Civil Rights Review

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The period of time known as the Civil Rights Era lasted from...

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1954-1968

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What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

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Ended segregation and discrimination nationwide.

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What Supreme Court Case created the "separate-but-equal" doctrine?

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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What is the name for the nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.

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Sit-In

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Which US president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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The federal law outlawing literacy tests, poll taxes, and other requirements that made it difficult for southern blacks to exercise their right for suffrage.

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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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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What is the name for people who protest to call attention to a cause such as civil rights?

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activist

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A form of nonviolent protest where people stop buying a product or use a service in hopes to have a financial impact and prompt change is known as a

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boycott