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Civil Rights Movement Vocab Quiz

Janelle Schnacker

Created on October 9, 2025

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02:00

Match Famous Figures

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Women’s rights activist and author of The Feminine Mystique

Leader in the Chicano Movement who organized farm workers in California and led a successful grape boycott

Mexican-American labor leader who co-founded the farm workers’ movement, United Farm Workers

Sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott by being arrested after refusing to give up her seat to white passengers

Civil rights leader, known for nonviolent protest tactics, such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the “I Have a Dream” speech

Cesar Chavez
Betty Friedan
Rosa Parks
Dolores Huerta
Martin Luther King, Jr.

02:00

Match Court cases

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Supreme Court case allowing “separate but equal.”

Court case protecting religious freedom in schools

Court case outlawing segregation in schools

Court case protecting student free speech

Court case extending rights to Mexican Americans

Brown v. Board of Education
Tinker v. Des Moines
Hernandez v. Texas
Plessy v. Ferguson
Wisconsin v. Yoder

01:30

Match Amendments

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Amendment that ended slavery in the United States

Amendment that offered voting rights for African American men

Amendment that offered citizenship and equal protection under the law to African American men

Amendment that granted voting rights to women

14th Amendment
19th Amendment
15th Amendment
13th Amendment

01:30

Match Legislation

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Legislation that banned segregation and discrimination

Law promoting gender equality in education and sports

Legislation that protected voting rights for minorities and outlawed barriers to voting such literacy test requirements

State and local laws enforcing segregation

Civil Rights Act of 1964
Title IX
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Jim Crow Laws

01:30

Match Key Terms

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President Johnson’s programs to fight poverty and inequality

Art promoting Mexican American culture

Policies to increase opportunities for minorities

Peaceful resistance (marches, sit-ins, boycotts).

Affirmative Action
Great Society
Chicano Mural Movement
Nonviolent Protest

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Women’s rights activist and author of The Feminine Mystique

Betty Friedan

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Sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott by being arrested after refusing to give up her seat to white passengers

Rosa Parks

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Mexican-American labor leader who co-founded the farm workers’ movement, United Farm Workers

Dolores Huerta

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Civil rights leader, known for nonviolent protest tactics, such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the “I Have a Dream” speech

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Leader in the Chicano Movement who organized farm workers in California and led a successful grape boycott

Cesar Chavez

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President Johnson’s collection of programs to fight poverty and inequality

Great Society

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Art promoting Mexican American culture

Policies intended to increase opportunities for minorities in college and business

Chicano Mural Movement

Affirmative Action

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Peaceful resistance (marches, sit-ins, boycotts).

Nonviolent Protest

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Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. It outlawed segregation in public places and public education, prevented employment discrimination, and prohibited discrimination in programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance

Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Legislation that protected voting rights for minorities and outlawed barriers to voting such literacy test requirements

Federal law promoting gender equality in education and sports

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Title IX

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State and local laws that segregated public facilities, schools, and transportation, and limited African Americans' ability to vote through literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses

Jim Crow Laws

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Allowed Amish children to forego high school education for religious reasons, protecting religious freedom in schools

Wisconsin v Yoder

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Protected students’ rights to symbolic free speech in schools.

Tinker v Des Moines

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Recognized Mexican Americans as a distinct group entitled to equal protection under the 14th Amendment

Hernandez v Texas

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Upheld racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine.

Plessy v Ferguson

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Declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.

Brown v Board of Education

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Amendment that offered voting rights for African American men

Amendment granting women’s suffrage

15th Amendment

19th Amendment

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Amendment that ended slavery

Amendment that offered citizenship and equal protection under the law to African American males

13th Amendment

14th Amendment