Civil Rights, Kennedy, and Johnson Review

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Brown vs. Board of Education was a famous case heard by the United States Supreme Court in 1954. The court ruled that it is illegal to: Segregate schools based on people’s skin color

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Segregate schools based on people’s skin color

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Martin Luther King Jr believed in

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Non-violent protests

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Which of these describes the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Options: Bans employer discrimination and public segregation, Bans voter intimidation and literacy tests, Bans poll taxes, Students can join any school activity regardless of gender

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Bans employer discrimination and public segregation

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What was the purpose of SNCC during the Civil Rights Era?

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coordinated students in the South to resist segregation laws

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Which BEST describes MLK's role in the civil rights movement? Options: he helped rule in the Brown V. BOE case, he advised the SIbley Commission, he was a leader and advocated for non-violent protests, he was the leader/creator of SNCC

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he was a leader and advocated for non-violent protests

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What does civil disobedience mean?

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People not obeying the law in a non-violent way.

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

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.

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Sit-In

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Black nationalist leader who for awhile was a spokesman for the Nation of Islam; talked about black freedom “by any means necessary;” was assassinated on February 21, 1965, in NYC by Nation of Islam members

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Malcolm X

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_______________ wrote "I Have a Dream" and delivered it to thousands in Washington, DC.

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Martin Luther King, Jr.