Civil rights movement Flashcards
1
Q
What is the Civil rights movement?
A
a nonviolent social movement and campaign
2
Q
When was the CRM active ?
A
1954-1968
3
Q
Where did the CRM take place?
A
United States
4
Q
What were the goals of the CRM?
A
- to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination and disenfranchisement in the country
- to gain equal rights under the law
5
Q
What are the achievements of the CRM?
A
Nonviolent resistence and civil disobedience campaigns eventually secured new protections in federal law for the civil rights of all Americans
6
Q
What was the CRM caused by?
A
- racism
- segregation
- disenfranchisement
- Jim Crow laws
- socioeconomic inequality
7
Q
What are the Jim Crow laws?
A
- state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
- enforced racial segregation
8
Q
What was the goal of the Jim Crow laws?
A
To disenfranchise and remove political and economic gains made by African-Americans during the Reconstruction era
9
Q
What does Jim Crow mean?
A
It is a pejorative term for an African-American
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