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11.10 USHG - Civil Rights Movement

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    NYS United States History and Government (USHG) Unit 10 - Civil Rights Movement
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  • The main goal of the Civil Rights Movement was to
    Increase the power of state governments
    Promote overseas expansion
    Support isolationist policies
    End racial segregation and gain equal rights
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  • The landmark case Brown v. Board of Education ruled that
    Voting laws could not be challenged
    Separate but equal was fair and legal
    Racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional
    Segregation was allowed under certain conditions
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  • The doctrine overturned by Brown v. Board of Education was
    Separate but equal
    Due process
    Manifest Destiny
    Judicial review
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  • Brown v. Board was a significant Supreme Court decision because it
    Began the legal process to desegregate schools
    Reduced taxes for African Americans
    Lowered the voting age for Americans to 18
    Began the legal process to desegregate public spaces
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  • The response to desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas led President Eisenhower to
    Close public schools
    Arrest civil rights activists
    Send federal troops to enforce integration
    Overturn the Supreme Court ruling
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  • Rosa Parks is most famous for
    Protesting at a college campus
    Being elected to the U.S. Senate
    Refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus
    Speaking at the March on Washington
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  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott was sparked by
    The March on Washington
    Passage of the Civil Rights Act
    Malcolm X's speeches
    Rosa Parks’ arrest
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  • Martin Luther King Jr. supported
    Nonviolent civil disobedience
    Avoiding political involvement
    Violent resistance
    Military-led reforms
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  • Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech was delivered during
    The Freedom Rides
    The Selma March
    The Montgomery Bus Boycott
    The March on Washington
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  • The goal of the Freedom Rides was to
    Encourage literacy programs
    Promote local elections
    Test Supreme Court rulings on desegregated interstate travel
    End the Cold War
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  • Sit-ins were a form of protest that involved
    Refusing to pay taxes
    Peacefully occupying segregated public places
    Protesting outside courthouses
    Blocking highways
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  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964
    Banned requiring a literacy test for all voters
    Established new colonies
    Gave voting rights to children
    Banned segregation in public places and employment
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  • The Voting Rights Act of 1965
    Created new poll taxes
    Raised the voting age
    Allowed states to create new voting restrictions
    Eliminated literacy tests and other barriers to voting
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  • One effect of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was
    Increased African American voter registration
    Lowered taxes
    Increased segregation
    Decreased voter turnout
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  • Malcolm X differed from Martin Luther King Jr. because he
    Supported colonization of Africa
    Promoted Black nationalism and self-defense
    Refused to speak publicly
    Opposed any political change
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  • The Black Power movement encouraged
    Racial pride and political and economic self-sufficiency
    Working only within existing political parties
    Passive civil protests
    Rejoining European nations
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