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Kennedy served in the marines during world war 2

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False

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One hurdle that Kennedy had to overcome was the American voters concern about his Catholicism

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True

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The election of 1964 was notable because it was the first time presidential candidates debated each other on tv

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False

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Kennedy won the presidential election by a landslide

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False

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Because of all the clear cut t evidence available it is clear that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone

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False

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Kennedy had a relatively easy time getting his new frontier policies passed in congress

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FLASE

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LBJ added two new cabinet positions while he was president

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true

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The closest the world came to nuclear war was during the bay of pigs invasion in Cuba

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False

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Nixon may have lost the 1964 presidential race because he refused to wear makeup for his televised debates with Kennedy

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False

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Which of the following was not one of kennedy’s domestic programs

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Tax reduction Act

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The practice of refusing to grant a loan to someone based on the area in which they live is known as:

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red lining

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The alliance for progress provided $20 billion dollars to these countries:

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Latin America

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The Russians shipped missiles to Cuba in response to American missiles based in

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Turkey

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In order to prevent more missiles from getting to Cuba Kennedy ordered

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a naval blockade of the island

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Nikita Khrushchev had the Berlin Wall built when Kennedy refused to do this

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end occupation in West Berlin

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This commission was created to investigate the Kennedy assassination

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warren commission

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Johnson allocated 1 billion to fight a war upon poverty with this legislation

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economic opportunity act

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This US Supreme Court case made it mandatory for the police to read a suspect his rights

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Miranda v. Arizona

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Which of the following was a part of LBJ’s great society program

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head start, upward bound, vista

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Kennedys strategy of dealing with any type of Kennedy’s strategy of dealing with any type of conflict was called

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Flexible Response

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The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, signed by the Russians and the United States banned the testing of nuclear weapons

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on land

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Johnson’s new campaign promise was

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Great Society

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This act required equal wages for equal work in industries in commerce or producing goods for commerce

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Equal Pay Act

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The practice of “redlining” or refusing to sell to someone based on who they were were ended by the

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Fair Housing Act of 1962

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This act spent $400 million in loans and grants for urban renewal

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Area Redevelopment Act

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Operation Mongoose was a series of assassination attempts of this leader’s life

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Fidel Castro

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Kennedy supported the formation of this elite special forces unit

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Green Berets

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In exchange for Russia removing the missiles in Cuba, the United States had to agree to

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remove missiles in Turkey and promise not to kill Castro

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Kennedy was assassinated in this city

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Dallas

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The Economic Opportunity Act created the Office of

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Economic Opportunity

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The result of the Tax Reduction Act was

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GNP doubled and 10 million jobs were created

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The program to help poor/disadvantaged children prepare for school was

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Head Start

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Part A of Medicare covers

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skilled nursing care

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The Supreme Court case that ended school prayer was

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Engel v. Vitale

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Which of the following was a major part of Johnson’s “Great Society”

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healthcare legislation

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Several of the important decisions of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren focused on

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protecting the constitutional rights of citizens accused of crimes

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Which of the following was not a goal of the New Frontier program

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to empower big business

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What was the effect of the tax-cut bill that Johnson got Congress to pass

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the federal deficit grew quickly

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What was the intent of the Immigration Act of 1965, which was passed during the Johnson administration

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to eliminate the quotas restricting the number of immigrants from certain countries

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Which of the following almost brought the United States and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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One task of the Peace Corps volunteers in third world counter was to

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raise the standard of living

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42
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prohibited reading the Bible in public school

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Abbington v. Schempp

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said evidence obtained illegally was not admissible in court

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Mapp v. Ohio

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police had to read an accused his/her rights when arrested

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Miranda v. Arizona

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45
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realigned electoral districts under the concept of one man one vote

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Baker v. Carr

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ended prayer in public school

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Engel v. Vitale

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required police to inform the accused of their right to an attorney before being questioned

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Escobedo v. Illinois

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reaffirmed the right of the accused to have an attorney

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Gidean v. Wainwright

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Most southern school systems were quick to desegregate.

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False

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The Black Panther Party created anti-poverty programs and set up food banks in American ghettos.

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True

51
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Southern Congressmen tried to block civil rights legislation by filibustering.

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True

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Malcolm X was assassinated by members of the Black Panther Party.

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False

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Protesters participating in sit-ins were instructed to only resist if they were being wrongfully arrested.

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False

54
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De Facto Segregation was prevalent in the South due to the Jim Crow Laws that had been established in most states.

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False

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The 24th Amendment banned the use of literacy tests to determine voter eligibility.

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False

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Black Panther members would routinely disobey California law by openly carrying weapons.

