ___ Memorial. | Lincoln |
Because of ___, the use of powerful fire hoses on protestors in Birmingham actually generated support for the civil rights movement. | national television coverage |