Origins of the Civil Rights Movement

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What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?

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Segregation of public schools became illegal

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What was one way the decision described in this passage affected the United States in the first half of the 20th century?

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Minorities were not allowed to attend schools with whites.

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1865 - abolished slavery and involuntary servitude

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13th Amendment

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Laws that were in place in the South that led to the Civil Rights Movement?

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Jim Crow

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Thurgood Marshall first became famous for what achievement?

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Winning the court case of Brown versus Board of Education

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Which Amendment states that anyone born in the United States is a citizen? Options: 14th, 15th, 16th, 13th

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14th

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A struggle for social justice during the 50s and 60s for African Americans to gain equal rights under the law was called? Options: Executive Order 9981, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Civil Rights Movement, March on Washington

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Civil Rights Movement

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The Court Case that overturned “Separate but Equal” ruling?

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Brown vs Board of Education

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Who was the first African-American baseball player to join the major leagues?

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Jackie Robinson

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Which Supreme Court case ruled that UT's law school for African Americans failed to qualify as, "separate but equal?"

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Sweatt v. Painter