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False

57
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De Facto Segregation is racial segregation that is required by law

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False

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De Jure segregation is racial segregation that is required by law

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true

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Affirmative Action is the policy to encourage the hiring of groups that had suffered discrimination in the past

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True

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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 empowered the Federal Government to oversee voter registration and elections in all states

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False

61
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While the International Olympic Committee was not happy about Tommie Smith’s and John Carlos’ statement that they decided to not punish them for it

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False

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Jessie Owens was asked to talk Tommie Smith out of making any kind of statement during the Olympics games of 1968

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True

63
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Members of the Black Panther Party would routinely observe arrests in order to make sure the rights of the accused were not being violated

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True

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The Civil Rights Act of 1968 established the EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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False

65
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Race riots in Newark New Jersey claimed the lives of 43 civilians

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False

66
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a response to the arrest of this person

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Rosa Parks nigga

67
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This US Supreme a court Case validated the idea of “Separate but Equal”

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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In the South, these laws enforced strict separation of the races

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Jim Crow laws

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This group was influenced by the writings of Henry David Thoreau

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CORE

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In this case, the US Supreme a court ruled that “separate but equal” was unconstitutional

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Brown v. Board of Education

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Nine students in this southern city were the first African-Americans to integrate on all white high school

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Little Rock

72
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When Eisenhower sent federal troops to force the desegregation of schools, he was embarking on

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Federalism

73
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This Civil Rightd Act established the Civial Rights Commission which had the power to investigate civil rights violations

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1957

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One response by the authorities in Montgomery to the bus boycott was to

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arrest the boycotters for “illegal boycotting”

75
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Martin Luter King helped found the

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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On February 1, 1960, four black youths dat down at the lunch counter of this department store

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Woolworth

77
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Ella Baker helped establish the SNCC, which stands for

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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The group staged “freedom rides” in 1961

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CORE

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The goal of the “freedom rides” was to force states to follow federal law and desegregate

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bus terminal waiting rooms

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Martin Luther King and the SCLC target Birmingham, Alabama because it had a reputation for being

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the most segregated city in the US

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The marches in Birmingham actually led to more support for the civil rights movement because

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people were shocked at the violence of the police

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The March on Washington was undertaken in order to show support for civil rights legislation that had been sent to Congress by President

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Truman

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did all of the following except

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ban poll taxes

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the SNCC called for a major effort to register black voters in the south during

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the freedom summer

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The sncc called for a major effort to register black voters in the south during

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freedom summer

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This act banned literacy tests and allowed the federal government to oversee elections in states that had discriminated against minorities

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voting rights act of 1965

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In order to determine the cause of the riots in America president Johnson created this commission

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Kerner

88
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The national advisory commission recommended that the US government expand federal programs in order to

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fix the ghettos

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The Nation of Islam demanded

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separation of races

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Stokely Carmichael urged blacks to use their political and economic muscle to gain equality he called this

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Black Power

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The black panther party’s main goal was to

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monitor police in ghettos

92
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3 CORE volunteers were murdered trying to register blacks in this state

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mississippi

93
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The black panther party differed from previous civil rights group in that

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advocated violence to bring about change

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Tommie smith and John Carlos made their political statement at the olympics in this city

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mexico

95
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The civil rights act of 1968 which prohibited discrimination sales, rentals, and financing of housing is

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The fair housing act

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Safety commissioner who shocked America by using fire hoses and dogs to break up peaceful demonstration

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Bull Conner

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First African American to play in the majors

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Jackie Robinson

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. Olympic athlete kicked out of the games

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TOMMIE SMITH

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Credited with starting the civil rights movement in America

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Rosa Parks

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US president who pushed for the voting rights act of 1964

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LBJ

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Founder of the black panther party

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Huey Newton

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Air Force veteran who won admittance into Ole Miss

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James Meredith

103
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Outspoken leader of the Nation of Islam

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Malcolm X

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First African American leader appointed as a Supreme Court judge

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Thurgood Marshall

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US president who passed more civil rights legislation than all other presidents combined

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LBJ

106
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Assassinated Martin Luther king

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James Earl Ray

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Leader of the sclc

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MLK

108
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Killed because he began to soften his stance on race relations

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Malcolm X

109
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Played for the Cleveland Indians

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Larry Doby

110
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Assassinated on a hotel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee

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MLK

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NAACP lawyer who successfully argued against school segregation

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Thurgood Marshal

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Northern group that organized peaceful protests to gain equal rights

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COREq

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Militant group advocating armed confrontation

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Black Panther Party

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Advocated the separation of the races

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Nation of Islam

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Focused on legal cases to end segregation and gain legal equality

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NAACP

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Church based group dedicated to non-violence resistance

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SCLC

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Grass roots movement of young activists that organized voter education projects in the South

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SNCC

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Civil Rights group that organized anti-poverty programs in inner-city neighborhoods

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Black Panthers

119
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Organized the first “sit-ins

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SNCC

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