Civil Rights Movement Jeopardy Round II Jeopardy Review

Civil Rights Movement Jeopardy Round II Jeopardy Review Game

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This president outlined plans for Civil Rights legislation before being assassinated in 1963

Who was John F. Kennedy?

This NAACP leader in Mississippi was gunned down in his driveway after returning home from a meeting

Who was Medgar Evers?

This man was criticized after his arrest in 1963 for being too aggressive

Who was MLK?

After JFK’s death, this president was in office when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed

Who was Lyndon Johnson?

This man was named the first black Supreme Court Justice by Lyndon Johnson

Who was Thurgood Marshall?

The purpose of this march was to demonstrate support for Civil Rights

What was the March on Washington?

Martin Luther King, Jr. gave this famous speech at the March on Washington

What is the “I Have a Dream” speech?

The number of people to have participated in the March on Washington is estimated to be this

What is 250, 000?

As a result of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, this many blacks were elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1965

What is 8?

This act allowed blacks to choose to live where they wanted to live

What was the Fair Housing Act of 1968?

This man, Alabama’s then governor, sent in mounted state troopers to try to stop the march from Selma to Montgomery

Who was George Wallace?

After the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the federal government had the power to do this in certain cities

What was register voters?

This term, meaning to be kept from voting, still applied to many blacks in the South in the early 1960’s

What is disfranchised?

This happened in many large Northern and Western cities in the 1960’s as a result of the growth of the militant civil rights movement

What is rioting?

Rioting was particularly bad in four cities. Name three of the four cities.

What are Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago, and New York City?

The city and state in which JFK was assassinated

What is Dallas, Texas?

The name of Kennedy’s wife who rode alongside him as he was shot

Who was Jacqueline Kennedy?

This man fired the shots killing Kennedy

Who was Lee Harvey Oswald?

Oswald was later shot by this man as he was transferred in the Dallas jail

Who was Jack Ruby?

The name of the building from which the fatal shots were fired killing President Kennedy

What was the Texas Schoolbook Depository?

Along with blacks, which other groups benefited from the Civil Rights Movement

What are other minority groups? (women, Native Americans, Hispanics, & handicapped)

This group was given the power of the federal government to investigate civil rights violations

What is the Justice Department?

Name the two groups who were involved with the more militant civil rights movement

Who were the Black Panther Party & Black Muslims

This man was the leader of the Black Muslims, and is seen as a leader in the militant civil rights effort

Who was Malcolm X?

The militant civil rights movement is often referred to as this

What is the Black Power Movement?

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