Civil Rights

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Court case that made legal justification for segregation

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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Desegregated all public schools. This was a major court case that involved Linda Brown attending an all-black school when an all-white school was closer to her home.

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Brown vs. the Board of Education

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Who refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus?

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Rosa Parks

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When African Americans refused to ride the public busses as a sign of protest; this began when Rosa Parks was jailed for refusing to give up her seat to a black man.

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

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President who imposed a ruling to integrate public schools

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Growth in economic and political chances for minority citizens was achieved by civil disobedience methods like-

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Marches, Freedom Rides, and Sit-ins

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Challenged the federal government to enforce Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation

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Freedom Rides

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Where did the first sit-ins for civil rights take place? Options: on busses, in schools, at polling places, at lunch counters

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at lunch counters

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Companies discriminated African Americans so the federal government answered by passing the-
Options: Title IX, Civil Rights Act of 1957, Civil Rights Act of 1964, 24th Amendment

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Prohibits racial discrimination in voting (voting people, voting)

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Voting Rights Act of 1965