Civil Rights Movement Review

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This law made it illegal to prevent citizens from voting because of their race or ethnicity.

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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What events prompted Dr. King to write Letter from a Birmingham Jail?

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Responding to a letter asking him to "wait" for equality

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The major goal of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s was to:

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End segregation based on race

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Plessy vs. Ferguson was a 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision to

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keep racial segregation under the "seperate but equal" doctrine

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What court case made segregation of schools illegal in the 1950s?

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Brown V. Board of Education

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Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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During which event did Eisenhower send troops to Arkansas to desegregate a high school?

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Little Rock Nine

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What group/individuals sought to improve the treatment of migrant workers through boycotts and strikes?

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United Farm Workers Union, Dolores Huerta & Cesar Chavez

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What happened as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the 24^th Amendment?

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Expanded the political and economic opportunities for minorities

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What event challenged the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation? Options: Sit-in, Boycotts, Freedom Rides, March on Washington

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Freedom Rides