MOD Unit 9 Civil Rights Movement

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Across
  1. 3. The ______________________ of 1965 outlawed barriers to voting (grandfather clauses, intimidation, etc)
  2. 6. Union led by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta that fought for farmworkers’ rights and better conditions.
  3. 8. The ______________________ of 1964 outlawed discrimination in the workplace based on race.
  4. 13. Issued Executive Order 9981 to desegregate the U.S. military.
  5. 14. 13th Amendment abolished __________.
  6. 15. Broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
  7. 16. The practice of keeping whites and blacks or "colored" separated is called ____________.
  8. 17. The ________ Amendment outlawed laws against rights of citizens (granted citizenship to all Americans).
  9. 18. The _____ Amendment granted African American men the right to vote (can't discriminate voting based on race, color or gender)
Down
  1. 1. Civil rights leader who championed nonviolent protest and led the 1963 March on Washington.
  2. 2. Group of African American students who integrated Central High School in Arkansas in 1957, facing fierce resistance.
  3. 4. A 1969 Supreme Court case that ruled students have First Amendment rights in schools, protecting their right to wear black armbands in protest of the Vietnam War- ________ v. Des Moines.
  4. 5. 24th Amendment outlawed _____ ______.
  5. 7. Black nationalist leader and Nation of Islam minister who advocated for Black empowerment and self-defense.
  6. 9. The 26th Amendment raised/lowered the voting age based on anti-draft protests.
  7. 10. Native American activist group founded in 1968 to address Indigenous rights and sovereignty issues.
  8. 11. Civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, sparked the 1955 bus boycott.
  9. 12. Founded in 1966 by Huey Newton, this militant group sought to protect Black communities and promote self-defense and social programs, including Free Breakfast program.