Final Exam Crossword #2 Civil Rights

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  1. 3. The Little Rock School Crisis occurred in the state of _________________
  2. 6. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended _______________ discrimination in voting
  3. 7. The famous March on ______________________ included MLKs famous "I have a dream" speech
  4. 11. The Montgomery Bus Boycott pioneered the use of ___________________ resistance as a tool for protesting unjust laws
  5. 13. Martin Luther King Jr rose to prominence in the Civil Rights Movement by leading the __________________ Bus Boycott
  6. 16. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 also helped end discrimination in __________________ registration.
  7. 17. The Freedom Riders buses were burned by the Klu Klux _____________
  8. 19. Robinson was just a good ball player that he was declared the ________________ of the Year in 1947
  9. 22. Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play Major League baseball when he was drafted by the ________________
  10. 23. The March on Washington is often credited with helping to encourage the passing of the ______________ Rights Act of 1964
  11. 25. Brown vs. Board of Education declared segregated schooling ______________________ and forced the nations school to integrate
  12. 27. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned discrimination based on race, _____________, religion or national origin.
  13. 28. Perhaps the most famous person in all of the Civil Rights Movement was Rosa _____________ who famously refused to move to the back of the bus
  14. 29. The March on Washington was organized by a group of civil rights, ______________ and religions organizations
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  1. 1. _________________ Summer was a campaing launched in 1964 to register as many African American voters as possible in the South
  2. 2. When Jackie Robinson was drafted it was said he broke the color __________________
  3. 4. The Freedom Riders were civil rights ____________________
  4. 5. _________________ Orval Faubus called out the national guard to keep African American students from entering the schools in Little Rock
  5. 8. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 helped to desegregate facilities that served the general public known as "public ______________________"
  6. 9. The famous "I Have a Dream" speech was delivered from the steps of the ______________ Memorial
  7. 10. The Supreme Court case of _____________ vs Ferguson established the idea of "separate, but equal"
  8. 12. The Civil Rights act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were both signed into law by President ______________________
  9. 14. Violence broke out when _________________ African American students tried to attend Little Rock Central High School (the number of students)
  10. 15. The result of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was the registration of lots of racial _____________________ to vote
  11. 18. President _____________________ eventually called in the 101st Airborne to take control of the situation and escort the African American students to class
  12. 20. One of the reasons Robinson helped the Civil Rights Movement was that he had such a great _________________ and people of all races easily liked and rooted for him
  13. 21. The Freedom Summer volunteers were subject to much _________________ and assaults
  14. 24. The Brown vs BOE case said that segregated schooling violated the ___________________ Amendment for equal protection under the law
  15. 26. The president who ordered an end to segregation in the military was _______________ (last name)