Civil Rights Movement: Overall #1

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Which court case over-turned Plessy v. Ferguson?

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Brown v. Board of Education

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What was the Civil Rights Movement?

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African Americans fought against racial discrimination and segregation.

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964:

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This law banned discrimination against any American because of race/color/religion

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In Brown V. BOE, what did the court rule about school segregation?

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That it was unconstitutional.

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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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This law banned all literacy tests that kept many African Americans from voting.

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Voting Rights Act

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In 1964, the 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution was added, outlawing poll taxes. How did poll taxes discriminate against African Americans?

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They kept many African Americans from voting.

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Which United States president called in federal troops to support African American students at Little Rock Central High School?

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Dwight Eisenhower

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The March on Washington was most famous because . . .

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Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I have a Dream" speech, which inspired hundreds of thousands to help the Civil Rights Movement.

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On February 1, 1960, four black college students in Greensboro, N.C. tried to integrate the lunch counter at F.W. Woolworth; this type of protest spread across the south and became very effective.

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sit-in campaign