Civil Rights Timeline Flashcardizz

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Civil Rights Timeline Part 1: What happened as a result of the Plessy v. Ferguson case?

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Racial segregation became legal as long as facilities (water fountains, schools) were equal.

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Civil Rights Timeline Part 1: What was the outcome of the Brown v. Board of Education case?

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The Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. Black and white students would be mixed in schools.

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Civil Rights Timeline Part 1: Why was Emmett Till's death so important to the Civil Rights movement?

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Emmett Till's death exposed racial violence and injustice in the South. It shed a light on how Black were treated in the American South.

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Civil Rights Timeline Part 1: Which is Rosa Parks most famously associated (connected) to? Options: The Little Rock 9, Freedom Rides, Voting Rights Act, Civil Rights Act, Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Civil Rights Timeline Part 1: Who were the Little Rock 9?

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The Little Rock Nine were nine African American students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957.

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Civil Rights Timeline Part 2: Which states were the Free States and Slaves States?

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Free States were mostly in the north. Slave states were mostly in the South.

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Civil Rights Timeline Part 2: What was the Dread Scott case?

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The Dred Scott case was a Supreme Court decision that denied citizenship to enslaved people even if their slavemaster died.

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Civil Rights Timeline Part 2: What did the 15th amendment allow?

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The 15th Amendment allowed African American men the right to vote.

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What were the Jim Crow Laws?

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The Jim Crow Laws were laws that enforced racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans.