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Why is the Civil Rights Movement a global movement?

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People fought for change against oppressive regimes

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What does oppression and racism stem from in the USA?

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Stems from slavery

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Where is there a clear distinction between in the USA?

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Clear distinction between race and social hierarchy

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When did not everyone afford freedom?

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After 1865

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What are the segregatory laws known as?

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Jim Crow Laws

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Define Jim Crow etiquette?

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The way people behaved based on prejudice

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What was Jim Crow linked to?

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Racism

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What did the psychology of Jim Crow laws come from?

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Slavery

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When did the Montgomery Buss Boycott start?

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1955

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Define boycott

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Non-violent, voluntary non-vote from product, person, country - expression of protest

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What did the African Americans refused to do in Montgomery Buss Boycott?

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To use public bus systems

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Where did they refuse to use public bus systems?

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Alabama

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What type of companies thought the Montgomery Buss Boycott was problematic?

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Private and public bus companies

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How long did they not use the bus systems?

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1 year

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What was public transport?

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Cost effective

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How much percentage of patrons were African?

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70% to 80%

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What happened when bus companies lost revenue?

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They could not continue

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How did the bus companies continued to function?

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Had to desegregate. They bypassed government.

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What happened in the 1st of December 1955?

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Rosa Parks did not obey etiquette

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How did Rosa Park disobey Jim crows?

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Gave a seat to a white man

21
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When did the boycott begin?

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When Rosa Parks was arrested

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How long did the Montgomery Buss Boycott last?

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Under a year - ended in 1956

23
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What acted as a catalyst?

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Pre 1955 protests - organise by Parks

24
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Who was Martin Luther King Junior?

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Baptist - Preacher from the South of America

25
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Where did MLK work?

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Alabama

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What was Alabama famous for?

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Racist state

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How did he use his natural orator to his advantage?

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Utilise a loop hole in the USA Justice System - prevent churches from segregation

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Define segregation

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The action or state of setting someone or something apart from others.

29
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What did MLK use churches for?

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To plan protests. Platfom to drive civil rights movement

30
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What did MLK distinguish?

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Difference between peaceful and violent protests

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What did MLK employ?

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Non-violent protests

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Who influenced MLK?

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Mahatma Ghandi - how to successfully implement non-violent protests

33
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What did MLK train people to do?

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How to conduct peaceful protests

34
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Why did protests have to be peaceful?

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No way that media can convince that Africans are bad/perpetrators - helps get them what they want

35
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What was Birmingham?

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Series of marches

36
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What happened after Birmingham?

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Government desegregated and concept of civil rights

37
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when did the Lincoln Memorial March take place?

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100 years after abolishing slave trade in the USA

38
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Why was the march created?

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Nothing changed

39
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Where was the march organised to go to?

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Washington - integrated races into society

40
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What did the churches generate?

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Interests to go to the march - underground point of resistance

41
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How many people were at the Lincoln Memorial March?

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250 000 people from every walk in life - largest protest

42
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Why was the Lincoln Memorial march a success?

A

1964 Civil Rights Act

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What were success? Civil

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  • No longer allowed to segregate
    *No longer allowed to discriminate
    Due to Civil Rights Act
44
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What were the failures? Civil

A

Only fixed Jim crow Laws - not etiquette

45
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Why was only fixing Jim crow Laws a failure? Civil

A

Etiquette was so intrenched - people did not listen

46
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Why was the 1965 voting rights act a success?

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Allowed people to vote - free and fair

47
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What was the 1965 voting rights act failures?

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It only fixed Jim Crow Laws

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