Unit 10-Texas Civil Rights Flashcard

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Why was Brown v. Board of Education famous?

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To rule that it is illegal to segregate schools.

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Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.

Back

Sit-In

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What are Jim Crow Laws?

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Laws that placed freedom limitations on nonwhite people

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Which US president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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Person who was killed on April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony outside his hotel room at Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee after trying to help black sanitation workers receive better working conditions.

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus? Options: Charlayne Hunter, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Rebecca L. Felton

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Rosa Parks

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Who wrote "I Have a Dream" and delivered it to thousands in Washington, DC?

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Keeping things or people Separate

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segregation

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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