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Civil Rights EOC
US History STAAR EOC Vocab - Civil Rights Movement
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| THE 1966 COURT CASE _____AFFECTED SOCIETY BY STATING THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE ACCUSED OF A CRIME, THEY MUST BE READ THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. | Miranda v Arizona |
| ORVAL FABUBUS, GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS, CHALLENGED THE AUTHORITY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO___ SCHOOLS (LITTLE ROCK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL). | desegregate |
| JACKIE ROBINSON FIRST ROSE TO NATIONAL PROMINENCE WHEN HE HELPED BRING AN END TO RACIAL SEGREGATION IN MAJOR LEAGUE ____. | baseball |
| SHIRLEY CHISHOLM OVERCAME GENDER AND RACIAL BARRIER TO BE THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN ELECTED TO ___. | Congress |
| IN THE LATE 1800’S, THE SUPREME COURT DECISION IN PLESSY V. FERGUSON CREATED A LEGAL JUSTIFICATION FOR ___ LAWS. | Segregation |
| LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED DURNG THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT THAT ENDED THINGS LIKE POLL TAXES, GERRYMANDERING, AND VOTER INTIMIDATION LED TO AN INCREASE IN ____ BY MINORITIES. | political participation |
| THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 MADE ____ ILLEGAL. | employer discrimination |
| THE ___, WHICH TOOK PLACE IN NEW YORK CITY INFLUENCED THE GROWTH OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE 1960’S. | Harlem Renaissance |
| _______ SUPPORTED CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE, AND FOUGHT FOR DESEGREGATION. | MLK Jr |
| W.E.B. DUBOIS HELPED FORM THE _____, WHICH WAS AN EARLY CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP. | NAACP |
| THE ______ IN THE SOUTH ENFORCED SEGREGATION AND MADE IT SO AFRICAN AMERICANS WERE DENIED EQUAL RIGHTS. | Jim Crow Laws |
| THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTION THAT WAS INTENDED TO ENSURE AFRICAN AMERICANS COULD EXERCISE THEIR FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS WAS THE PASSAGE OF THE ______. | Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
| ______ WAS THE PRESIDENT WHO MET WITH THE NAACP TO DESEGREGATE THE ARMED FORCES. | Harry Truman |
| ROSA PARK’S REFUSAL TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON THE BUS WAS AN EXAMPLE OF ______. | civil disobedience |
| MALCOLM X TOOK A MORE MILITANT APPROACH TO GAIN EQUALITY AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE GROUP THAT SUPPORTED HIM WAS THE ______. | Black Panthers |
| AFTER ROSA PARKS REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON THE BUS, THE ______ OCCURRED WHICH LASTED MORE THAN A YEAR AND PROTESTED SEGREGATION ON PUBLIC TRANSPORATION. | Montgomery Bus Boycott |
| MARTIN LUTHER KING’S “I HAVE A DREAM” SPEECH MADE DURING THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON IN 1963, TRIED TO CAMPAIGN FOR THE identity of the United States to become more ___. | Inclusive |
| The main result of the protests and boycotts from the Civil Rights Movement was the expansion of political and economic opportunities for _____ citizens. | minority |
| President Eisenhower used federal troops in little rock, Arkansas to enforce court decisions like _________ (1954) which voted to desegregate public schools. | Brown v Board of Education |
| John F. Kennedy passed an executive order that would promote _________ practices in government agencies. | Fair employment |
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