The Civil Rights Movement

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The Civil Rights Era in U.S. History is most characterized by social changes brought about by —

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the efforts of leaders advocating non-violent civil disobedience

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Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in which year?

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1968

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Which event best completes the timeline? Non-violent Freedom Riders attacked, Plessy v. Ferguson separate but equal doctrine established, First U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O’Connor appointed, President Truman ordered the desegregation of the U.S. Armed Forces

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President Truman ordered the desegregation of the U.S. Armed Forces

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Which amendment extended the right to vote to women?

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19th

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Which event marked the beginning of the modern civil rights movement in the United States?

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

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The Southern Poverty Law Center, formally incorporated in 1971 and still in existence today, was established with the intention to —

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ensure that the gains made in the civil rights movement were not taken away

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Which civil rights leader spoke at the 1963 March on Washington and won the Nobel Prize for Peace?

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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César Chávez championed the economic rights of which group?

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Migrant Workers

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Betty Friedan’s book The Feminine Mystique influence the women’s rights movement of the 1960s by —

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reviving interest in the women’s rights movement

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While both the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the Black Panthers wanted more opportunities and rights to be afforded to minority groups, the Black Panthers argued that —

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non-violence was going to take too long to bring about change