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Civil Rights Test

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What year was the Plessy vs. Fergeson case?1896
What did Rosa Parks refuse to do?Give up her bus seat to a white man and his son
Why were black soldiers who voiced their opinion about discrimination called “disloyal?”B/c communism and the Cold War
What was the outcome of the Plessy vs. Fergeson case?Seperate but equal
What was the effect of Rosa Parks action?Montgomery Bus Boycott
What did the first Af Am first victory prove?Nonviolent protest could succeed
What were the Jim Crow laws?Legal segregation in the south
What was the March in Washington, led by Philip Randolph, protesting?Racial discrimination in war industries
What was the first African American victory?SC rules against bus segregation
Who did Martin Luther King Junior model his nonviolent actions after?Ghandi
What was the Southern Christian Leadership Conference committed to?Nonviolence
What did the African American see as a route to improvement?Education
What was the outcome of Brown vs. Topeka?Separate but equal was reversed
What did some African Americans think might win the approval of the federal govt quicker than desegregation?Voting rights
Who was Ella Baker?Dir of SCLC but wanted more action
What was the difference in King and other student activists?More militant
Who were the only two southern states to move towards desegregation?Tx and Nc
What two things did the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee urge?Group centered and no leader centered
What year was Brown vs. Topeka passed?1954
Who was the presidential Dem candidate in 1960?JFK
Who won the presidential election of 1960?JFK
How did the African American feel about JFK?He failed to keep promises
Who was the presidential Rep candidate in 1960?Nixon
What is significant about November 22, 1963?JFK killed
What were the Freedom Rides?Went to South to use segregated public facilities
What was Title Seven?Racial hiring bias outlawed
What does the “C” stand for in Project C?Confrontation
Who was President JFK successor?Johnson
What was Malcolm X real name?Malcolm Little
What was significant about the Civil Rights Act of 1964?Eliminated White only public facilities
What were the freedom schools?Taught Af Am new pol and academic skills
What group did Malcolm X join?Nation of Islam
What state was the stronghold of southern segregation?Mississippi
What group did Malcolm X join when he left the Nation of Islam?Organ of Af Am Unity
What is meant by the term “Black Power?”Do not be ashamed of being black
Define de jure segregation.Legal racial segregation
Define de facto segregationSegregation dev by custom rather than law


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