Module 25 Lesson

Veterans were provided money to attend college or trade school.

Veterans could qualify for a low interest loan to begin a business.

Veterans could qualify for a low interest mortgage for a home.

All of the above were part of the Act.

An open shop was mandated.

A 90-day cooling off period was required after a strike was

declared.

Communists were banned from leadership positions in

unions.

A closed-shop was mandated.

Jackie Robinson

Larry Doby

Branch Rickey

Satchel Page

Busing to achieve racial balance in public schools was constitutionally acceptable.

Prayer in public schools was contrary to the principle of separation of church and state.

Schools could teach the theory of evolution without also teaching the creationist account of the origin of life.

Racial segregation in public schools was a denial of the equal protection clause of the Constitution.

Malcolm X

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rosa Parks

James Meredith


Montgomery, Alabama

Greensboro, North Carolina

Little Rock, Arkansas

Selma, Alabama

Segregationists saw that there was nothing to fear from African Americans.

The violent response of segregationists provoked moral outrage in onlookers.

Local governments stepped in to enforce the law and protect African American protesters.

The moral stance of the protesters influenced the Supreme Court justices in several key decisions.

Black Power

Accommodation

Militant protest

Nonviolence