Unit 7 Review #1

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

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Eliminate legal segregation from American life

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Which court case legalized segregation with its "separate but equal" ruling?

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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Which landmark Supreme Court case overturned the doctrine of “separate but equal” in public schools?

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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

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Martin Luther King, Jr.’s philosophy of protest stressed...

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Nonviolent, passive resistance

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How did widespread popularity of television impact the Civil Rights Movement?

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Images of peaceful protests and violent responses garnered sympathy for the movement outside the South

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was intended to end which of the following? Loyalty oaths for federal employees, Affirmative action programs in education, Unfair treatment of the elderly, Discrimination based on race or sex

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Discrimination based on race or sex

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What was the main goal of volunteers who went to Mississippi in 1964 as part of Freedom Summer?

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Register African Americans to vote

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How did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 change the American electorate?

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It increased the number of voters by eliminating literacy tests as a requirement for voting.

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The black power movement taught that African Americans should seek to accomplish what goal?

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Separate from white society and lead their own communities

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During the 1950s and 1960s, which civil rights leader advocated black separatism?

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Malcolm X