Sit ins and Freedom Rides

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Where did the first sit-in take place?

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Greensboro, North Carolina

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Who took part in the first sit-in?

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University students.

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Which group was associated with the later sit-ins?

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SNCC

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Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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What event challenged the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation? Options: Sit-in, Boycotts, Freedom Rides, March on Washington

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Freedom Rides

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

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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Where did the first sit-ins for civil rights take place?

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at lunch counters

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What state laws created separate public facilities for African Americans in the South?

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Jim Crow Laws

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An organization formed in 1960 to coordinate sit-ins and other protests and to give young blacks a larger role in the civil rights movement.

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SNCC

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The main goal of the freedom riders was to

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pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses and terminals