| A | B |
|---|
| spurred the civil rights movement | racism viewed as evil, blacks fought in WWII and moved to cities |
| Jim Crow laws | meant to maintain blacks as inferior to whites |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | made segregation legal |
| Thurgood Marshall | powerful black attorney |
| Brown v. Board of Education | integrated public schools |
| Rosa Parks | would not leave her seat |
| Montgomery Bus Boycott | led to integration of public transportation in Alabama |
| Little Rock Nine | First black kids to attend a white school in Arkansas |
| Eisenhower | sent troops to enforce school integration in Arkansas |
| Sit ins | peaceful protests at lunch counters and other locations |
| Freedom Riders | pushed integration of interstate buses |
| Children's March in Birmingham | MLK expected violence to increase public support |
| Freedom Summer | push to register black voters in Mississippi |
| March on Washington | 250,000 people see MLK's "Dream" speech |
| Selma to Montgomery march | Johnson uses state trooper violence to push voting rights legislation |
| JFK's assassination | public sympathy helps Johnson push the Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
| Great Society | aims to promote education, end discrimination and protect the environment |
| MLK's assassination | puts an end to passive resistance |
| Passive Resistance | Nonviolent protest |
| Cesar Chavez | organizes Mexican farm workers |
| La Raza Unida | Mexican organization fighting for equal rights |
| Self Determination Act of 1975 | gives Native Americans greater control over social programs, education and law enforcement |
| Feminine Mystique | book which helps women to get better jobs and pay |
