Civil Rights Era

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What decision resulted from the Brown v. Board of Education case? Options: All public schools must be desgregated; it is unconstitutional to be separate based on race., Segregated schools must assure equal physical access., Segregated schools within the same school district must be controlled by the same Board of Education., schools must show that they are providing a high-level of education.

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All public schools must be desgregated; it is unconstitutional to be separate based on race.

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Which of the following describe the ideas of Martin Luther King, Jr.? Options: Financial reparations should be paid for all citizens who were the children of former slaves., De facto, of voluntary segregation of the races, Using force to achieve African American equality, Disobeying unjust segregation laws non-violently

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Disobeying unjust segregation laws non-violently

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Which event during the civil rights movement is most closely associated with President Dwight Eisenhower? Options: granting permission for the March on Washington, urging the Brooklyn Dodgers to sign Jackie Robinson, supporting the sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina, using federal troops to integrate schools in Little Rock, Arkansas

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using federal troops to integrate schools in Little Rock, Arkansas

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A goal that was part of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 was to

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remove barriers to voting based on racial background.

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Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were used in the South after 1890 to

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restrict the voting rights of African Americans

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After 1877, racial segregation became widespread in the South primarily as a result of the: decline of the Ku Klux Klan, activities of the Freedmen’s Bureau, passage of Jim Crow laws, stationing of federal troops in the South

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passage of Jim Crow laws

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After the Civil War, the purpose of adding the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution was to: grant civil and political rights to Native American Indians, allow women to become full citizens, guarantee African Americans equal treatment under the law, extend constitutional rights to new territories

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guarantee African Americans equal treatment under the law

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Which Supreme Court case reversed the "separate but equal" ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson? Options: Dred Scott v. Sanford, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States, Tinker v. Des Moines School District

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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

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During the 1950s, the main goal of the civil rights movement was to eliminate legal segregation from American life.

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eliminate legal segregation from American life

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What eventually was passed as a result of the Freedom Rides, March to Washington and Lunch counter sit-ins?

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Civil Rights Act 1964