Civil Rights Movement

In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court ruled that...

• states may not secede from the Union

• all western territories should be open to slavery

• racial segregation was legal

• slaves are property and may not be taken from their owners

A national effort made by many Americans to obtain equal rights for African Americans in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s.

• The Civil Rights Unit

• The Womens Rights Movement

• The Civil War

• The Progressive Movement

A legal term that allowed segregation, as long as both white and African American areas and services were equal.

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• 14th Amendment

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• separate but equal

The practice of separating people into different areas, usually because of their race, class, or ethnic group.

• Integration

• Segregation

• Desegregation

• Discimination

The NAACP stands for...

• The National Association for Adding continents and people

• The Nation Association for Advancement of Colored Pencils

• The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

• The National Association for the Advertisement of Classes and Paper

Treating one person or one group differently from others based on something other than merit.

• Discrimination

• Segregation

• Kindness

• Integration

A court case in 1954 that ended segregation in schools. The Supreme Court ruled that separate but equal schools for African American and white children were unconstitutional.

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Board vs. Board of Education

• Dred Scott vs. Stanford

• Miranda v. Arizona

Against the rules and values of the legal foundation of a nation, such as the United States Constitution.

• Illegal

• Unconstitutional

The process of ending the separation of two groups of people, often involving a change in laws.

• Integration

• Desegregation

• Segregation

• Discrimination

The process of bringing together people, usually of different races or religions, and providing them with equality in society or an organization.

• Integration

• Discrimination

• Segregation

• Desegregation