US Civil Rights Movement

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What did the United States Supreme Court rule illegal in the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education case?

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Segregate schools based on people’s skin color

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An African American woman who was asked to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama was

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Rosa Parks

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Martin Luther King Jr gave the famous “I Have A Dream” speech at what event? Options: Freedom Rides, Montgomery Bus Boycott, March on Washington, March from Selma to Montgomery

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March on Washington

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How was the Montgomery Bus Boycott effective?

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It helped de-segregate buses in America

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What are Civil Rights?

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Rights that all citizens get

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Segregation

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the practice of separating people according to groups, especially racial groups.

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What strategy did MLK NOT use when fighting for equal rights? Options: Sit-ins, Marches, Protests, Violent Riots

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Violent Riots

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Laws enacted by Southern state and local governments to separate white and black people in public and private facilities.

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Jim Crow

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These black teenagers were the first to integrate into Little Rock Central High

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Little Rock Nine

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The main goal of the freedom riders was to 

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pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses