Civil Rights: Cases & Nonviolence

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What was the primary goal of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the Civil Rights Movement?

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To organize sit-ins, Freedom Rides, and voter registration drives

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Which methods did SNCC activists use to challenge segregation? Options: Armed resistance, Political lobbying and campaign funding, Nonviolent protests, sit-ins, and freedom rides, Boycotts off northern businesses

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Nonviolent protests, sit-ins, and freedom rides

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Which of the following best describes the philosophy of nonviolent resistance as taught in SNCC workshops?

Options: Protesters should defend themselves if attacked, Protesters should remain calm and not retaliate, even when faced with violence, Protesters should avoid public confrontation at all costs, Protesters should confront law enforcement with physical resistance

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Protesters should remain calm and not retaliate, even when faced with violence

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Which of the following concepts was central to MLK's philosophy of nonviolence?

Options: Retaliation against aggression, Economic independent for Black communities, Love and respect for one's opponent, even in the face of hate, Complete separation from white society

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Love and respect for one's opponent, even in the face of hate

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Which landmark Supreme Court case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional?

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Brown v. Board of Education

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What was the main argument presented in Brown v. Board of Education?

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Segregation in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment

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Which Supreme Court case upheld the use of busing as a method to desegregate public schools?

Options: Mendez v. Westminster, Milliken v. Bradley, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, Brown v. Board of Education

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Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

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What was the main issue addressed in Milliken v. Bradley (1974)?

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Whether busing could be used to achieve desegregation across district lines

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Which case was the first to successfully challenge school segregation before Brown v. Board of Education?

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Mendez v. Westminster

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What was the main outcome of Mendez v. Westminster (1947)?

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It ruled that Latinx students could not be segregated in California public schools