Civil Rights

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Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal to segregate schools.

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to segregate schools.

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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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Which US president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965? Options: Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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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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First African American Supreme Court judge. He was the attorney for Linda Brown with Brown vs. the Board of Education.

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Thurgood Marshall

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Prohibits racial discrimination in voting (voting people, voting)

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace and in public places, including schools.

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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This amendment abolished (ended) slavery

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13th Amendment

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Gave all citizens born in the United States citizenship (rights of citizens).

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14th Amendment

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Gave all male United States citizens over the age of 21 the right to vote

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15th Amendment