U6T2 Civil Rights Movement

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A court case in 1954 that ended segregation in schools. The Supreme Court ruled that separate but equal schools for African American and white children were unconstitutional.

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Brown vs. Board of Education

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An American activist known for being the first black child to desegregate the all-white Elementary School in Louisiana.

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Ruby Bridges

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What is the name given to the African American students who attended Central High, a school with 2,000 white students?

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Little Rock Nine

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____ _____ is well-known for not giving up her seat on a bus to a white passenger.

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Rosa Parks

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What leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott later became the leader of the Civil Rights Movement?

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The Montgomery Bus Boycott took place in the state of _______.

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Alabama

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Where did Dr. King deliver his famous "I Have a Dream" speech?

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at the March on Washington

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What piece of Congressional legislation (law) was passed as a result of the 1963 March on Washington? Options: Brown v. Board of Education, Plessy v. Ferguson, Civil Rights Act of 1964, G.I. Bill

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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_________, or the ____________ was a 1964 voter registration drive aimed at increasing the number of registered black voters in Mississippi.

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Freedom Summer or the Mississippi summer project

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What was the main goal of the Freedom Riders in 1961?

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To protest against segregation in interstate travel