| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Why did Brown vs Board of education reject Plessy vs Ferguson? | separate but equal was unequal |
| Who was the supreme court chief justice for Plessy vs. Ferguson? | Earl Warren |
| What was the issue that bothered both segregationists and integrationists? | integration |
| Who were the African American students at Little Rock Central? | Little Rock Nine |
| Who argued Brown's case for NAACP? | Thurgood Marshull |
| What didn't the 1954 Supreme Court decision segration address? | how integration would be carried be carried out |
| What did the Supreme Court decision in Brown vs Board of ed. emphasize? | that school segregation is a nation issue. |
| Why did Eisenhower send troops to Little Rock? | to protect African American students |
| When was "separate but equal" reversed by Brown? | May 17, 1954 |
| What case set a precedent for "separate but equal"? | Plessy vs Ferguson |
| Who made President Kennedy's efforts to appeal to both sides of the civil rights issue difficult? | militants |
| Who was the segregationist sheriff from Selma, Alabama? | Jim Clark |
| What was the starting point for the march 1965 protest? | Selma, Alabama |
| How did they test desegregation of the buses? | freedom rides |
| What was the original goal of the 1963 march on Washington? | jobs for all |
| When was the protest march for blacks in Washington, D.C? | August 1963 |
| What word means blacks and whites should stay separate? | segregation |
| How did John Kennedy bring in the white southern vote in the 1960 election? | he relied on his running mate, Lyndon Johnson |
| What did President Kennedy NOT do to help the African American position? | addressed segregation issues head-ons |
| Why did Robert Kennedy meet in June 1961 with SCLC, SNCC, CORE and NAACP? | to encourge collaboration on voter registration |
| Where did the demonstation take plate in 1963 led by Martin Luther King, Jr? | Birmingham |
| What ended the Montgomery boycott? | Supreme court said segrgation on the buses was unconstitutional |
| Why did african americans boycott the bus system in montgomery,Alabama? | To exert Economic Pressure & protest segration |
| What was the organization of students protesting segration? | Scnn-snick students on violence |
| What reaction did nonviolence of students in sit-in's get? | Hostile Reactions |
| What is a method of nonviolent resistance? | Sit-In |
| What did the southern christian leadership conference(scic)conduct workshops on? | methods of nonviolent protest |
| Who was the teacher of nonviolent protest methods? | Mohandas Gandhi |
| What was one of Dr.Martin Luther King.Jr's greatest strengths? | the ability to communicate |
| What was the organization of southern ministers against segregation? | SLCC |
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