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Jim Crow laws

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Separate schools, restrooms, restaurants, etc

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Separate but equal

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Plessy v ferguson

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Where did African Americans move?
Why?
What was the outcome?

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South
Escape racism, prejudice, and segregation
Same problems in the north (moved to the north when jobs were moving to the south)

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When did the civil rights movement began?

What triggered it?

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After WW2.

WW2 triggered it because African American soldiers wanted to fight for their freedom in the US.

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What did the NAACP do?

What does it stand for?

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It challenged the law

National association for the advancement of colored peoples

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After Rosa Parks was arrested, Dr. King led a boycott of this city’s bus system

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Montgomery

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Students refused to leave “white only” restaurants without being served. These protests became known as…

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Sit ins

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These students integrated Central High School

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The little rock nine

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Laws separating African-Americans and whites in the south were known as…

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Jim Crow laws

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Activists who rode buses throughout the south

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Freedom riders

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First African-American to enroll the University of Mississippi

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James Meredith

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Describe the Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Eliminated the literacy test as a voting requirement

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Pres. Kennedy used the national guard to desegregate this southern university

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University of Alabama

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Describe De Jure Segreagation

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Segregation by law

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The Watts Riots took place in this city

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Los Angeles

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What does SNCC stand for?

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Student nonviolent coordinating committee

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In what part of the country would you find De Facto segregation

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The north

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De facto vs de jure segregation

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De jure- segregation enforced by law

De facto- segregation enforced by society through habits

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What year was brown v board decided?

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1954

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Reaction to the brown decision

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500 schools desegregated
Many whites resisted
KKK
Little rock nine integrate central high school
Elizabeth eckford
Eisenhower- national guard to integrate school-> school is later closed

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Rosa parks

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Refused to give her seat up to a white man on a Montgomery bus
She was arrested

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Boycott on the Montgomery bus system
Led by?
How long?

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Martin Luther King jr

381 days

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Dr King and the SCLC
Type of resistance?
Opinions?

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Non violent resistance

Some black leaders questioned it because they wanted a faster reaction

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SCLC vs SNCC

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SCLC- protests marches etc

SNCC- black college students wanting change for African Americans to go faster

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Thurgood Marshall

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Naacp lawyer, brown v board of education w/ naacp, challenged separate but equal
Overtired Plessy v ferguson

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CORE

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Congress of radical equality

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Describe the Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Allowed African Americans to register to vote & eliminated the literacy test as a voting requirement

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The Watts Riots took place in this city

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Los Angeles

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Founded the Nation of Islam

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Elijah Muhammad

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Who gave the famous “Ballots or Bullets” speech

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Malcolm x

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Committee appointed by Lyndon Johnson to study urban violence

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Kerner commission

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What was Malcolm X’s real name?

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Malcolm Little

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Malcolm X was a member of this organization?

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Nation of Islam

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He was the accused assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King

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James Earl Ray

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Describe the 1968 Civil Rights Act

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Prohibited discrimination in housing.

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Dr. King made his “I have a dream speech in this city

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Washington DC

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What does SNCC stand for?

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Student nonviolent coordinating committee

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Make a special effort to hire people of a minority group(s)

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Affirmative action

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Dr. King was killed in this Southern City

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Memphis

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Identify at least two gains or accomplishments of the civil rights and Black Power movements

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  1. Gave many African Americans an increased pride in their racial identity
  2. Led to new college programs in African-American history and literature
  3. Led to more appearances of African Americans in movies and on TV
  4. Brought about the end of de jure segregation to a large degree
  5. Led to the passage of civil rights laws
  6. Increased many Americans’ awareness of de facto segregation and its consequences
  7. Led to integration of educational facilities and significant increases in the number of African Americans who finished high school and went to college
  8. Brought about a significant increase in the number of registered African-American voters
  9. Brought about a significant increase in the number of elected African-American officials
  10. Encouraged the growth of affirmative action programs
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What was the impact that brown c board of education had on the civil rights movement?

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It brought an end to legal segregation in public schools

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Activists formed the Montgomery improvement association to boycott what?

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The transit system

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The civil rights movement of the mid twentieth century was successful because it activists did what?

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Activists carried out many nonviolent protests

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Which civil rights leader helped desegregate schools by successfully arguing brown v board in the Supreme Court?

