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UShist Ch 10 Review
UShist Ch 10 Test Review, Part 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Montgomery, Alabama | Location of the bus boycott in 1954 |
| Little Rock, Arkansas | Location of "Little Rock 9" |
| Birmingham, Alabama | Peaceful demonstrations were met with fire hoses and attack dogs; 4 girls died in church bombin |
| Washington, D.C. | "I Have a Dream Speech" was delivered here |
| Dallas, Texas | JFK was assassinated here |
| Mississippi | State where "Freedom Summer" voter registration drive of 1964 took place |
| Selma, Alabama | Marchers were beaten after crossing bridge on their way to the state capital |
| Memphis, Tennessee | MLK, Jr. was assassinated here |
| Los Angeles, California | Six days of riots in the Watts District (left 36 dead and 4,000 arrested) |
| Wounded Knee, South Dakota | In 1973 Native Americans staged armed occupation lasting 71 days |
| Voting Rights | This banned literacy tests and other laws that kept blacks from voting |
| Civil Rights | This guarantees citizens "equal protection of the law" |
| Fourteenth Amendment | This banned segregation in public facilities |
| Plessey v. Ferguson | This law states that separate but equal is okay |
| Brown v. Board of Topeka Kansas | This law stated that "in the field of education separate is inherently unequal" (not okay) |
| Roe vs. Wade | This gave women the legal right to have an abortion |