Civil Rights Movement Review

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What was the result of the Brown vs. Board of Education court case in 1954?

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Segregation in public schools became illegal.

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What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

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It made literacy tests in order to vote illegal.

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What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

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It made the Jim Crow Laws illegal.

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Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott? Segregation on busses became illegal within a few days of Rosa Parks beginning a protest. Segregation on busses became illegal after many months of protesting. Thousands of blacks blockaded the streets so that the busses couldn't finish their routes. Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat to a white person.

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Segregation on busses became illegal after many months of protesting.

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What was the purpose of the 24th amendment?

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It made poll taxes illegal.

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Segregated bathrooms were common in the southern states until the 1960's because of

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Jim Crow Laws

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The Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, KS Supreme Court decision.....

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declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional.

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Sit-ins were a protest method used to do what?

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Integrate department store lunch counters

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During the 1950s, the main goal of the civil rights movement was to

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eliminate legal segregation from American life

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What was the Civil Rights Movement?

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A mass movement of ordinary people demanding racial justice and equality