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What 1896 Supreme Court decision made segregation legal and established the principle of
“separate but equal?”Plessy v. Ferguson
State statutes that reinforced segregated facilities for whites and
blacks.
JIM CROW LAWS
It provided for a civil rights commission to make sure that
voting rights were being upheld.
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957
The group that headed up the Montgomery bus boycott.
MONTGOMERY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
The black students who were the first to enter Little Rock’s Central
High School.
LITTLE ROCK NINE
It set the precedent that “separate but equal” facilities were
constitutional.
PLESSY V. FERGUSON
The organization that fought for desegregation of the schools
before the U.S. Supreme Court.
NAACP
This decision declared that in the field of public education, the
doctrine of “separate but equal” had no place.
BROWN V. BOARD
The Arkansas governor who called out the national guard to prevent
violence in Little Rock.
ORVAL FAUBUS
This decision declared that desegregation of schools must be carried out immediately (“with all
deliberate speed”)
BROWN II
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Plessy v. Ferguson was overturned by…
Brown v. Board of Education
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She was the “little lady who started the civil rights movement” by
refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery city bus.
ROSA PARKS
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One week, one month, one year…how long did the
Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
One year
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Rosa Parks’ actions and the resulting bus boycott took
place in what city?
Montgomery, Alabama
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What governor tried to prevent black students from entering
Central High School?
Orval Faubus
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The above event took place in which city?
Little Rock
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What did President Eisenhower do in response to Faubus’ refusal to let in the “Little Rock Nine”?
Sent federal troops
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What was the nickname given to the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee?
“Snick”
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During what event(s) did SNCC first make itself
known?
Sit-in (Greensboro)
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Who was “Bull” Connor?
Police commissioner of Birmingham?
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What was one tactic that police used to stop
demonstrators in Birmingham?
Fire hoses, police dogs…
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At what event did MLK deliver his “I have a
dream” speech?
March on Washington
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What was the Freedom Summer?
Northern college students traveling south to register
blacks to vote
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Who were the “Big Three” of the Civil Rights movement?
Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael
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Which of the 3 called for “Black Separatism”?
Malcolm X
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Which of the 3 called for “Black Power?”
Stokely Carmichael
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Martin Luther King called for…
Non-Violent Resistance
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From which Indian nationalist leader and which founder of Christianity did King get his
philosophical ideas?
Ghandi; Jesus
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Malcolm X converted to which religion while in
prison?
Nation of Islam
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What happened in the Watts district of Los
Angeles in 1965?
Rioting broke out
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The major Civil Rights bill passed during the 1960s
was…
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Who was James Earl Ray?
Assassin of MLK, Jr.
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James Meredith was the first black to enter the
University of…
Mississippi
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The Greensboro Sit-In movement began at which
store?
Woolworth’s
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What is the name of the policy which seeks to positively make-
up for years of past discrimination against
minorities?
Affirmative Action
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What did the 24th Amendment to the
Constitution do away with?
Poll taxes
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Who was Ross Barnett?
Governor of Mississippi