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