Civil War Era
Across
- 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.
- 7. An African American leader who articulated concepts of race pride and black nationalism in the 1950s and ‘60s.
- 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
- 10. Grant citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States,” thereby granting citizenship to former slaves.”
- 11. This trial wanted to treat African Americans like they are “Separate but equal.”
- 12. Movement where African Americans rode interstate buses to test the enforcement of the Supreme Court's decision to outlaw segregation at interstate level.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 19. An Indian leadership movement that transformed policy making into programs and organizations that served many Indian communities.
- 21. Grant African American men the right to vote
- 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
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- 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. “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. Abolished slavery within the United States.
- 4. This case dealt with the segregation of public schools on the basis of race.
- 5. Civil rights activist who fought for better working conditions for farmers.
- 8. The massive boycott that lasted 13 months, resulting in the ruling that bus segregation between whites and blacks was unconstitutional.
- 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.
- 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.
- 18. Movement to win dignity and respect for America’s farm workers through better working conditions and a living wage.
- 20. A charismatic Oglala Sioux who helped revive image of the American Indian.