FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH VOCAB EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH VOCAB EXAM

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Question 1: Angela Davis*

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Angela Davis (1944-still living) was a political activist and supporter of the Communist Party and The Black Panthers in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She currently campaigns for prisoner rights and the proper treatment of incarcerated convicts.

Question 2: Little Rock Central High School/Little Rock 9

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One of the first schools to become integrated. Was a high school where 9 students were selected based on their grades to go to this "all white" school

Question 3: Stokely Carmichael

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civil rights leader, anti war activist, and Pan-African revolutionary, best known for popularizing the slogan "Black Power,"

Question 4: *Project C

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A document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project, and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities.

Question 5: *Medgar Evars

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NAACP director in Mississippi and was assassinated in 1963. The murderer who assassinated him was finally convicted in 1994.

Question 6: Voting Rights Act, 1965

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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B.

Question 7: Black Panthers/Bobby Seale & Huey P. Newton

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Newton and Bobby Seale, who met at Merritt College in Oakland. It was a revolutionary organization with an ideology of Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense, particularly against police brutality.

Question 8: Montgomery Bus Boycott

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A boycott on all the buses in Montgomery by Blacks in the community. Lasted over a year.

Question 9: 24th Amendment

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ended mandatory taxes that prevented African Americans from voting.

Question 10: Barry Goldwater

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American politician and major general in the Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Republican Party's nominee for president in 1964.

Question 11: *Black Power Movement

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Black power emphasized black self-reliance and self-determination more than integration. Proponents believed African Americans should secure their human rights by creating political and cultural organizations that served their interests.

Question 12: George Wallace

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Governor of Alabama, defended his state's policies of racial segregation.

Question 13: "I Have a Dream" Speech

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speech by mlk advertising racial harmony type shi

Question 14: SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Organization formed by southern black students in 1960. Aimed to give more focus and force to efforts to compel equal treatment in restaurants, transportation, employment, housing and voter registration.

Question 15: lunch counter sit-ins

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When Blacks took seats at "white only" counters and refused to leave until lunch was served to them.

Question 16: Thurgood Marshall

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Knocked down legal segregation in America as an attorney

Question 17: March on Washington, 1963

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place where mlk did his speech. sm people showed up over 250k

Question 18: Black Muslims

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Question 19: Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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Organization formed by MLK. Aimed to mobilize the vast power of the black churches on behalf of black rights. Trained and tested African Americans for ability to remain calm so they could participate nonviolently in marches and "sit ins"

Question 20: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

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Leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. One of the most prominent civil rights activists.

Question 21: "Letter From Birmingham Jail"

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MLK wrote this letter while in jail in response to criticisms from other clergymen, who stated that the fight for racial equality should not be fought on the streets, but in the courts and government.

Question 22: James Meredith

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First black to attend the University of Mississippi after being blocked several times by segregationist politicians.

Question 23: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

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Court case where Supreme court decided that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional

Question 24: March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama

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Separation of people based on race, religion, or caste. (March 21, 1965-March 25, 1965) protest to support voting rights for African Americans, taking the form of a 87-kilometer (54-mile) walk between the Alabama town of Selma and the capital, Montgomery.

Question 25: Rosa Parks

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Arrested for not giving up her seat on a city bus. Huge civil rights activist.