Civil War Era

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  1. 6. The Mexican American Civil Rights Movement that fought for restoration of land grants, to farm workers rights, enhanced education, and voting and political rights.
  2. 7. An African American leader who articulated concepts of race pride and black nationalism in the 1950s and ‘60s.
  3. 9. Citizens no longer have to pay a fee to vote. If they are a Citizen then they are eligible to vote and have vote rights
  4. 10. Grant citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States,” thereby granting citizenship to former slaves.”
  5. 11. This trial wanted to treat African Americans like they are “Separate but equal.”
  6. 12. Movement where African Americans rode interstate buses to test the enforcement of the Supreme Court's decision to outlaw segregation at interstate level.
  7. 13. Played a pivotal role in ending the legal segregation of African-American citizens in the South and the creation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
  8. 14. Movement where 4 African-American students went into a whites only diner and asked politely for a cup of coffee. When denied service, they would not engage in violence but would sit quietly and wait to be served.
  9. 15. The mass march from Selma to Montgomery to protest for the black voter registration in Dallas county, where protesters were brutally attacked by state troopers and mounted patrolmen.
  10. 19. An Indian leadership movement that transformed policy making into programs and organizations that served many Indian communities.
  11. 21. Grant African American men the right to vote
  12. 22. Her refusal to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a public bus spurred a citywide boycott and helped launch nationwide efforts to end segregation of public facilities
Down
  1. 1. It was for women’s suffrage and the right for a women to have equal voting rights as her male counterparts. Finalized in 1919
  2. 2. “The segregation and disenfranchisement laws...codified system of racial apartheid that dominated the American South for three quarters of a century beginning in the 1890’s”
  3. 3. Abolished slavery within the United States.
  4. 4. This case dealt with the segregation of public schools on the basis of race.
  5. 5. Civil rights activist who fought for better working conditions for farmers.
  6. 8. The massive boycott that lasted 13 months, resulting in the ruling that bus segregation between whites and blacks was unconstitutional.
  7. 16. January 22, 1973 Supreme court overturned decision on the abortion law, meaning that women and their doctor can choose abortion of pregnancy without legal restriction.
  8. 17. Signed on July 2, 1964, prohibited any discrimination in a public place and allowed integration in school. This was signed by President Lyndon Johnson.
  9. 18. Movement to win dignity and respect for America’s farm workers through better working conditions and a living wage.
  10. 20. A charismatic Oglala Sioux who helped revive image of the American Indian.