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Chapter 18 Civil Rights Flashcards

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Where was the greatest resistance to the changing rights of African Americans?

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Birmingham Alabama

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What 1896 Supreme Court ruling supported legalized racism

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Poesy Vs Ferguson

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Southern State laws that separated white and black people in public places were called?

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Jim Crow Laws

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4
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Who was the first African American to play professionally in major league baseball?

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Jackie Robinson

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Name the 1954 Supreme Court ruling that declared segregation in public schools was a violation of constitutional law

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Brown vs Board of Education

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What was the special significance of supreme court’s 1954 decision in the case going out of Topeka, Kansas

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it was unconstitutional segregation

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Who was the chief lawyer representing Linda Brown

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Thurgood Marhsall

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What leading United States civil rights organization and law firm fought to end segregation?

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SNCC - student nonviolent coordinating Committee

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What strategy did the civil rights organization and law firm to use to combat racism?1

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Sit ins

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Where did Eisenhower send troops to protect African Americans that were going to integrate in school?

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Little Rock Arkansas

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Civil Rights activist who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to test the united States Supreme Court decision that had outlawed racial segregation in the restaurants and waiting rooms in terminal serving buses that crossed state lines were called?

A

Freedom riders

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Who was the first Air Force Veteran to attend the University of Mississippi

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James Meredith

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Where on June 11 1963 did president Kennedy Send federal troops to honor a court order of desegregation?

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Alabama

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Who was the Alabama Governor that in June 1963 physically blocked two students from enrolling?

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George Wallace

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Where did MLK give his I have a Dream speech?

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Lincoln Memorial, Washington

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The four categories the banned discrimination in employment>

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  1. ) No discriminatory employment practices
  2. ) Bans segregation in public
  3. ) Gave justice department to bring lawsuits to schools that wouldn’t desegregate
  4. ) Removed voter restrictions
17
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What was Taxed on black after 15th amendment

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poll tax

18
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which amendment ratified in 1964, outlawed the use of this tax as a precondition to voting in federal elections

A

24 amendment

19
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What civil rights law banned Literacy Tests and became one of the most important processes of civil rights legislation

A

Civil Rights Act of 1965

20
Q

Volunteer project in which college students spent their summer vacation in Mississippi, registering African Americans to vote

A

Freedom Summer

21
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Kind of segregation exists through custom and practice rather than by law

A

De Facto

22
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Segregation exists by law

A

de Jure

23
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What movement encouraged african americans to be self reliant

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Black Power

24
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Group formed by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale

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Black Panthers

25
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What group was appointed by President Johnson to study the cause of urban Rioting

A

Kerner Commission

26
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Fiery Minister and member of the black muslims who criticism of non violence but later called for racial harmony

A

Malcolm X

27
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Who killed MLK

A

James Earl Right

28
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Who became the Supreme Court’s first AA justice?

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Thurgood Marshall

29
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What did the Civil rights act of 1968 banned that the 1964 act didn’t

A

can’t discriminate against selling housing

30
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times MLK was arrested

A

38

31
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What was a complaint about the civil rights movement

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wasn’t fast enough

32
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day MLK died

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april 4th 1968

33
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won 200m under 20 secs

A

Tommie Smith

34
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2nd place for 200m

A

Gian Carlos

35
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broze metal of 200m

A

peter norman

36
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malcolm X original name

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malcolm little

37
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where did MLK die

A

Memphis

38
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What was X arrested for

A

burglary

39
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SCLC

A

Southern Chrisitan League Committee

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