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What did Governor Orval Faubus do to stop integration at the high school in Little Rock, Arkansas?

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Called out the National Guard to prevent African Americans from entering the school

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Who was the leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference who emphasized nonviolent protests?

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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Why did the students in Greensboro decide to hold a sit-in at Woolworths?

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To end segregation in restaurants

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What was the name of John F. Kennedy’s social programs?

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New Frontier

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What vocabulary word means to bring races together?

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integrate

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What civil rights group sponsored the Freedom Rides?

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(CORE) Congress of racial equality

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Which civil rights group searched for court cases to challenge segregation laws?

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NAACP (National Association for the advancement of colored people)

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What was the name of the African American boy who was murdered in Mississippi in 1955 for talking to a white woman?

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Emmitt Till

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What did the arrest of Rosa Parks lead to?

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Montgomery bus Boycott

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Who was the governor of Alabama who stood at the schoolhouse door to keep the University of Alabama from integrating?

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George Wallace

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Why was the sit-in an example of something inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.’s teachings?

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It was a way of protesting without using violence

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Why did many Americans fear John F. Kennedy’s winning the presidential election?

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Since he was Catholic they thought he would answer only to the pope

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Who was the first African American student to enter the University of Mississippi?

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James Meredith

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What vocabulary word means the racial separation of people?

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segregation

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Who said, “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country”?

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JFK

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Who was charged with killing President Kennedy?

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Lee Harvey Oswald

17
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Which of the following cases allowed segregation if it was “equal but separate”?

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Plessy vs. Ferguson

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Which court case stated segregation was illegal?

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Brown v Board

19
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What lawyer decided to challenge the idea of “separate but equal”?

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Marshal

20
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What did President Johnson declared an unconditional war on?

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poverty

21
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What program provides preschool education for children?

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head start

22
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Which woman wrote the book The Feminine Mystique which described the dissatisfaction some women felt with their traditional roles?

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Betty Freidan

23
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What act banned discrimination in employment, voting, and public accommodations?

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Which man organized thousands of farm workers into the United Farm Workers in order to fight for better wages and working conditions?

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Cesar Chavez

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What event is considered the start of the LGBTQ+ movement?

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StoneWall Riots

26
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What Native American organizations protested broken treaties and

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(AIM) The American Indian Movement

27
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Who became a leader in the Nation of Islam?

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Malcom X

28
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What radical group took up arms against urban police?

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The Black Panther Party

29
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What was the Key Belief of the Black Power Movement

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Violence is sometimes necessary

30
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Which civil rights group emphasized non-violent protest; organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

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(SCLC) Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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What do you call the refusal to obey laws that are considered unjust?

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Civil Disobedience

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What does NAACP stand for?

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored people

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What does CORE stand for?

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Congress of Racial Equality

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What does SCLC stand for?

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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What does AIM stand for?

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American Indian Movement

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What does SNCC stand for?

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

37
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What does NOW stand for?

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National Organization for Women

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