Civil Rights Movement
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 segregation | What is the social separation of the races called? |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | What supreme Court case created the "separate but equal" law? |
| separation of the races | What was the purpose of the Jim Crow Laws? |
| Thurgood Marshall | What future supreme court justice was the lawyer for the Brown v. Board of Education case? |
| Segregation in schools illegal | What was the Brown v. Board of Education decision? |
| Little Rock Nine | What were the students called that were banned from Little Rock Central High |
| Martin Luther King Jr | Who led the Montgomery Bus Boycott? |
| outlawed segregation on busses | What was the result of the Montgomery Bus Boycott? |
| gain civil rights through non violent crusades | What was the purpose of the SCLC? |
| sit ins and freedom rides | What actions were taken by the SNCC? |
| Freedom Rides | What did the SNCC coordinate to test the ban on segregated public transportation? |
| Washington DC | Where did Martin Luther King Jr deliver his "I have a Dream" Speech? |
| banned discrimination based on race, religion, ethnicity or gender | What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 accomplish? |
| banned literacy tests and allowed federal examiners to register voters | What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 accomplish? |
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