Civil Rights

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Clause that requires states to apply the law the same way for one person that they would for another in the same situation.

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Equal Protection

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Why was Brown v. Board of Education famous?

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To rule that it is illegal to segregate schools.

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After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to:

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deny someone of a job because of their race.

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Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.

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Sit-In

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What are Jim Crow Laws?

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Laws that placed freedom limitations on nonwhite people

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Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?

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Rosa Parks

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Who wrote "I Have a Dream" and delivered it to thousands in Washington, DC?

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Where did the event take place after Brown v. Board of Education, where 9 AA students were admitted into a High School, and President Eisenhower sent federal troops to escort the students? Options: Little Rock, Arkansas, Montgomery, Alabama, Washington DC, Del Rio, Texas

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Little Rock, Arkansas

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The Civil Rights Era in U.S. History is most characterized by social changes brought about by:

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the efforts of leaders advocating non-violent civil disobedience