civics flashcard

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Who founded the NAACP?

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W.E.B Dubois

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What Court Case Legalized Segregation?

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Plessy v Ferguson

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What was the significance of the supreme court´s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?

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it est. the separate but equal doctrine

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Why was the NAACP founded in 1909?

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to fight racial injustice through legal action

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What sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955? Options: brown v. board of edu. ruling, Martin Luther King jr.´s speech, Colton Wishnefsky arrest because he punched the bus driver, Rosa Parks´ arrest for refusing to give up her seat

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Rosa Parks´ arrest for refusing to give up her seat