COK - Civil Rights

Brown v. Board of Education

• Allowed racial segregation in public spaces.

• Ended legal segregation in public education

• Declared separate schools to be unequal

How did southern states restrict the rights that were granted to African Americans through the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments?

• By closing textile factories

• By investing in education

• By implementing vaccine programs

• By enforcing Jim Crow laws.

What was one effect of Rosa Parks’ arrest in Montgomery, Alabama?

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  Thurgood Marshall tried her case before the Supreme Court.

• Rosa Parks resigned from her role at the NAACP.

• African Americans organized a boycott of Montgomery’s bus system.

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  African Americans agreed to pay poll taxes to vote.

Which TWO details BEST describe Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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  Refused to give up bus seat to a white passenger

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  Advocated for nonviolent resistance to unfair laws

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  Represented the winning side in Brown v. Board of Education

• Wrote “Letter from Birmingham Jail”

How did the Black Panther Party’s actions differ from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s philosophy? Choose TWO Answers.

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  The Black Panther Party used militant actions to achieve its goals

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  The Black Panther Party advocated for weapon use in self-defense.

• The Black Panthers sought to maintain segregation in public places.

• The Black Panther Party enforced Jim Crow laws throughout the South.

Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Individuals lost wealth and businesses failed; led to foreclosures and homelessness

• Ended literacy tests and other discriminatory practices set up to limit voter participation; resulted in increased voting by African Americans

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  The United States provided financial assistance to Western European countries to rebuild their economies after World War II

• Fought for women's suffrage and started the Settlement House movement in the United States to help assimilate immigrants

Which details describe effects of the Women’s Liberation Movement on U.S. society?

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  Poll taxes were banned in federal elections.

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  Rosa Parks was arrested for her act of civil disobedience.

• Title IX was passed to give girls and boys equal opportunities in public schools.

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  Women questioned their status in U.S. society

How did the Chicano Mural Movement affect Mexican Americans in the United States?

• By providing them with job opportunities

• By teaching them about Chicano heroes

• By encouraging a sense of cultural pride

• By lobbying for improved working conditions

March on Washington

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  The United States and Great Britain supplied goods to blockaded citizens

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  The result of Germany’s aggressive actions against the United States

• A nonviolent protest that resulted in civil rights legislation that improved political and economic opportunities for minorities

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  Limits presidents to serve two terms

Before modern politicians raised the bar for what Black and female politicians could accomplish in American politics, (a)__________________________, shined a light on the unexplored path as both the first Black (b) _____________________ and the first Black woman to embark on a major-party presidential bid.

• Shirley Chisholm, Congress Member

• Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President

• Martin Luther King, Civil Rights Leader

• Margaret Thatcher, U.K. Prime Minister