Civil Rights Retest

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

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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

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Rosa Parks

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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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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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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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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

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In the 1954 trial of Brown v Board of Education, the US Supreme Court ruled that

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racially segregated public schools are unconstitutional

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Where did President Eisenhower send the 101st Airborne to enforce integration of a public high school?

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Little Rock, Arkansas

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Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson & integrated public schools

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Brown v. Board of Education

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What was the common goal of the sit-in movement and the Freedom Rides?

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to end segregation in all public areas