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37 Cards in this Set
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Civil rights movement
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A movement for racial and gender equality between the 1950's and 1960's
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Jim Crow laws
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1.Made segregation legal
2.Separate facilities |
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What is segregation based on?
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Race
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What did segregation mean/look like? It made facilities separate like...
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Water fountains, restrooms, restaurants, and schools
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Plessy vs. Ferguson date
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1896
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What did Plessy vs. Ferguson decide?
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Separate but equal was constitional
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What two things did people fight to get rid of during the Civil Rights Movement?
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Segregation and inequalities
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Name two discriminatory voting practices
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Poll taxes and literacy tests
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What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 decide?
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Legislature that ended discriminatory voting practices like poll taxes and literacy tests
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What did the NAACP do during the Civil Rights Movement?
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This group fought against segregation
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Who was the first President to desegregate the military in 1948?
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President Truman
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What group did Web DuBois create?
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NAACP (National Assocation for the Advancement of Colored People)
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Brown vs. the Board of Education year?
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1954
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What did the Brown vs. Board of Education case decide?
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Supreme Court decided "separate but equal" was NOT constitutional
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What is a boycott?
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to stop buying a product or using a service
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Who is the woman who refused to give up her bus seat?
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Rosa Parks
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Is the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 an example of a passive resistance activity? What does passive resistance mean?
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Yes it is, passive means peaceful
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Who was the leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Montgomery Alabama?
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Is a sit-in a type of passive resistance activity? Name an example
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Yes, the 1960 Woolworth's Drug Store sit in
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What is a Freedom Ride (1961)?
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Blacks and whites rode busses protesting bus segregation
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Were Freedom Rides peaceful?
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Freedom Rides were peaceful until S. Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi, here the riders were attacked and arrested
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March on Washington date, place, leader?
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1963, Washington DC, MLK Jr.
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What was the March on Washington protesting?
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Thousands protested in Washington DC for equal rights in jobs and freedom for all
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When and where did Martin Luther King Jr. give his famous "I have a dream" speech?
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1963 in Washington DC
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Civil Rights Act 1964
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Ended discrimination practices in all areas of housing, hiring, education, and public places
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Voting Rights Act 1965
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Ended discriminatory voting practices like poll taxes and literacy tests
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Name two work place disadvantages for women
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Discrimination in hiring practices, and lower wages than men
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In the case of Brown vs. the Board of Education, the Supreme Court argued that separate schools violated what amendment?
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14th Amendment
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What is this quote from?
"We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." |
Brown vs. Board of Education
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What was the result of Rosa Parks arrest in 1955?
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It led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Montgomery Alabama
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What leader emphasized passive resistance against discrimination?
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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What were the Freedom Riders protesting?
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Bus and interstate segregation
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What was the purpose of the March on Washington?
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To protest job discrimination and freedom for all
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What was the Equal Rights Amendment?
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Failed legislation that gave women equal rights in business and public services
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Why did the Equal Rights Amendment fail?
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States did not ratify the amendment; therefore, it was never added to the Constitution
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What does NOW stand for?
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National Organization for Women
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What is Title IX? (Title Nine)
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Federal legislation to force colleges to give women equal athletic opportunities
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