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10 Cards in this Set
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14th Amendment |
1868 - gave all born in America citizenship rights.
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15th amendment |
1870 - gave all citizens voting rights regardless of race. |
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
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(1896) - separate but equal |
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
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(1954) “separate but equal" no longer applied after Supreme Court ruling. Schools must integrate. |
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Montgomery bus boycott
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(1955-56) - The campaign hit bus companies hard, they lost 65% of revenue, 85% of African American's took part in Montgomery. |
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James Meredith and the University of Mississippi
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(1962) Meredith not allowed to enroll Kennedy sent federal troops to protect and he enrolled. |
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March on Washington
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(1963) - 250,000 people march to the Lincoln Memorial to hear speeches and protest for civil rights including 20% white, favorable media attention |
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
outlawed segregation in any public place |
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Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
outlawed all tests that prevented blacks from voting. |
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Johnson: Elementary and School Act and Higher Education Act 1965
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increased funding to the poorest areas.
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