Civil Rights Study Guide

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Across
  1. 2. most famous leader of the abolitionist movement; believe U.S. Constitution was inherently anti-slavery
  2. 5. (1910-1930) explosion of culture, poetry, art, jazz music, and dance from African Americans
  3. 9. seeks to block social change or to reverse social changes that have already been achieved (Ex. KKK)
  4. 10. argued for Black power and self-defense and encouraged racial pride
  5. 11. Granted citizenship to former slaves - 1868
  6. 12. FREE CITIZENS VOTE
  7. 13. tried telling the civil war in a different light using propaganda, south didn’t acknowledge Black Americans
  8. 14. loosely or tightly organized COLLECTIVE effort by relatively POWERLESS groups to affect social or political change operating outside of normal political channels
  9. 18. (1955-56) first event that kick started the civil rights movement; rise of Dr. King and the civil rights movement
  10. 20. (1961) brought national attention to the movement because of the violence
  11. 26. initially focused on preserving the union; emancipation proclamation = freed southern slaves; Gettysburg Address = convinced U.S. needs to be a “new nation united”
  12. 28. seeks to overthrow the existing government and to bring about a new one and even a new way of life (Ex. American revolution, Russian revolution, etc.)
  13. 30. focused on Black pride/power and ending racism through self-defense, particularly against police brutality
  14. 32. a system of laws and customs separating African Americans and white Americans throughout society
  15. 33. (1965) banned voting barriers and allowed more African American people to participate in politics
  16. 34. (1964) ENDS JIM CROW LAWS – no more segregation
  17. 37. seeks limited changes in some aspects of a nation's political, economic, or social systems; most common (Ex. Civil rights)
  18. 38. Ability to read and write (literacy tests), Paying a Poll Tax
  19. 39. wanted to but whites back in control of the south; little alterations; protected poor whites
  20. 41. (1963) great power in numbers; never been attempted; peaceful and broadcasted
  21. 42. segregation laws
  22. 43. on national TV he supported the Selma March and called or the voting rights bill; used U.S. Army and National Guard to protect marchers
  23. 44. (1896) Establish “separate but equal” meaning segregation is legal
  24. 45. introduced the civil rights act; supported movement through speeches
  25. 46. (1857) reinforced the idea that African slaves were not human and would never be granted access to citizenship
Down
  1. 1. (1964) isn’t about race anymore – it's about power
  2. 3. (1963) created “drama” with how these children were treated using the press and images; pathos for sympathy
  3. 4. the period after the American Civil War, during which the United States struggled with integrating into states that seceded and determined legal status of African Americans
  4. 6. (1968) bettered conditions for many A.A. in sanitation jobs; final march in honor of MLK; worked as a union
  5. 7. (1910-1970) relocation of more than 6 million Black Americans from the rural south to cities in the North, Midwest, and West; fled the horrific conditions in hopes of a better life; refugee movement
  6. 8. social and political effort to end slavery everywhere from about the 1830s – 1865; diverse
  7. 15. (1963) made people pay attention and to prevent this from happening again; shows how innocent people were attacked; same place as Children’s Crusade
  8. 16. Redistribute material resources more equitably, Gain full citizenship, Re-define society’s values, norms, and priorities
  9. 17. (1963) shows the power of the press and made sympathy shift to the protestors
  10. 19. (1965) led to civil + voting rights acts; president and army got involved to protect
  11. 21. Granted voting rights to African American MEN – 1870
  12. 22. face of the civil rights movement; peaceful protests only; famous “I Have a Dream” speech; movement died with him when he was assassinated
  13. 23. kept state gov. In check during Little Rock IX (ENFORCED the law); WWII, grew up with no A.A. people in his life
  14. 24. political, legal, and social struggles by African Americans and other minority groups to gain full citizenship rights & achieve racial equality; challenged segregation
  15. 25. (1954) in favor of Brown 9-0; overruled “separate but equal” with regards to public schools
  16. 27. (1957) first time segregation is ruled unconstitutional, and the president gets involved to protect these young African American children
  17. 29. purposefully and openly violating the law - cause “drama” (Ex. Marches, parades, rallies, strikes, boycotts, sit-ins, etc.)
  18. 31. movement same time as civil rights; focused on racial pride and economic empowerment instead of integration
  19. 35. Abolished Slavery - 1865
  20. 36. used violence to scare African Americans from using new freedoms
  21. 40. face of the Montgomery Bus Boycotts; opposed segregation on buses by not giving up her seat; arrested twice – for not giving up her seat and under local anti-boycott laws