Civil Rights Movement Review

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Which event led to the action shown in this illustration?

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The ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment

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What contributed to President Truman’s decision to issue this order?

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Discrimination against minority service members

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Which previous Supreme Court decision had protected the practice described in this excerpt? Options: Sweatt v. Painter , Hernandez v. Texas , Plessy v. Ferguson , Wisconsin v. Yoder 

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Plessy v. Ferguson 

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Why are the court cases described in this excerpt important to education in the United States?

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The cases reduced racial segregation in schools.

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What does this time line imply about Rosa Parks’s activism during the Civil Rights era?

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Rosa Parks continued her activism after the Montgomery bus boycott.

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Which method for achieving civil rights is most associated with Martin Luther King, Jr.?

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Using peaceful protests and acts of civil disobedience

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How did the Black Panther Party differ from Martin Luther King Jr. and his followers?

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The Black Panther Party advocated militant action to achieve its goals.

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What was the main purpose of the Civil Rights Division established by the Civil Rights Act of 1957?

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To enforce laws prohibiting discrimination

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How did President Dwight D. Eisenhower respond to “considerable resistance” in Arkansas?

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By sending soldiers to Arkansas to enforce desegregation

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What was the goal of the protests depicted on this map?

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To challenge the federal government to enforce Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation