Unit 8 Civil Rights

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What was the main goal of volunteers who went to Mississippi in 1964 as part of Freedom Summer?

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register African Americans to vote

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Freedom rides and sit-ins are examples of what?

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non-violent strategies to oppose segregation

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During the 1960s, members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee used sit-ins in an attempt to achieve what goal?

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challenging the legality of racially segregated facilities

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The purpose of the Selma March was to campaign for voting rights in the South.

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True

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The ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 established:

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the “separate but equal” doctrine

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In 1967 Thurgood Marshall became the first African American to

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serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Why did President Eisenhower send federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas?

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to enforce state compliance with federal laws

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Freedom Summer and the Selma march both called attention to African Americans’ lack of

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voting rights

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What was the main goal of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society program?

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to reduce poverty in the United States

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How did the Black Panthers’ strategy for achieving their goals differ from the strategy implemented by Dr. Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?

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The Black Panthers focused on armed self-defense and community programs, while Dr. King and the SCLC emphasized nonviolent protest and civil disobedience.