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Thurgood Marshall

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In 1896, the Supreme Court case Plessy v ferguson established the precedent of separate but equal. Which twentieth century case overturned the constitutionally of this concept?

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Brown v board of education

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Which affirmed the legality of racial segregation and prompted the passage of Jim Crow laws?

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The decision in Plessy v ferguson

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The civil rights act of 1964 made segregation illegal in what?

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Public accommodations

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What did the voting rights act of 1965 enable federal officials to do?

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Register voters

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What was the main type of pressure exerted by the Montgomery improvement association in response to segregation on buses?

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Economic!

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How did brown 2 attempt to make desegregation happen?

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It ordered school desegregation with deliberate speed

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How did the Montgomery bus boycott help launch mlk jrs career?

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By mlk jr. Being elected to lead the group of the Montgomery improvement association

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How did the Montgomery bus boycott demon stay the value of nonviolent resistance? How would the outcome have turned out differently if the protestors had used violence?

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Refused to ride the buses in Montgomery

Supreme Court may not have outlawed bus segregation

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What was importance of the Supreme Court striking down the civil rights act of 1875?

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Public facilities were allowed to be segregated

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Sixteenth street church bombing

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4 young Birmingham girls were killed when a rider in a car hurled a bomb through their church window, two more African Americans died in the unrest that followed
Outcome- JFK assassin shot & killed him
Lyndon b Johnson signed the civil rights act of 1964

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March on Washington

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2 veteran organizers summoned Americans to a March on Washington, D.C. To persuade congress to pass the civil rights bill, people listened to speakers demand the immediate passage of the bill, I have a dream speech
Outcome- pres. Lyndon b Johnson signed the civil rights act of 1964

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Martin Luther king jrs arrest in Birmingham and the Birmingham protests

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Mlk jr and SCLC showed days of nonviolent demonstration to help desegregate the city, but were arrested
Tv cameras captured the polices violence toward the protestors
Outcome- continued protests, economic boycott, and negative media coverage, convinced Birmingham officials to end seg. & convinced Kennedy that only a new civil rights act would end violence and satisfy racial justice

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Civil rights act of 1964

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Prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, and gender
Gave all citizens the right to enter libraries, parks, restaurants, and other public accommodations
Outcome- equality, banned discrim.

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James Meredith

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Won a federal court case that allowed him to enroll into an all white university (Mississippi), but was denied registration
Outcome- riots-> federal officials accompanied him to class

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Freedom riders & their outcome

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Activists on buses that would test the Supreme Court decisions banning segregated seating
Hoped to provoke a violent reaction
Outcome- gave freedom riders direct support, banned desegregation on interstate travel facilities
-waiting rooms -restrooms -lunch counters

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In the watts riot, what did African Americans target?

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Targeted stores because whites owned them

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What was the result of white flight & why was their white flight?

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Increase of crime, so whites left to move to suburb and took their money. Black neighborhoods began to decay because they didn’t have as many people paying taxes and the economy declined

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What was Malcolm x kicked out of?
Why?
Result?

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Malcolm X was kicked out of the black Muslims and called out Muhammad for not being a heroic figure.
Kicked out because of his violent strategy and different doctrines
He was later shot and killed because he left the black Muslims.

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What changed Malcolm’s view of whites?

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His pilgrimage to Mecca- religious area -> racial equality and nonviolence instead of being aggressive for change

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How did black power make whites in the civil rights movement feel? What did Carmichael do when mlk told him to stop using the phrase?

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Antagonized and turned off whites who were helping.

Refused to stop & urged SNCC to stop recruiting whites and to focus on developing African American pride

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What tactic did black panthers use to fight police brutality in the ghetto?

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Violence and aggression

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1968, what did people want?

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People were working for people’s rights that were mistreated

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When & where was mlk killed?

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Memphis, TN

1968

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Kerner commission & what did they want?

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Committee appointed by pres. Johnson to study urban violence
End de facto seg
Create new jobs
New housing
Main cause of urban violence was white racism
Pres. Johnson ignored most of the recommendations because he needed the money for Vietnam

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What happened because of the civil rights movement?

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Black pride, black studies programs, increase number of black elected officials

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