100% or Nothing Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s

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What was the greatest invention in human history that emerged in the 1950s?

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Television

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What percentage of Americans enjoyed a middle-class standard of living by 1960?

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80%

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Who criticized Americans for being conformist and lacking the rich inner life necessary to be truly independent?

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David Riesman

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Which case led to the desegregation of schools in California in 1946?

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Mendez v. Westminster

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Who was the Chief Justice when the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education came before the Supreme Court in 1954?

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Earl Warren

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What event kicked off the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955?

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Rosa Parks' arrest

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Who was instrumental in forming the Southern Christian Leadership Conference after the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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Which state's governor used the National Guard to prevent the integration of Little Rock’s Central High School in 1957?

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Arkansas

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By the end of the 1950s, what percentage of black students attended integrated schools in the South?

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Less than 1%

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What did the emergence of the Civil Rights Movement show about the picture of consensus in the 1950s?

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There was widespread systemic inequality and poverty.