Civil Rights

^{Civil Rights Movement}

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the practice or policy of keeping people of different races, religions, etc., separate from each other

• passive resistance

• discrimination

• segregation

• boycott

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the practice of unfairly treating a person or group of people differently from other people or groups of people

• passive resistance

• discrimination

• segregation

• boycott

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What was the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v Ferguson in 1896?

• Separate but Equal was legal

• Separate but Equal was illegal

• Segregation in schools is illegal

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Black Schools and White Schools had equal facilities and resources.

• True

• False

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What was the Supreme Court's ruling on the case Brown v Board of Education?

• Schools should remain segregated

• White and African American schools were equal

• Schools will desegregated

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The Supreme Court's decision in Brown v Board of Education inspired African Americans to seek more equality?

• True

• False

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What year did the Montgomery Bus Boycott begin?

• 1952

• 1963

• 1953

• 1955

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What city did the March Against Fear start in?

• Jackson, Mississippi

• Montgomery, Alabama

• Memphis, Tennessee

• Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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Thurgood Marshall eventually held what position in U.S. government?

• Supreme Court Justice

• Speaker of the House

• Governor's Correspondent

• U.S. Senator

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How many died in the Watts Rebellion?

• 52

• 34

• 23

• 48

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The Civil rights movements goal was

• integration of schools and businesses

• Being able to sit anywhere on the bus

• Equality and democracy

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What was the purpose of Jim Crow laws?

• to integrate everyone

• to grant citizenship to African Americans

• to promote equal rights in the South

• to discriminate against African Americans